User blog comment:Miskos3/Fairy Tail Episode 215: The Snake Charmer Ophiuchus, Review/@comment-24784846-20150110033500/@comment-107.219.14.203-20150110071839

To be fair Relikz, the anime is canon, just not to the manga. There are technically two continuities at this point, the manga canon and the anime canon. While it isn't canon to the manga itself, the episodes do constitute their own canon. For another example, Mirajane getting brained by a bottle isn't canon to the anime, only the manga. I really hate the argument about what's canonical and what's not. And my hatred of that argument is why I appreciate this wiki using the "anime-exclusive" terminology instead of the other options.