expanded universeとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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expanded universe (複数形 expanded universes)

1. In fiction, the extension of a media franchise (i.e. a television show, series of feature films, etc.) with other media (generally comics かつ original novels), often with the result being that the stories described in the other media are not considered canon in the original.
   • 2019, Monica Louzon, “Mara Jade, Frontier Woman”, in Melanie A. Marotta, editor, Women's Space, Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, →ISBN, page 29:

     The Star Wars novels, comics, video games, television series, and radio shows created between 1977 and 2012 all constitute an original Expanded Universe (EU) of in-universe history and lore set within the same transmedia franchise.