When a show's writers make the Alternate Continuity their new "main" Continuity while discarding the old one, it becomes a Continuity Reboot. One of the meta-causes of Alternate Universe. See also Elseworld and Canon Discontinuity. Sometimes an Alternate Continuity is the occasion for Adaptation Decay, which means the gradual change (not necessarily bad, just change) in the themes and characters of the original.
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Oftentimes, an Alternate Continuity is unintentionally started when a show based on an unfinished series of a different medium runs out of material, as in Overtook the Manga. When such a move is made, it's common for the story to simply be retold in the new medium, often with radical changes in both plot and characterization, creating an Alternate Continuity. Alternately, a successful series can become a movie. This is most frequently seen in shows that enjoy great success as OVAs they jump to broadcast, and what was once effectively a miniseries becomes a story it takes an entire season to tell. It is not uncommon for an anime to transfer from one distribution path/format to another. Sometimes this forms the basis of a Series Franchise.Īnime in particular has several diverse distribution paths in Japan, depending on its format - motion pictures in theaters, OVAs in direct-to-consumer sales, and 26+ episode-long series on television.
It effectively lives in a different plane of existence. The result is an Alternate Continuity - a story that is no less "official" than the original, but which cannot be reconciled with it with regards to Backstory or canon. Sometimes when adapting a work, writers will scrap previous continuity and write a new continuity either disregarding the old one, or painting continuity in Broad Strokes.
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