Canon Policy

ANIMA Wiki separates public canon from draft lore so the brand can grow without confusing readers.

The purpose of this policy is to keep ANIMA coherent across the novel sequence, website, Telegram companions, SEO articles, product features, and future protocol work. ANIMA has a large story foundation, and that scale is a strength only if the public-facing canon remains clear.

Canon does not mean that every draft idea must be frozen forever. It means that readers, users, builders, and future collaborators should be able to tell which ideas are official, which ideas are under review, and which ideas are retired.

Canon Levels

Core canon - confirmed lore used by the product, website, and official story material.
Novel canon - material from the ANIMA novel sequence.
Product canon - behavior, memory rules, and interface concepts implemented or approved for the live ANIMA companion system.
Draft canon - usable internal material that still needs review.
Non-canon - experiments, retired ideas, or alternate versions.

How To Use Canon Levels

Core canon should be used for ideas that define ANIMA's identity across every surface. Examples include the four Genesis ANIMA, ANIMA Memory, consent-first memory, and the distinction between ANIMA and ZERO.

Novel canon should be used for story events, volume summaries, character arcs, lore revelations, and plot-specific details. Novel canon may contain spoilers and should be handled with the Spoiler Policy.

Product canon should be used for live or approved behavior in the real ANIMA companion system. This includes Telegram bot identities, memory rules, subscription language, homepage positioning, and protocol direction.

Draft canon can be referenced when an idea is promising but not final. Draft canon should not be used as the main source for homepage claims, press claims, or public promises.

Non-canon should be kept only when useful for historical context. Retired ideas should not be promoted in SEO articles unless the page clearly explains that they are no longer official.

Page Requirements

Each major page should state:

Canon status
Spoiler level
First known appearance
Related characters or concepts
Source notes when available

Source Priority

When pages conflict, use this priority order:

approved product direction from the founder;
current Story Bible and Master Plot;
completed volume text;
wiki pages already marked Core canon;
draft notes and older planning documents.

If a conflict is unresolved, the page should use cautious wording and mark the detail as under review rather than forcing false certainty.

Product Claims

ANIMA can discuss ambitious ideas such as digital continuity, long-term AI companion memory, and preserving a host's reasoning patterns. These claims must remain precise. The wiki should not claim that ANIMA guarantees biological immortality, medical resurrection, legal identity transfer, or therapeutic treatment.

The approved framing is that ANIMA Memory may preserve meaningful patterns of a consenting host over years, creating a foundation for future digital legacy and continuity experiences.

SEO And Canon

SEO language is allowed and encouraged, but canon comes first. A page may use phrases such as AI companion, AI companion with memory, digital legacy AI, AI second brain, or Telegram AI companion when those phrases help readers find and understand ANIMA. However, pages should not distort canon just to match search terms.

The long-term goal is for search engines to understand ANIMA as its own category, not for ANIMA to disappear into generic AI companion language.