diff --git a/source/net/filebot/web/AnidbClient.java b/source/net/filebot/web/AnidbClient.java
index 0f7b7aa7..ab8af173 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/web/AnidbClient.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/web/AnidbClient.java
@@ -3,17 +3,16 @@ package net.filebot.web;
 import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.*;
 import static java.util.Collections.*;
 import static java.util.stream.Collectors.*;
+import static net.filebot.CachedResource.*;
 import static net.filebot.Logging.*;
 import static net.filebot.util.StringUtilities.*;
 import static net.filebot.util.XPathUtilities.*;
 import static net.filebot.web.EpisodeUtilities.*;
-import static net.filebot.web.WebRequest.*;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
 import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.URI;
-import java.net.URISyntaxException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.util.AbstractMap.SimpleImmutableEntry;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -92,14 +91,8 @@ public class AnidbClient extends AbstractEpisodeListProvider {
 
 	@Override
 	protected SeriesData fetchSeriesData(SearchResult anime, SortOrder sortOrder, Locale locale) throws Exception {
-		// e.g. http://api.anidb.net:9001/httpapi?request=anime&client=filebot&clientver=1&protover=1&aid=4521
-		URL url = new URL("http://api.anidb.net:9001/httpapi?request=anime&client=" + client + "&clientver=" + clientver + "&protover=1&aid=" + anime.getId());
-
-		// respect flood protection limits
-		REQUEST_LIMIT.acquirePermit();
-
 		// get anime page as xml
-		Document dom = getDocument(url);
+		Document dom = getXmlResource(anime.getId());
 
 		// check for errors (e.g. <error>Banned</error>)
 		String error = selectString("/error", dom);
@@ -176,19 +169,25 @@ public class AnidbClient extends AbstractEpisodeListProvider {
 
 		// sanity check
 		if (episodes.isEmpty()) {
-			debug.fine(format("No episode data: %s (%d) => %s", anime, anime.getId(), url));
+			debug.fine(format("No episode data: %s (%d) => %s", anime, anime.getId(), getResource(anime.getId())));
 		}
 
 		return new SeriesData(seriesInfo, episodes);
 	}
 
+	private Document getXmlResource(int aid) throws Exception {
+		Cache cache = Cache.getCache(getName(), CacheType.Monthly);
+		return cache.xml(aid, this::getResource).fetch(withPermit(fetchIfModified(), r -> REQUEST_LIMIT.acquirePermit())).expire(Cache.ONE_WEEK).get();
+	}
+
+	private URL getResource(int aid) throws Exception {
+		// e.g. http://api.anidb.net:9001/httpapi?request=anime&client=filebot&clientver=1&protover=1&aid=4521
+		return new URL("http://api.anidb.net:9001/httpapi?request=anime&client=" + client + "&clientver=" + clientver + "&protover=1&aid=" + aid);
+	}
+
 	@Override
 	public URI getEpisodeListLink(SearchResult searchResult) {
-		try {
-			return new URI("http://anidb.net/a" + searchResult.getId());
-		} catch (URISyntaxException e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(e);
-		}
+		return URI.create("http://anidb.net/a" + searchResult.getId());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -214,7 +213,7 @@ public class AnidbClient extends AbstractEpisodeListProvider {
 	/**
 	 * This method is overridden in {@link net.filebot.WebServices.AnidbClientWithLocalSearch} to fetch the Anime Index from our own host and not anidb.net
 	 */
-	public synchronized SearchResult[] getAnimeTitles() throws Exception {
+	public SearchResult[] getAnimeTitles() throws Exception {
 		// get data file (unzip and cache)
 		byte[] bytes = getCache("root").bytes("anime-titles.dat.gz", n -> new URL("http://anidb.net/api/" + n)).get();