On Sat, 1 Nov 1997, D100100 wrote:

>  On any point that I was forced to rule canon.  I'd go with OAVs over the
>  manga that cover the same period, but would let the later manga overrule
>  on any point in conflict.  For the most part this isn't too hard.

I'm afraid that you'll find many people hold the opposite view, myself
included.  I love the anime dearly and Inoue Kikuko's voice is what
prompted me to take 2+ years of Japanese, but when it comes to canon, the
manga takes precedence.  After all, it is the manga, and not the anime,
which is the undisputed pure expression of the author's creative vision.
At times, with certain titles, I may -like- the anime better, but when I
want to search for concrete facts about the characters, timeframe, etc.
the manga is the final arbiter of the truth.

With all due respect, I remain,

J. Lan Bellsmith, Lord of Pendragon
Belldandy no Dai'Shinkan
Parvati IV no kokoro no Wu
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"Smooth as buttered moonlight, the grace of the dance,
That takes us here and there again, with interlinking hands.
Begin as two, end as one, or is it the other way about?
What difference, what matter, across open lips:  Air---
In and Out." 

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