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What does canon mean in anime?

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User Info: Undead587. Undead587 5 years ago#2. It means something actually happened in the original story and isn't filler. For instance, if there's a beach episode in an anime and the manga didn't have a beach chapter and instead continued with the main story, the beach episode isn't canon. It's filler. read more

In terms of anime adaptions, people mostly use it means anime original content. No. It's the exact opposite. <_< Canon is anything that actually happened in the original story, and not an adaptation. read more

Something that happens in the actual anime or manga (it doesn't just have to be anime, either, it can be any kind of TV show, book or movie). There is a lot of fan art and fanfiction on the internet of various couples that don't appear in real animes. read more

Canon typically refers to concepts and events confirmed by a primary source. This source can vary from the original material the series is based on to the producer of the show itself. The word canon can apply to any work of fiction, but is usually reserved for cartoons, video games, and comic books. read more

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