Canon
Canon refers to information that is considered "official" by a fictional universe's fan-base. In this case the word canon refers to information that is considered official for Detective Conan.
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Canon
In Detective Conan only the information, storylines, settings, and characters found in the manga and information given by Gosho Aoyama in interviews are considered to be canon.
Canonicity is relevant in the fandom because non-canon material can impact the reader's ability to solve the story's mysteries or logically perturb the main storyline. Alterations or omissions in the anime have introduced serious plotholes that create logical inconsistencies or remove clues so that cases are harder or impossible to solve. Because of this, even manga-based episodes are generally considered suspect and the manga overrides the anime in canonicity where the two conflict.
Non-canon
The following sources of information are considered to be non-canon and are deemed unofficial:
Non-canon information that has become canon
Certain elements from non-canon sources have been turned into canon via Gosho Aoyama and the manga series.
Characters
Wataru Takagi
Wataru Takagi was first introduced in On Location, TV Drama Murder Case as an unnamed police detective that had accompanied Inspector Megure on the scene. For some time, this character only appeared in the TV original episodes directed by Haruo Ogawara. The character's name is first given as "Detective Takagi" in the credits for the Karaoke Box Murder Case despite his face not actually appearing on-screen. Although the Karaoke Box Murder Case was based on a manga story Takagi does not appear in the original. Takagi receives his first manga canon appearance in the Historical Actor Murder Case.
Ninzaburo Shiratori
Ninzaburo Shiratori was first introduced in The Time-Bombed Skyscraper and received his first canon manga appearance in the first Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story as Takagi's rival for Miwako Sato's affections.
Detective Chiba
Detective Chiba was first introduced in the anime version of The Final Screening Murder Case and received his first canon manga appearance in Metropolitan Police Detective Love Story 3. Curiously enough Chiba's first name has not been given in the manga or anime. Aoyama has implied in an interview that since Wataru Takagi was named after his voice actor it was unlikely he would repeat himself by giving Detective Chiba his voice actor's first name (Isshin) too.[1]
Azusa Enomoto
Azusa Enomoto was first introduced in The Mysterious Old Man Disappearance Case as a waitress at Café Poirot as a background character. She receives her name and first speaking appearance in The Deduction That Was Too Good. Her first canon manga appearance occurs during The Forgotten Cell Phone.
Midori Kuriyama
Midori Kuriyama was first introduced in The Fourteenth Target as Eri Kisaki's secretary and received her first canon manga appearance in the Alike Princesses case.
References
- ^ "Translating Interviews". justwantanaccount. 2012-01-12. http://www.detectiveconanworld.com/forum/topic/1555-translating-interviews/page__view__findpost__p__245256. Retrieved on 2012-04-29.
