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== Anime and Manga ==
* Manga creator [[Go Nagai]] does this often with his various works, although ''[[Mazinger Z]]'' and ''Grendizer'' were already part of one continuity from Grendizer's get-go.
** [[Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z-hen]] is quickly reaching a critical level of this, with a woman from ''Violence Jack'' turning out to be {{spoiler|Kouji Kabuto's ''mother''.}}
** [[Violence Jack]] has incorporated [[Devilman]] and later [[Devilman Lady]] as taking place in one Universe {{spoiler|that resets itself and all main characters are really incarnations of Akira Fudou}}. And because the series is also [[Deconstructor Fleet]] for all other [[Go Nagai]]'s manga, there are many theories incorporating them into it {{spoiler|in all incarnations, which is possible thanks to the nature of this world}}. Cameos and crossovers between his works are so often it's pretty easy.
* Gosho Aoyama's three main works ''[[Detective Conan]]'', ''[[Magic Kaito]]'', and ''[[Yaiba]]!'', have the tendency to merge into one universe. ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' was more or less put on hold in favor of ''[[Detective Conan]]'', but its characters occur so frequently in ''[[Detective Conan]]'' to be the latter's recurring characters. Although, Aoyama also drew the line: ''[[Detective Conan]]'' does not deal with the daily life of the ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' characters.
** On the other hand, ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' is definitively ''in'' the same universe of ''[[Yaiba]]!''; the characters went to the same school called Ekoda, and the ''[[Detective Conan]]'' OVA Conan vs Kaitou Kid vs Yaiba was originally a ''[[Magic Kaito]]'' story arc (and not [[All Just a Dream]]), in which Kaito attempts to steal a magic sword, just before he found out what he was meant to be going after. Not to say, Aoko's gossip mill friend Keiko's "very reliable source" is Sayaka, the main girl in ''[[Yaiba]]!''.
* ''[[Turn a Gundam (Anime)|Turn a Gundam]]'' broadly hinted that each of the different [[Alternate Continuity|Alternate Continuities]] of the ''[[Gundam]]'' [[Ficton|franchise]] to date were part of a grander history -- with plenty of [[The End of the World as We Know It|disasters]] to [[After the End|reset the clock]] between settings.
* The mangaka group [[CLAMP]] has been known for self-crossovers for many years, but their twin series ''[[Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle]]'' and ''[[
* ''[[Pretty Cure All Stars]].'' 14 magical girls from 4 different continuities save the day. Awesome.
** The second All Stars-movie features 17 magical girls from 5 different continuities. From the previews it seems to feature some of the different baddies, too.
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*** It's gotten to the point that Arale's made it into at least three Dragon Ball video games as a playable character! ''Budokai Tenkaichi 3'', ''Origins'' and ''Revenge of King Piccolo'', to be precise. The first one also caused a good dose of [[And the Fandom Rejoiced]] for those who knew her.
* The canons of ''[[Tsukihime]]'', ''[[Fate/stay night|Fate Stay Night]]'' (plus others) are generally grouped together and called the [[Nasuverse]]. There's rarely direct crossover of the characters, except in [[Battle Moon Wars|spin-off]] [[Melty Blood|games]] and non-canon side-comics. [[Word of God]] on each canon's characters respective power levels in relation to each other ([[Memetic Mutation|can Shiki kill Servants?]]) is [[Flip-Flop of God|conflicting]].
** Except ''[[
* [[Leiji Matsumoto]] is notorious for this, with ''[[Galaxy Express 999]]'', ''[[Captain Harlock]]'', ''[[Queen Millennium]]'', and ''[[Space Cruiser Yamato]]'' crossing over to various degrees, not always following a consistent continuity.
* Endings of ''[[Getter Robo]] Armageddon'' and ''New Getter Robo'' {{spoiler|in which Armageddon versions of Ryoma, Hayato and Benkei and New version of Ryoma ends in [[Warrior Heaven]], alongside countless Getters, fighting unknown [[Cosmic Horror]]}} has hinted that all Getter's separated continuities (two mentioned above, [[Ken Ishikawa]]'s manga continuity, ''Getter Robo DASH'' manga and anime ''Getter Robo Go'' and ''Shin Getter Robo Vs Neo Getter Robo'') might exist in the same Multiverse.
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* ''[[Rifts]]''. Want ''Robotech'' mecha to fight the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles alongside unicorn-riding cyborgs, only to have them all ambushed by eldritch abominations? Rifts. Palladium games specifically published conversion books for incorporating their other franchises into Rifts rules.
** Which is mostly a case of converting some things to MDC. Other than that, every Palladium game uses the same basic rules. Another bit of [[Canon Welding]] comes in-universe. Hints have been dropped in the books that Rifts Earth is either a future version of ''Beyond the Supernatural'', ''Heroes Unlimited'', or a bizarre combination of the two.
* The ''[[Warhammer Fantasy Battle]]'' and ''[[Warhammer 40000]]'' universes (universi? universeses?) used to be linked, although the linking statements were made by mad characters. The whole saga/background is told through an [[Unreliable Narrator]] anyway. [[Word of God|Games Workshop]] has stated that the link is now done away with, since it was mostly silly anyway.
** To elaborate, Warhammer world used to be a planet in the 40k universe, surrounded by warp storms that made it inaccessible for the rest of the galaxy. Nowdays they exist in separate universes, but there appears to be a small link between them in the form of the Warp (the Chaos Gods are the same in each universe, and some people in Warhammer world have gotten visions of Chaos in 40 universe. For example, in ''Liber Chaotica: Book of Khorne'', it's all but outright stated the author is having visions of Abaddon's 13th Black Crusade. Also the [[Precursors|Old Ones]] in ''Warhammer'' appear to be the same as the ones in 40k, and a fan theory suggests they escaped from 40k universe to ''Warhammer'' one after the War in Heavens). There is no real interaction between the two universes, however, unless you count some daemon characters popping up in both universes and a few magic items that have a suspicious resemblance to 40k technology.
** It also used to be fairly heavily implied that Sigmar (the fantasy Empire's messiah figure and founder) was one of the missing Primarchs (genetically enhanced superhuman offspring of 40k's Emperor).
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