Why the Steins;Gate Movie is "Canon"

Steins;Gate's movie can absolutely be considered canon. And it does not contradict the rules of the series.

In the past decade, countless English-speaking Steins;Gate anime onlies have mistakenly believed the Steins;Gate movie to be non-canon and unimportant to the franchise. But with recent localizations of wider SciADV series content, the fandom's understanding of the movie has changed drastically.

On Youtube, most content on the Steins;Gate movie is heavily outdated and made by anime onlies who lack full series context. In this video, I seek to explain why the movie can be considered canon (for the lack of a better term). The first half of this video is good for Steins;Gate onlies. The second half involves full SciADV series spoilers.

Special thanks to Arkifix for his help with translating pages 281 and 282 of volume 2 of the Steins;Gate movie's novelization.

Also special thanks to ItsRigs, whose observations and writings over the past few years were of inspiration for various parts of the video, the second half especially so. The term "paradox threshold" was originally coined by him. If you're on the "Beyond the Gate", "Committee of Zero", or "Occultic Code" Discord servers, you can see some of his writings there.

As an additional note, the segments of "A Posteriori Existence" seen from 11:11 to 11:23 are from AI Luffy's upload of the drama CD.

Time stamps:
00:00 Intro
02:37 What Being "Anime-Original" Means
04:59 Holy Day Contradictions
09:13 The R World Line and Series Mechanics
12:14 SciADV Spoiler Disclaimer
12:33 Beyond the Load Region
16:38 World Layers
20:01 Summary and Conclusion