Talk:Filler

I personally find the term "filler" completely misleading. It's usually used in anime fandom as an euphemism for "anything that was not in the source material", but it also implies that any event depicted in an adaptation-original story arc is unimportant to the overall plot, which I disagree. In the anime version of the Shin saga, episodes 17-21 is an anime-original story arc, but its still important to the plot due to the changes made to the flow of the story in the anime adaptation. Arkhound 04:32, May 14, 2010 (UTC)

True. I did this partially because somebody keeps deleting all the information on anime filler from Wikipedia, so I thought I'd preserve (part of) the article here. I also plan to flesh this out a lot more, but am waiting for the new DVD set to come out so I can rewatch the "filler" eps and take notes. (Even though I hate the Shin arc filler; the later stuff was OK.) I want to specify between "anime original story" and clip shows, too. evan1975 05:18, May 14, 2010 (UTC)

Yeah, blame that on the Manga and Anime Wikiproject. Apparently, anime-original characters in manga-based anime adaptations are not "notable" enough to be mentioned unless its a main character. I can understand their need to remove as much fanwankery as possible, but sometimes they take it too far. But I digress.

Regardless of the quality of the Shin filler, jumping from episode 13 to 22 leaves a lot of holes in the story, mainly like what happens to Joker and Saki and how Southern Cross got destroyed. At the very least, episodes 17-21, while completely different from the manga, are important to the anime story. Not to mention that many adapted episodes have their fair share of anime-only material as well (the Mr. Heart episode consists almost entirely of filler outside of the scenes with Mr. Heart).

If you want a comprehensive list of manga-to-anime changes, I recommend Hokutosite fansite, which has a detailed episode guide. Arkhound 21:11, May 14, 2010 (UTC)