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** Later, a second [[OVA]] series based on the first was produced that continued the [[Plot]], but introduced several new characters and a new "ultimate weapon of doom". That success was then followed with a 12-episode TV series which pulled a [[Or Was It a Dream?]]? at the end. A final special was released for the TV series, the required [[Beach Episode]].

* The TV series ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'' was turned into a movie, ''Adolescence of Utena'', which attempted to retell the 39-episode story in 100 minutes by filtering it through the hindbrain of [[Salvador Dali]] and lacing it with LSD.

* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': It started as a manga. Then it was adapted into an anime. Then it got another manga at the same time the first manga and the anime were being published and aired respectively. Then both manga versions and the anime version got sequels, each one developping its own continuity and in some cases adding more backstory to the characters. Then more manga and anime were made, each one telling the story its way until the last iterations [[Mazinkaiser]] and [[Shin Mazinger]].

* ''[[Mazinger Z]]'': It started as a manga. Then it was adapted into an anime. Then it got another manga at the same time the first manga and the anime were being published and aired respectively. Then both manga versions and the anime version got sequels, each one developping its own continuity and in some cases adding more backstory to the characters. Then more manga and anime were made, each one telling the story its way until the last iterations [[Mazinkaiser]] and [[Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z-hen]].

* ''[[RahXephon]]'' also made the leap to a movie from TV, attempting to cram its extensive and complex storyline into less than 2 hours while at the same time providing new [[Backstory]]. In the process, one character was completely eliminated, and several others rewritten dramatically (including putting one to sleep for most of the [[Film]]).

* A television series of ''[[Ah! My Goddess]]'' (which had been made into a 5-episode [[OVA]] in the early-middle 1990s) premiered in Japan in January 2005. The first episode alone makes it clear that it is an [[Alternate Continuity]].

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** For bonus fun one of the Pretty Sammy series has a minor character who is a cousin on Nanami and Jinnai from [[El-Hazard: The Magnificent World|El-Hazard]] linking both [[Meta]]-series together. Mr. Fujisawa from the same series also happens to be the teacher of Tenchi's class in ''[[Tenchi in Tokyo]]''.

* The ''[[Slayers]]'' franchise is right up there with ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' in its own right. It originated as a 15-book [[Light Novel]] series, which has ''over 30'' prequel novels (''Slayers Special/Smash/Delicious''). From there...

** 1. A 5-season anime series: The first two are based on the first eight novels, the remaining three are original stories. Tends to heavily contradict itself, especially considering that [[~~Un Cancelled~~|the fourth and fifth seasons came eleven years after the third.]]

** 1. A 5-season anime series: The first two are based on the first eight novels, the remaining three are original stories. Tends to heavily contradict itself, especially considering that [[Uncancelled|the fourth and fifth seasons came eleven years after the third.]]

** 2. The [[Non Serial Movies]], all based on the ''Slayers Special'' novels. While the first four (chronicling the protagonists' early adventures with a [[Goldfish Poop Gang|flaky sorceress]] who just so happens to be the long lost sister of one of her later allies) is a plausible start before the anime, the fifth is problematic, as it involves the four main characters from the tv series set in a way that could be after seasons 2 or 3.

** 3. Most of the manga made are of their ''own'' continuity; ''Super Explosive Demon Story'' is its own interpretation of the first 8 novels/seasons 1 and 2, and there is an alternative manga to the fifth [[Non-Serial Movie]] (''Slayers Premium'').

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* ''[[Hanaukyo Maid Tai]]''. The first and second series cover slightly different ground.

* ''[[Kimba the White Lion]]'' has the 2009 TV special that takes place in a future where man has screwed up the world's ecosystems to the point where people had to make an artificial environment for animals.

* A lot of Go Nagai's works have been revisioned for quite awhile. Among the notables include the three [[Getter Robo]] [[OVA|OVAs]] (''Armageddon'', ''Shin vs. Neo'', and ''New''), the ''[[Mazinkaiser]]'' [[OVA|OVAs]], ''[[Kotetsu Jeeg|Kotetsushin Jeeg]]'', ''[[Gaiking]]'': Legend of Daikyuu Maryuu and more recently ''[[Shin Mazinger]]''. And that's just the mecha stuff! There's also series like ''Re: [[Cutey Honey]]'' and ''[[Devil Lady]]''

* A lot of Go Nagai's works have been revisioned for quite awhile. Among the notables include the three [[Getter Robo]] [[OVA|OVAs]] (''Armageddon'', ''Shin vs. Neo'', and ''New''), the ''[[Mazinkaiser]]'' [[OVA|OVAs]], ''[[Kotetsu Jeeg|Kotetsushin Jeeg]]'', ''[[Gaiking]]'': Legend of Daikyuu Maryuu and more recently ''[[Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z-hen]]''. And that's just the mecha stuff! There's also series like ''Re: [[Cutey Honey]]'' and ''[[Devil Lady]]''

* ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' has quite a few. First, there's the [[Manga]] itself (considered the "core" or "actual" continuity), followed by the [[Anime]] continuity, which covers the [[Manga|manga's]] events and includes additional material (such as [[Filler]], new bit-part characters, slightly different fights and some character-building moments). Each of these has its own continuation of the franchise that can actually be taken as their own continuity, to boot: the [[Anime]] has [[Dragon Ball]] GT (often considered a "splinter timeline" that could occur), while the [[Manga]] has the recent [[Dragon Ball]] Online.

** The 3 [[Alternate Timeline|alternate timelines]] that Future Trunks accidentally creates!

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** The ''[[Tsukihime]]'' [[Video Game|game]] has five character routes that cannot all be possible in the same universe. The [[Anime]] adaptation makes deviations of its own. The ''[[Melty Blood]]'' [[Fighting Game]] is based on a planned-but-unreleased route from the [[Visual Novel]]. Stories in the original novel's [[Sequel]], ''Kagetsu Tohya'', also follow different continuities from each other, following [[Video Game|game]] routes or just making up scenarios. After ''Kagetsu Tohya'' was made, the game's creator admitted the "[[Canon]]" route never made it into the original [[Visual Novel|game]]. [[Word of God]] has also stated that ''all'' the routes are technically [[Canon]] anyway, due to them being potential outcomes of the main scenario.

** ''[[Fate/stay night]]''- The [[Video Game|game]] has three radically different routes. The [[Anime]] mostly follows the main route, but mixes in elements and events from the other two. The [[Manga]] mostly follows the ''second'' route. And there's a [[Sequel]], ''[[Fate/hollow ataraxia]]'', which doesn't clearly indicate ''which'' route it follows. (The [[Mind Screw|nature of the story]] makes this possible, and it stays closest to the {{spoiler|Heaven's Feel}} route). However, no route has actually been outright declared as a "main" route, because all routes are technically canon as stated above.

** And then there's ''[[~~Karano~~ Kyoukai|Kara no Kyoukai]]'', as well, which has several deviations between the novels and the anime, most notably Touko's appearance and the plot of the sixth novel/movie.

** And then there's ''[[Kara no Kyoukai:|Kara no Kyoukai]]'', as well, which has several deviations between the novels and the anime, most notably Touko's appearance and the plot of the sixth novel/movie.

* The ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' franchise has multiple active continuities still getting releases, with even ''more'' continuities currently lying fallow. A full breakdown of all these continuities (and how they may or may not fit together) is available on the [[Shin Megami Tensei|SMT page]]. The "original" SMT continuity is ''not'' the one that gets the lion's share of the focus these days; that honor goes to the Devil Summoner/Persona sub-series, which initially spun out of ''[[Shin Megami Tensei If]]''. It's the first branch of SMT to be truly successful overseas (''Persona 3'' and ''Persona 4'' both breaking six-figures sold overall), turning SMT into a legitimate [[Cash Cow Franchise]] for Atlus.

* The ''[[Shin Megami Tensei]]'' franchise has multiple active continuities still getting releases, with even ''more'' continuities currently lying fallow. A full breakdown of all these continuities (and how they may or may not fit together) is available on the [[Shin Megami Tensei|SMT page]]. The "original" SMT continuity is ''not'' the one that gets the lion's share of the focus these days; that honor goes to the Devil Summoner/Persona sub-series, which initially spun out of ''[[Shin Megami Tensei: if...]]''. It's the first branch of SMT to be truly successful overseas (''Persona 3'' and ''Persona 4'' both breaking six-figures sold overall), turning SMT into a legitimate [[Cash Cow Franchise]] for Atlus.

* ''[[The King of Fighters]]'' series originally began as an alternate universe of the original ''[[Fatal Fury]]''/''[[Art of Fighting]]'' [[Canon]] as an excuse to mix and match characters from both series without aging or de-aging anyone, but eventually evolved into its own continuity as the series' overarching storyline began to focus more on the series' original characters. The ''Maximum Impact'' and ''KOF EX'' games are both set in their own [[Alternate Continuity|alternate continuities]] from the main series.

* ''[[Tomb Raider]]'' went through a [[Continuity Reboot]] when Crystal Dynamics took over.

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* ''[[Bio Shock Infinite]]'' takes place in another continuity rather than the main ''[[Bioshock]]'' setting.

* [[Jeff Wayne's War of the Worlds]] differs from [[The War of the Worlds|the book]] and the [[Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds|rock opera]] that inspired it by taking place in an alternate universe where the humans aren't quite so outmatched, and the Martians remembered to take their flu shots.

* In the first [[Disgaea]], the good ending is considered canon but, the game [[Prinny Can I Really Be the Hero]] is canon from the "normal" ending. You can tell considering that {{spoiler|Prinny Laharl}} shows up as a boss.

* In the first [[Disgaea]], the good ending is considered canon but, the game [[Prinny: Can I Really Be the Hero?]] is canon from the "normal" ending. You can tell considering that {{spoiler|Prinny Laharl}} shows up as a boss.

* Two versions of the fourth ''[[Ys]]'' game were produced concurrently, ''Ys IV: Mask of the Sun'' for the [[Super Famicom]] (Falcom's canonical version) and ''Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys'' for the [[~~Turbo Grafx~~ 16]] CD. They have the same characters and places but are completely different in terms of plot.

* Two versions of the fourth ''[[Ys]]'' game were produced concurrently, ''Ys IV: Mask of the Sun'' for the [[Super Famicom]] (Falcom's canonical version) and ''Ys IV: The Dawn of Ys'' for the [[TurboGrafx-16]] CD. They have the same characters and places but are completely different in terms of plot.

* The ''[[Harvest Moon]]'' games aren't known for having a steady timeline but there are several different continuities at least. The original SNES game shares a continuity with ''[[Harvest Moon 64]]'' and ''Tree of Tranquility'', the [[Distaff Counterpart]] versions are in different continuities with each other, ''Friends of Mineral Town'' take place in the same continuity as ''A Wonderful Life'' and ''DS'', the two Game Boy games take place in one continuity of their own...