What is canon in anime?

Canon, in terms of fictional stories, refers to what is considered to be an official part of the main storyline.
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What is canon and non-canon in anime?

"Canon" in fictional stories typically refers to material related to the story that is considered "official", either by the story creator(s) or the audience. The flipside is something being non-canon: this happens when something is created for a series that ends up being not official.
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What is filler and canon in anime?

The simplest explanation is that canon refers to whether something is considered a part of the original story, while filler refers to a particular impact on said story. Anime canon, as mentioned above, is a subjective view of a moment, episode or series' relevance to whatever's perceived as the 'main' story.
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What does canon character mean?

A canon character is a fictional character native to a particular book, television show, movie, comic book, video game, or other canon universe.
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What is anime canon in Boruto?

The entire Boruto anime is canon, as per reference by the manga creators. (edited by Seelentau) 1. Gerisama· 2/17/2018.
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Anime Talk: What is Canon?



Is Naruto the last canon?

Its canon, canon. Kishimoto directly worked on it to provide the story and screenplay and did all the character designs. Its chapter 699.5. Yeah the anime changed a few designs(mainly Sasuke's) when they did the episodes that covered right before it and right after it but it is indeed full on canon.
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Is Naruto the anime canon?

The Narutopedia is not concerned with what is and is not canon. The Narutopedia's objective is to document the Naruto series in all its forms.
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Is Dragonball Super canon?

For Dragon Ball Super, the manga and anime are both considered canon by fans because of its input by Toriyama.
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Does canon mean real or fake?

In fiction, canon is the material accepted as officially part of the story in an individual universe of that story by its fan base. It is often contrasted with, or used as the basis for, works of fan fiction.
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What is canon in Dragon Ball?

Dragon Ball canon (正史, seishi; Literally meaning "official history") was first officially defined during the Tokyo Skytree + Viz North America Tour in an exhibit called the History of Dragon Ball. It was later reaffirmed in December 2018 in Weekly Shōnen Jump.
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Is Naruto filler canon?

It was there netizens shared the filler arcs they really recommend, and a good few of them are considered canon by the group at large. For instance, Kakashi's ANBU arc is a filler run in Naruto Shippuden between episodes 349 and 361.
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What anime has no filler?

10 Best Battle Shonen Anime With No Filler Episodes
  • 3 Jujutsu Kaisen.
  • 4 Parasyte: The Maxim. ...
  • 5 Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. ...
  • 6 Hunter X Hunter. ...
  • 7 Yu Yu Hakusho. ...
  • 8 Attack On Titan. ...
  • 9 JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. ...
  • 10 My Hero Academia. ...
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Is one piece red canon?

Although they are stories from the original series creator Eiichiro Oda, each one has been a single, closed off adventure that often times (outside of very, very rare cases) were not referenced in the official canon for the series.
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Are Naruto movies canon?

There is only one Naruto movie that is canon — Naruto, The Last. The Last was developed with Masashi Kishimoto, the original creator of Naruto, making it the only story among the Naruto films crafted at his hand.
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Is Dragonball GT canon?

Nope, it isn't

No. He was only a non-canon movie character. Since he appears in GT, that puts GT in the same fictional universe as the movies, or at least Cooler's movies. And neither of them can fit into the timeline of the DBZ manga or the series.
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What is anime filler?

Typically, filler is used when an anime catches up with the manga it's based on. Many anime are created and aired while the manga is still being written. But a lot of times, the anime is finished faster than the volumes of its manga, and filler is then used to give the manga time to catch up.
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What is a canon in academia?

A "canon" is a list of books considered to be "essential", and it can be published as a collection (such as Great Books of the Western World, Modern Library, Everyman's Library, or Penguin Classics), presented as a list with an academic's imprimatur (such as Harold Bloom's,) or be the official reading list of a ...
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Is Star Wars vision canon?

Instead, you have Star Wars as an amazing palette to tell stories through." Star Wars: Visions hasn't been claimed as canon, though there has not been a rejection of the possibility of some of these episodes being considered canonical.
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What does non-canon mean in anime?

Non-canon is content that is anime exclusive, meaning that the content isn't in the original manga making it non-canon. Filler can either add more depth to the show or completely miss the mark and make fans want to skip all filler.
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Is End of Z canon?

So yes, the final events of Dragon Ball Z are canon.
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Why is GT not canon?

Given the series wasn't written by Akira Toriyama and therefore is not a part of his original story, Dragon Ball GT isn't considered canon to the franchise's manga.
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Is Broly a canon?

Broly's new movie is indeed canon, just as Battle of the Gods and Resurrection F were. As far as whether the old movies were canon, while it's debatable whether the latter two films were, the first one at least fit into the timeline reasonably enough.
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Is Boruto canon now?

So, yes — Boruto is canon to Naruto regardless of its format. Recently, the creator of Boruto did an interview with Lucca Comics about his on-going series.
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Is Boruto the movie canon?

Boruto: Naruto the Movie

The movie was actually released before the series, and is an adaptation of the "Boruto" manga, making it canon.
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Which Boruto characters are not canon?

Non-Canon Characters
  • Tsurugi. He was the Captain of Kirigakure's Hunter Corps. ...
  • Shizuka. She is the daughter of Baki and was previously Temari's genin teammate before she was assigned to Gaara's team after he graduated. ...
  • Yakumo. ...
  • Yukimaru. ...
  • Isarabi. ...
  • Hoki. ...
  • Kazan. ...
  • Harusame.
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