A Steins;Gate Timeline Maps the Whole Science Adventure Anime
The timeline treats the franchise as one connected world rather than a set of spin-offs, and its note that Occultic;Nine was retconned into the Science Adventure Series gives that show's conversations a different weight.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
An Anime News Network feature lays out a timeline of every Science Adventure Series anime to date, separating entries by attractor field and placing them within the shared fictional world. Where the anime gave no date, the piece draws on dates from the games the anime adapt, and on context clues for the rest. It also explains why Occultic;Nine, once part of a separate Science Visual Novel grouping that was abandoned, now likely sits on the Steins;Gate Worldline.
The feature sorts entries by attractor field, the branching structure Steins;Gate uses to separate worldlines. Dates come from the anime where they exist, from the games where they do not, and from context clues in the remaining cases. One example is Steins;Gate: The Sagacious Wisdom of Cognitive Computing, placed by three details: the Phonewave on the desk, Suzuha absent beyond a Reading Steiner flashback, and Kurisu's hotel room matching the one in Load Region of Deja Vu.
Occultic;Nine is called the shakiest inclusion. It was made under the Science Visual Novel label, where the Science Adventure Series was meant to exist as fiction inside that world. That concept was abandoned, and the show has since been retconned into the Science Adventure Series itself, with later games treating both as equally real.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network Steins;Gate and Beyond: The Complete Science Adventure Series Anime Timeline