Board Thread:Questions and Answers/@comment-31488396-20180604222449/@comment-45762951-20200603034051

I get that it doesn't have to be exactly the same.They can stick to an Easter Egg or two. Anime expands the universe while manga limits it and leaves some things to the readers imagination. Although there are somethings that didn't start as manga and instead as games (Pokemon)  Having tons of stories  that are partially canon due to using the games as reference material but at the end of the day the creator of pokemon decides what is necessary to the story he is trying to tell.