Contrary to the popular belief, the Steins;Gate movie is canon (video)

SciADV_Maniac said:
Hello there,

This is SciADV_Maniac, long time Science Adventure series fan (which includes Steins;Gate). People who are reading the Steins;Gate forums on MAL probably saw my name a lot of times. I'm reading these forums time to time and try to answer the questions by others regarding Steins;Gate.

I planned to write an essay here since I've finished the recently released Anonymous;Code, because it recontextualized the franchise, and cleared up a lot of things regarding the mechanics presented in Steins;Gate Movie: The Load Region of Deja Vu - mechanics which Steins;Gate fans (including myself in the past as well) regarded as "breaking the lore established in Steins;Gate". In reality, there is nothing in the movie that contradicts the lore established in previous Science Adventure titles - Chaos;Head, Steins;Gate, Robotics;Notes, and their side materials. Simply not all the necessary materials were available to English speaking fans, so they lacked the context required to understand the movie. With the recent localization of the 2009 visual novel Chaos;Head Noah, and the release of the latest entry, Anonymous;Code, and one particular Drama CD from the past called "A Posteriori Existence" which accompanied the movie back then, every information is available now.

Thankfully, my fellow Science Adventure fan, @Sharingan123412 made a very enlightening video where he explains in detail how the mechanics presented in the movie do not break any previously established lore, and the movie is in fact canon. Please note that the video's 2nd half contains spoilers from the entire Science Adventure series. The first half of the video is perfectly safe for anyone, who only knows Steins;Gate. Please enjoy! If you have any questions or something is not clear, me and Sharingan will gladly answer!

SciADV_Maniac said:
@Cyaudrein Well you look into plenty of the threads in the movie's subpage, a lot of people says it's not canon because in the movie, there seemingly 2 worldlines being active at the same time (the R and the Steins Gate) which contradicts to the established lore that only 1 worldline is active at once. However, the "R worldline" is not an actual worldline - this explained more detailed in the video.

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Cyaudrein said:
Oh damn this is news to me. I thought the movie was always canon