diff --git a/Jellyfin.Plugin.Shikimori/Providers/ShikimoriMovieProvider.cs b/Jellyfin.Plugin.Shikimori/Providers/ShikimoriMovieProvider.cs
index 1132b0c..63251b8 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Plugin.Shikimori/Providers/ShikimoriMovieProvider.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Plugin.Shikimori/Providers/ShikimoriMovieProvider.cs
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ public async Task<MetadataResult<Movie>> GetMetadata(MovieInfo info, Cancellatio
             if (anime == null)
             {
                 _log.LogDebug($"Searching {info.Name}");
-                anime = await _shikimoriClientManager.GetAnimeAsync(info.Name, cancellationToken, AnimeType.Movie).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                anime = await _shikimoriClientManager.GetAnimeAsync(SearchHelper.PreprocessTitle(info.Name), cancellationToken, AnimeType.Movie).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 result.QueriedById = false;
             }
 
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Plugin.Shikimori/Providers/ShikimoriSeriesProvider.cs b/Jellyfin.Plugin.Shikimori/Providers/ShikimoriSeriesProvider.cs
index d369717..b56ddda 100644
--- a/Jellyfin.Plugin.Shikimori/Providers/ShikimoriSeriesProvider.cs
+++ b/Jellyfin.Plugin.Shikimori/Providers/ShikimoriSeriesProvider.cs
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public async Task<MetadataResult<Series>> GetMetadata(SeriesInfo info, Cancellat
             if (anime == null)
             {
                 _log.LogDebug($"Searching {info.Name}");
-                anime = await _shikimoriClientManager.GetAnimeAsync(info.Name, cancellationToken, AnimeType.Tv).ConfigureAwait(false);
+                anime = await _shikimoriClientManager.GetAnimeAsync(SearchHelper.PreprocessTitle(info.Name), cancellationToken, AnimeType.Tv).ConfigureAwait(false);
                 result.QueriedById = false;
             }
 
diff --git a/Jellyfin.Plugin.Shikimori/SearchHelper.cs b/Jellyfin.Plugin.Shikimori/SearchHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24174a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Jellyfin.Plugin.Shikimori/SearchHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Plugin.Shikimori {
+    public static class SearchHelper {
+        // Taken from Anilist Jellyfin plugin
+        public static String PreprocessTitle(String path) {
+            String input = path;
+
+            //Season designation
+            input = Regex.Replace(
+                input,
+                @"(\s|\.)S[0-9]{1,2}", String.Empty);
+            // ~ ALT NAME ~
+            input = Regex.Replace(
+                input,
+                @"\s*~(\w|[0-9]|\s)+~", String.Empty);
+
+            // Native Name (English Name)
+            // Only replaces if the name ends with a parenthesis to hopefully avoid mangling titles with parens (e.g. Evangelion 1.11 You Are (Not) Alone)
+            input = Regex.Replace(
+                input.Trim(),
+                @"\((\w|[0-9]|\s)+\)$", String.Empty);
+
+            // Replace & with "and" to avoid lookup failures
+            input = Regex.Replace(input, @"\s?&\s?", " and ");
+
+            // Replace the following characters with a space, to avoid failed lookups
+            input = Regex.Replace(input, @"\#", " ");
+
+            // Truncate suggested Jellyfin folder format for the shikimori search. Example: The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (2006) [tvdbid-79414]
+            input = Regex.Replace(input.Trim(), @"\([0-9]{4}\)\s*\[(\w|[0-9]|-)+\]$", String.Empty);
+
+            return input;
+        }
+    }
+}