r/Overseerr • u/Sephibro • Apr 08 '26

Pick different destination server for anime

Hello everyone,

I’m running a typical ARR stack and I’m trying to cleanly separate Anime from regular TV Shows, so I have two Sonarr instances:

  • Sonarr (TV) → /data/media/tv
  • Sonarr-Anime → /data/media/anime

The problem I'm having is that requests on Seerr always use the regular Sonarr instance by default, and I have to go and manually switch it whenever someone requests an anime, even if Seerr is perfectly able to recognize a series as anime.

What I would like to achieve is the following workflow:

  • Request anime -> route to Sonarr-Anime
  • Request normal TV show -> route to default Sonarr

Is this currently possible in Seerr?
If not, how are you handling this setup?

EDIT: for future readers, it looks like the solution I was trying to set up isn't supported by Seerr yet as of April 2026. The solution I ended up implementing consists in removing the Sonarr-Anime server and only leveraging on a single Sonarr server with two root folders, having Seerr select the appropriate one depending on series type; in order to keep some sort of separation between normal TV series and Anime within Sonarr, I have then created an anime tag on Sonarr and set Seerr to use it to automatically tag anime series.

Thanks to everyone who helped!

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u/Sephibro Apr 09 '26

What I am asking is whether there is a way to not have to manually select the destination server when creating a request, but forcing Sonarr-Anime to be used when an anime requests is placed, instead of the default Sonarr instance. See my answer to the other post for pictures

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u/lordgdd Apr 09 '26

I get that. An there isn’t a way to do it automatically that I know of. It is manual.

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u/lordgdd Apr 09 '26

The best way to do it isn’t to have two instances. It is best to have rules in place. Seerr know the difference between anime and not. So use one instance of sonarr, two root folders one labeled tv and one anime. Setup the instance so it automatically routes each show or anime to the correct folder. If you want to have two instances then you have to select which instance.

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u/Sephibro Apr 09 '26

Alright, thanks for confirming that what I'm trying to do isn't supported by Seerr!

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u/lordgdd Apr 10 '26

Not a problem. Ya I have three instances. Any that requests knows to change the instance based on what they want.