Auto-fill manga metadata from AniList
Typing series, author and volume fields by hand for a forty volume run is tedious enough that most people skip it, and their e-reader library shows it. This removes the typing: search the title, confirm the match, and the series name, author and artist credits, cover art and publisher come back from AniList and are written into the file as it converts.
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AniList is a good source for this. It has an open API, clean records carrying both romanised and native titles, cover art, and full staff credits for exactly the catalogue manga readers convert. It is not the only source here: MangaUpdates covers manga alongside it, and Metron and the Grand Comics Database™ cover western comics, so a search finds the right record whichever shelf the book belongs on.
- Files auto-delete after 24 hours
- No install, runs in any browser
- Free to use
- The genuine open-source KCC engine
How the AniList lookup works
Search the title
The series name parsed from your filename seeds the search, so most files need no typing at all. Correct it first if the filename is a scan group release.
Confirm the match
Results arrive with cover thumbnails and the database each came from, so a same-named series is easy to tell from the one you want. Nothing is applied until you pick.
Review the fields
Series, author and artist credits, publisher and cover are shown against what your file already carries, each labelled with its source. Take the whole record or only the fields you want.
Convert with it embedded
The applied record is written into the EPUB, KEPUB or CBZ, so the volume groups under its series on the device and displays its real cover.
The volume number comes from your file
Databases describe a series, not your particular copy of volume seven. The series-level record is fetched; the volume number is read from your file, which is why a consistent filename still pays off.
Optional, always
The conversion runs perfectly well without any lookup. This exists for libraries where the grouping and the cover art matter, which in practice means long series.
Frequently asked questions
Why AniList?
An open API, clean series records with romanised and native titles, cover art and complete staff credits, kept current by an active community. For manga it is the shortest path to a good record.
What if my book is not manga?
The search covers four databases. AniList and MangaUpdates handle manga; Metron and the Grand Comics Database™ (https://www.comics.org/) handle western comics and single issues. You can filter the results to one or the other when a title spans both.
Does it get the author right on a long series?
It separates the original creators from the staff of foreign editions, so a series with a dozen translators and letterers across several languages still credits the people who made it rather than whoever localised it.
Does this sync my reading progress to AniList?
No. This is metadata only: series, credits, cover and publisher into the converted file. Reading progress is a different feature with its own privacy questions and is not bolted on here.
Can it stamp the wrong series across a batch?
Not without you confirming it. The match is a visible, explicit choice with covers shown, and the fields are displayed as a change against your file before anything is applied.
Conversion runs on Kindle Comic Converter (KCC), the open-source engine. The lookup sits in front of it and queries AniList, MangaUpdates, Metron and the Grand Comics Database™ (https://www.comics.org/), whose data is used under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike licence.
Free, nothing to install, the record embedded as it converts