Manga vs Anime, & Book vs Movie

[butterflydreaming]

Several members of my f'list have brought up anime in some way, CCS fanfic in particular, and my brain has been poked to spit out a recurring question. When manga canon and anime canon differ...
does anime canon supersede manga canon,
do you use a blended canon, or
do you consider them separate universes?

Is your approach different if it's book canon vs. movie canon?

Comments

[spazzychic.livejournal.com]

A lot of the time it's whichever one I read/watch first. But then I decide I like the other version and consider them seperate universes.

[rainmage.livejournal.com]

Separate canons for me, totally.

[artyartie.livejournal.com]

Usually, the manga canon supercedes the anime canon for me, but I think a few times I've blended them in small ways. Usually, I tend to stick the anime cards in the mangaverse - there's just more of them.

[cygna-hime.livejournal.com]

Hmm. I tend to use a blend of anime-manga or book-movie canon, if and only if I consider the two versions roughly equal in quality (defined as "I like it"). If, however, I deeply prefer one canon to the other, or it's not possible to combine the two (see Lord of the Rings for both problems), I pick the one I like and go with it.

I tend to canon-blend with CCS, since I like both anime and manga. I'll do the same with Narnia, since I really (I mean *really*) liked the new movie, and it can mesh well with the rest of the book series. Lord of the Rings and Rayearth, however, to take two examples, I just can't mesh, or don't want to.

[dkellis.livejournal.com]

Generally I use one canon and borrow from another, but don't exactly blend them. For example, in CCS fanfic, I'll use anime canon in almost everything (existence of Meiling, existence of Wei, existence of 52/53 Clow Cards), but maybe tweak something in (Fly not being capturable by Wind, for instance, or the identities of the reincarnation(s) of Clow Reed).

Deciding which canon I use depends on which one I like better, which one seems easier to write with, and most importantly which one I have ready access to at all times.

[laurus-nobilis.livejournal.com]

I usually consider them separate canons, and the one I choose to use depends on the fic I'm writing. I tend to go for manga/book, though, probably because in most fandoms that's what I read first. And in most cases it's the version I like more, too.

Sometimes there are details from the anime/movie than can be merged with the manga/book, though. I think that it's not confusing to mention something from one canon if it doesn't contradict the other. For example, we haven't seen Eriol play the piano in the manga, but there's nothing against it either.

I don't like to blend canons in my own fics, because I find it too complicated to keep track of, but I don't mind it when I'm reading (as long as it makes sense and it doesn't create any plotholes).