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PostPosted: Sun Feb 25, 2018 11:18 pm Reply with quote
So I know that there are more than a few of you--myself included--who have been watching a long-running series of yore, and noticed that it was both long and popular enough to warrant the making of a film or special or something else (or several). Now, you're wondering, "Well, when in continuity do they take place?" The formal, cop-out answer is "nowhere" because these films and specials are almost never canon. Still, maybe you think these little supplementary adaptations are worth the watchin' anyway and are pushing that aside. You want to watch this whole series in chronological order and you don't care what anyone thinks about that. If that describes you, then this thread is for you.

Obviously, though, I haven't seen everything, nor do I bother with everything, so I by no means have a big ol' lovely list to offer right now. I can get this started, though. Otherwise, it's a community effort. If you know a thing or two about such-and-such series and its films and specials and you want to contribute, please indicate somewhere that said film or special occurs between episode x and episode y of series proper. Giving us only something like, "It occurs after character x obtains mcguffin y," or, "After character x falls in love with character z," is great for spoiler-tagged rationale, but isn't terribly useful to new viewers or viewers who are re-watching something they haven't seen for a long time. I will update this here OP with new information as it comes.

InuYasha
Films
See here, here, and here for rationale.

  • Affections Touching Across Time - Between episodes 54 and 55
  • Castle Beyond the Looking Glass - Between episodes 77 and 80
  • Swords of an Honorable Ruler - Between episodes 132 and 133/134
  • Fire on the Mystic Island - After episode 166/167 and before The Final Act

RWBY

  • Trailers - Before Volume 1
  • World of Remnant specials - Exposition mockumentaries; do not occur in continuity, but can be viewed in broadcast order for clarification on lore and concepts. See here, here, and here.
  • Volume 4 Character Short - Between Volumes 3 and 4
  • Volume 5 Character Shorts - Between Volumes 4 and 5
  • Volume 1-3: The Beginning - Abridged retelling for Japanese broadcast; does not occur in continuity and generally not recommended

RWBY Chibi shorts
Parodies; do not occur in continuity, but contain spoilers for prior volumes

  • Season 1 - After Volume 3
  • Season 2 - After Volume 4
  • Season 3 - After Volume 5

Shakugan no Shana

  • Film - Does not occur in continuity
  • Shana-tan specials - Parodies; do not occur in continuity, but may contain spoilers for prior seasons
  • Naze Nani Shana - Exposition mockumentaries; do not occur in continuity, but can be viewed after every three episodes of seasons 1 and 2 for clarification on lore and concepts. There are eight of these for each of those two seasons.
  • SP OVA - Between episodes 13 and 14 (?)

S OVA's

  • Reshuffle - Between seasons 1 and 2
  • Domicile - Between seasons 1 and 2
  • Overture I & II - Before episode 1
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