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Monday, January 19th, 2026

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"This episode does not exist"

Considering how often my suggested changes, which are often well-documented, have been rejected recently, I have to admit I'm quite taken aback. Especially since many of these changes involved title corrections.

It's quite obvious that in the following case, someone wanted to point out that this episode of a series simply doesn't exist. Nevertheless, this information was accepted and implemented as a title change. This is utterly absurd.

The episode in question is https://www.imdb.com/de/title/tt26653163/reference/?ref_=ttep_ep from the series "Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso" ("Your Lie in April"). The series consists of 22 regular episodes and one OVA. IMDb lists two OVAs. And it's quite clear that someone wanted the second one removed, but there's no option to do so in the system. There's neither a section to suggest entries for deletion (which I can certainly understand given the often sloppy work done), nor is there a section for general comments (there was one many years ago, but it was apparently removed in some system update).

Therefore, this entry must be deleted, as there is no 24th part of the series. There are 22 original episodes (https://www.anisearch.com/anime/9536,your-lie-in-april) and one prequel OVA (https://www.anisearch.com/anime/9938,shigatsu-wa-kimi-no-uso-moments). Nothing more, nothing less.

Furthermore, the same problem remains: IMDb finally needs to clarify how it wants to handle OVAs. They are, after all, video releases, and IMDb usually has a strict policy on this matter. Here, OVAs are sometimes listed as videos, and other times with the series to which they belong. In the latter case, they are sometimes included in the regular episode count, but sometimes (as with the series mentioned above) they are listed separately. A standardized, uniform rule for OVAs and specials of anime series is urgently needed. The situation is further complicated by the fact that these OVAs often constitute sub-series within the main series.

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6 hours ago

Hi MarcusCyron-

Thank you for reporting and the feedback! Will pass this along to the respective team for visibility. Further reviewing, this title has been removed and the changes will be live shortly. 

Cheers!