debug title_date
# note that the date dash for series is a - (ndash), not a - (minus sign)
# also, the second date, if missing, is an no-break space
- pre_title, extra, date, junk = title_date.scan(/^(.*)\((.+?\s+)?(\d\d\d\d(?:–(?:\d\d\d\d| )?)?(?:\/[IV]+)?)\)\s*(.+)?$/).first
+ pre_title, extra, date, junk = title_date.scan(/^(.*)\((.+?\s+)?(\d\d\d\d(?:–(?:\d\d\d\d| )?)?(?:\/[IV]+)?)[^\)]*\)\s*(.+)?$/).first
extra.strip! if extra
pre_title.strip!
title = fix_article(pre_title)