diff --git a/Blacklight/AniDB.php b/Blacklight/AniDB.php
index 325284963..54e9e4982 100755
--- a/Blacklight/AniDB.php
+++ b/Blacklight/AniDB.php
@@ -178,19 +178,22 @@ class AniDB
                 )
             );
             
-            // If we found a native title, use it; otherwise try to get romaji
+            // Get romaji title separately
+            $romajiTitle = DB::selectOne(
+                sprintf(
+                    '
+					SELECT title, lang
+					FROM anidb_titles
+					WHERE anidbid = %d AND lang = "x-jat"
+					LIMIT 1',
+                    $anidbID
+                )
+            );
+            
+            // If we found a native title, use it; otherwise use romaji as original
             $originalTitle = $nativeTitle;
-            if (!$originalTitle) {
-                $originalTitle = DB::selectOne(
-                    sprintf(
-                        '
-						SELECT title, lang
-						FROM anidb_titles
-						WHERE anidbid = %d AND lang = "x-jat"
-						LIMIT 1',
-                        $anidbID
-                    )
-                );
+            if (!$originalTitle && $romajiTitle) {
+                $originalTitle = $romajiTitle;
             }
             
             // Add titles to result
@@ -207,6 +210,13 @@ class AniDB
                 $result->original_title = null;
                 $result->original_lang = null;
             }
+            
+            // Add romaji title separately (even if it's also the original)
+            if ($romajiTitle && isset($romajiTitle->title)) {
+                $result->romaji_title = $romajiTitle->title;
+            } else {
+                $result->romaji_title = null;
+            }
         }
 
         return $result;
diff --git a/Blacklight/PopulateAniList.php b/Blacklight/PopulateAniList.php
index ec87e3a8a..004a93c5d 100644
--- a/Blacklight/PopulateAniList.php
+++ b/Blacklight/PopulateAniList.php
@@ -546,61 +546,65 @@ class PopulateAniList
         $source = $anilistData['source'] ?? null;
         $hashtag = $anilistData['hashtag'] ?? null;
 
+        // Use updateOrInsert to handle race conditions atomically
+        // This prevents duplicate key errors when multiple processes try to insert the same record
         $check = AnidbInfo::query()->where('anidbid', $anidbid)->first();
+        
+        $data = [
+            'anidbid' => $anidbid,
+            'anilist_id' => $anilistId,
+            'mal_id' => $malId,
+            'country' => $country,
+            'media_type' => $mediaType,
+            'type' => $anilistData['format'] ?? null,
+            'episodes' => $episodes,
+            'duration' => $duration,
+            'status' => $status,
+            'source' => $source,
+            'hashtag' => $hashtag,
+            'startdate' => $startDate,
+            'enddate' => $endDate,
+            'description' => $description,
+            'rating' => $rating,
+            'picture' => $picture,
+            'categories' => $genres,
+            'characters' => $characters,
+            'creators' => $creators,
+            'related' => $related,
+            'similar' => $similar,
+            'updated' => now(),
+        ];
 
-        if ($check === null) {
-            AnidbInfo::insert([
-                'anidbid' => $anidbid,
-                'anilist_id' => $anilistId,
-                'mal_id' => $malId,
-                'country' => $country,
-                'media_type' => $mediaType,
-                'type' => $anilistData['format'] ?? null,
-                'episodes' => $episodes,
-                'duration' => $duration,
-                'status' => $status,
-                'source' => $source,
-                'hashtag' => $hashtag,
-                'startdate' => $startDate,
-                'enddate' => $endDate,
-                'description' => $description,
-                'rating' => $rating,
-                'picture' => $picture,
-                'categories' => $genres,
-                'characters' => $characters,
-                'creators' => $creators,
-                'related' => $related,
-                'similar' => $similar,
-                'updated' => now(),
-            ]);
-        } else {
-            AnidbInfo::query()
-                ->where('anidbid', $anidbid)
-                ->update([
-                    'anilist_id' => $anilistId ?? $check->anilist_id,
-                    'mal_id' => $malId ?? $check->mal_id,
-                    'country' => $country ?? $check->country,
-                    'media_type' => $mediaType ?? $check->media_type,
-                    'type' => $anilistData['format'] ?? $anilistData['type'] ?? $check->type,
-                    'episodes' => $episodes ?? $check->episodes,
-                    'duration' => $duration ?? $check->duration,
-                    'status' => $status ?? $check->status,
-                    'source' => $source ?? $check->source,
-                    'hashtag' => $hashtag ?? $check->hashtag,
-                    'startdate' => $startDate ?? $check->startdate,
-                    'enddate' => $endDate ?? $check->enddate,
-                    'description' => $description ?: $check->description,
-                    'rating' => $rating ?? $check->rating,
-                    'picture' => $picture ?? $check->picture,
-                    'categories' => $genres ?: $check->categories,
-                    'characters' => $characters ?: $check->characters,
-                    'creators' => $creators ?: $check->creators,
-                    'related' => $related ?: $check->related,
-                    'similar' => $similar ?: $check->similar,
-                    'updated' => now(),
-                ]);
+        // If record exists, preserve existing values for null fields
+        if ($check !== null) {
+            $data['anilist_id'] = $anilistId ?? $check->anilist_id;
+            $data['mal_id'] = $malId ?? $check->mal_id;
+            $data['country'] = $country ?? $check->country;
+            $data['media_type'] = $mediaType ?? $check->media_type;
+            $data['type'] = $anilistData['format'] ?? $anilistData['type'] ?? $check->type;
+            $data['episodes'] = $episodes ?? $check->episodes;
+            $data['duration'] = $duration ?? $check->duration;
+            $data['status'] = $status ?? $check->status;
+            $data['source'] = $source ?? $check->source;
+            $data['hashtag'] = $hashtag ?? $check->hashtag;
+            $data['startdate'] = $startDate ?? $check->startdate;
+            $data['enddate'] = $endDate ?? $check->enddate;
+            $data['description'] = $description ?: $check->description;
+            $data['rating'] = $rating ?? $check->rating;
+            $data['picture'] = $picture ?? $check->picture;
+            $data['categories'] = $genres ?: $check->categories;
+            $data['characters'] = $characters ?: $check->characters;
+            $data['creators'] = $creators ?: $check->creators;
+            $data['related'] = $related ?: $check->related;
+            $data['similar'] = $similar ?: $check->similar;
         }
 
+        // Use updateOrInsert to atomically handle insert/update (prevents race conditions)
+        AnidbInfo::query()->updateOrInsert(
+            ['anidbid' => $anidbid],
+            $data
+        );
+
         // Insert titles
         if (isset($anilistData['title']['romaji']) && ! empty($anilistData['title']['romaji'])) {
             $this->insertAniListTitle($anidbid, 'main', 'x-jat', $anilistData['title']['romaji']);
diff --git a/Blacklight/processing/post/AniDB.php b/Blacklight/processing/post/AniDB.php
index 119b02947..6fdbf0cd8 100755
--- a/Blacklight/processing/post/AniDB.php
+++ b/Blacklight/processing/post/AniDB.php
@@ -117,8 +117,11 @@ class AniDB
      */
     private function extractTitleEpisode(string $cleanName = ''): array
     {
+        // Fix UTF-8 encoding issues (double-encoding, corrupted sequences)
+        $s = $this->fixEncoding($cleanName);
+
         // Normalize common separators
-        $s = str_replace(['_', '.'], ' ', $cleanName);
+        $s = str_replace(['_', '.'], ' ', $s);
         $s = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', (string) $s);
         $s = trim((string) $s);
 
@@ -174,11 +177,55 @@ class AniDB
         return ['title' => $title];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Fix UTF-8 encoding issues in strings (double-encoding, corrupted sequences).
+     */
+    private function fixEncoding(string $text): string
+    {
+        // Remove common corrupted character sequences (encoding artifacts)
+        // Pattern: âÂ_Â, â Â, âÂ, etc.
+        $text = preg_replace('/âÂ[_\sÂ]*/u', '', $text);
+        $text = preg_replace('/Ã[¢Â©€£]/u', '', $text);
+        
+        // Remove standalone  characters (common encoding artifact)
+        $text = preg_replace('/Â+/u', '', $text);
+        
+        // Remove any remaining à sequences (encoding artifacts)
+        $text = preg_replace('/Ã[^\s]*/u', '', $text);
+        
+        // Try to detect and fix double-encoding issues
+        // Common patterns: é, Ã, etc. (UTF-8 interpreted as ISO-8859-1)
+        if (preg_match('/Ã[^\s]/u', $text)) {
+            // Try ISO-8859-1 -> UTF-8 conversion (common double-encoding fix)
+            $converted = @mb_convert_encoding($text, 'UTF-8', 'ISO-8859-1');
+            if ($converted !== false && !preg_match('/Ã[^\s]/u', $converted)) {
+                $text = $converted;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        // Remove any remaining non-printable or control characters except spaces
+        $text = preg_replace('/[\x00-\x08\x0B-\x0C\x0E-\x1F\x7F]/u', '', $text);
+        
+        // Normalize Unicode (NFD -> NFC) if available
+        if (function_exists('normalizer_normalize')) {
+            $text = normalizer_normalize($text, \Normalizer::FORM_C);
+        }
+        
+        // Final cleanup: remove any remaining isolated non-ASCII control-like characters
+        // This catches any remaining encoding artifacts
+        $text = preg_replace('/[\xC0-\xC1\xC2-\xC5]/u', '', $text);
+        
+        return $text;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Strip stray separators, language codes, episode numbers, and other release tags from title.
      */
     private function cleanTitle(string $title): string
     {
+        // Fix encoding issues first
+        $title = $this->fixEncoding($title);
+        
         // Remove all bracketed tags (language, quality, etc.)
         $title = preg_replace('/\[[^\]]+\]/', ' ', $title);
         
diff --git a/app/Console/Commands/RefreshAnimeData.php b/app/Console/Commands/RefreshAnimeData.php
index 81220d47b..1e2ffe9de 100644
--- a/app/Console/Commands/RefreshAnimeData.php
+++ b/app/Console/Commands/RefreshAnimeData.php
@@ -350,8 +350,11 @@ class RefreshAnimeData extends Command
             return [];
         }
 
+        // Fix UTF-8 encoding issues (double-encoding, corrupted sequences)
+        $s = $this->fixEncoding($searchname);
+
         // Normalize common separators
-        $s = str_replace(['_', '.'], ' ', $searchname);
+        $s = str_replace(['_', '.'], ' ', $s);
         $s = preg_replace('/\s+/', ' ', $s);
         $s = trim($s);
 
@@ -404,11 +407,55 @@ class RefreshAnimeData extends Command
         return ['title' => $title];
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Fix UTF-8 encoding issues in strings (double-encoding, corrupted sequences).
+     */
+    private function fixEncoding(string $text): string
+    {
+        // Remove common corrupted character sequences (encoding artifacts)
+        // Pattern: âÂ_Â, â Â, âÂ, etc.
+        $text = preg_replace('/âÂ[_\sÂ]*/u', '', $text);
+        $text = preg_replace('/Ã[¢Â©€£]/u', '', $text);
+        
+        // Remove standalone  characters (common encoding artifact)
+        $text = preg_replace('/Â+/u', '', $text);
+        
+        // Remove any remaining à sequences (encoding artifacts)
+        $text = preg_replace('/Ã[^\s]*/u', '', $text);
+        
+        // Try to detect and fix double-encoding issues
+        // Common patterns: é, Ã, etc. (UTF-8 interpreted as ISO-8859-1)
+        if (preg_match('/Ã[^\s]/u', $text)) {
+            // Try ISO-8859-1 -> UTF-8 conversion (common double-encoding fix)
+            $converted = @mb_convert_encoding($text, 'UTF-8', 'ISO-8859-1');
+            if ($converted !== false && !preg_match('/Ã[^\s]/u', $converted)) {
+                $text = $converted;
+            }
+        }
+        
+        // Remove any remaining non-printable or control characters except spaces
+        $text = preg_replace('/[\x00-\x08\x0B-\x0C\x0E-\x1F\x7F]/u', '', $text);
+        
+        // Normalize Unicode (NFD -> NFC) if available
+        if (function_exists('normalizer_normalize')) {
+            $text = normalizer_normalize($text, \Normalizer::FORM_C);
+        }
+        
+        // Final cleanup: remove any remaining isolated non-ASCII control-like characters
+        // This catches any remaining encoding artifacts
+        $text = preg_replace('/[\xC0-\xC1\xC2-\xC5]/u', '', $text);
+        
+        return $text;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Strip stray separators, language codes, episode numbers, and other release tags from title.
      */
     private function cleanTitle(string $title): string
     {
+        // Fix encoding issues first
+        $title = $this->fixEncoding($title);
+        
         // Remove all bracketed tags (language, quality, etc.)
         $title = preg_replace('/\[[^\]]+\]/', ' ', $title);
         
diff --git a/resources/views/details/index.blade.php b/resources/views/details/index.blade.php
index 021725e50..db9365c81 100644
--- a/resources/views/details/index.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/details/index.blade.php
@@ -457,6 +457,7 @@
                     $anidbEnglishTitle = $anidbData['english_title'] ?? ($anidb->english_title ?? null);
                     $anidbOriginalTitle = $anidbData['original_title'] ?? ($anidb->original_title ?? null);
                     $anidbOriginalLang = $anidbData['original_lang'] ?? ($anidb->original_lang ?? null);
+                    $anidbRomajiTitle = $anidbData['romaji_title'] ?? ($anidb->romaji_title ?? null);
                     $anidbHashtag = $anidbData['hashtag'] ?? ($anidb->hashtag ?? null);
                     $anidbType = $anidbData['type'] ?? ($anidb->type ?? null);
                     $anidbMediaType = $anidbData['media_type'] ?? ($anidb->media_type ?? null);
@@ -516,7 +517,7 @@
                         @endif
                     </h3>
                     <div class="grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 gap-4">
-                        @if(!empty($anidbEnglishTitle) || !empty($anidbOriginalTitle) || !empty($anidbHashtag))
+                        @if(!empty($anidbEnglishTitle) || !empty($anidbOriginalTitle) || !empty($anidbRomajiTitle) || !empty($anidbHashtag))
                             <div class="md:col-span-2">
                                 <dt class="text-sm font-medium text-gray-600 dark:text-gray-400 mb-2">Titles</dt>
                                 <dd class="mt-1 space-y-2">
@@ -526,17 +527,25 @@
                                             {{ $anidbEnglishTitle }}
                                         </div>
                                     @endif
-                                    @if(!empty($anidbOriginalTitle))
+                                    @if(!empty($anidbOriginalTitle) && $anidbOriginalLang === 'ja')
                                         <div class="text-sm text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100 font-semibold">
-                                            <span class="text-xs text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 font-normal mr-2">
-                                                @if($anidbOriginalLang === 'ja')
-                                                    Native:
-                                                @elseif($anidbOriginalLang === 'x-jat')
-                                                    Romaji:
-                                                @else
-                                                    Original:
-                                                @endif
-                                            </span>
+                                            <span class="text-xs text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 font-normal mr-2">Native:</span>
+                                            {{ $anidbOriginalTitle }}
+                                        </div>
+                                    @endif
+                                    @if(!empty($anidbRomajiTitle))
+                                        <div class="text-sm text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100 font-semibold">
+                                            <span class="text-xs text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 font-normal mr-2">Romaji:</span>
+                                            {{ $anidbRomajiTitle }}
+                                        </div>
+                                    @elseif(!empty($anidbOriginalTitle) && $anidbOriginalLang === 'x-jat')
+                                        <div class="text-sm text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100 font-semibold">
+                                            <span class="text-xs text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 font-normal mr-2">Romaji:</span>
+                                            {{ $anidbOriginalTitle }}
+                                        </div>
+                                    @elseif(!empty($anidbOriginalTitle) && $anidbOriginalLang !== 'ja')
+                                        <div class="text-sm text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100 font-semibold">
+                                            <span class="text-xs text-gray-500 dark:text-gray-400 font-normal mr-2">Original:</span>
                                             {{ $anidbOriginalTitle }}
                                         </div>
                                     @endif
@@ -546,7 +555,7 @@
                                             <span class="font-mono text-blue-600 dark:text-blue-400">{{ $anidbHashtag }}</span>
                                         </div>
                                     @endif
-                                    @if(empty($anidbEnglishTitle) && empty($anidbOriginalTitle) && !empty($anidbTitle))
+                                    @if(empty($anidbEnglishTitle) && empty($anidbOriginalTitle) && empty($anidbRomajiTitle) && !empty($anidbTitle))
                                         <div class="text-sm text-gray-900 dark:text-gray-100 font-semibold">
                                             {{ $anidbTitle }}
                                         </div>