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This is the page detailing currently known information on the Universe of AI: The Somnium Files, including its state of canonicity and its timeline history.

Entries in the universe

Canonicity

This wiki follows a general guideline of canonicity in terms of what piece of media we consider canon and what doesn't. We follow a tier list that determines which piece of media overtakes another when there's a conflict of canonicity. The list is as follows:

The AI: The Somnium Files video game, and all content included within it The A-set vlog series in the Lemniscate YouTube channels A-set's, Mato's, and Fluer's Twitter accounts, and all their subsequent tweets (English and Japanese for A-set) Outside information, such as in-character interviews with A-set

Ex.: If a piece of information found in AI: The Somnium Files contradicts a piece of information told to us on Twitter through A-set's account, the tweet itself will be considered non-canon, as the game is higher on the tier, which takes precedence. However, only that single tweet will be considered non-canon, as any other unrelated tweet from that account can still be considered canonical.

Real-life content canon in the universe

The following is a list of canon information based on different sources throughout the pieces of media listed above. They will be marked based on which type of media it comes from: If the text is normal, then it's information from the video game; if it's bold, it comes from the YouTube series; If it's in italics, it comes from the Twitter accounts; If it's underscored, then it comes from outside sources and interviews.

Tokyo, Japan

Kotaro Uchikoshi

Spike Chunsoft

The Annual Grammy Awards

The "Danganronpa" series Special mention to characters of "Danganronpa 1", "Danganronpa 2", and "Danganronpa v3"

The video game " 428: Shibuya Scramble"

The "Zero Escape" series Special mention is given to characters and their iterations in all three games in the series

The visual novel "Steins;Gate," particularly the remake "Steins;Gate ELITE"

The franchise for "Re:Zero – Starting Life in Another World"

The "Kill la Kill" anime series

The "Sword Art Online" franchise, particularly the spinoff "Sword Art Online Alternative Gun Gale Online"

The "Oreimo" and "Eromanga Sensei" series

The animated series "The DARLING in the FRANXX"

The animated series "SSSS.GRIDMAN"

The "Kamen Rider" series

The virtual YouTubers Kizuna Ai, Nekomiya Hinata, Kaguya Luna, and Mirai Akari

The anime studio TRIGGER

The online store J-LIST

The english hentai publisher FAKKU

The "Tetris" game

Akihabara, Japan

GameSpot, in particular their editor Michael Higham

The "Alien" movie franchise

The "Indiana Jones" movie franchise

Hatsune Miku, in particular her song "Sand Planet" And the Miku fan account @mikumiku_ebooks

Rihanna

Ke$ha

Lady Gaga

Ariana Grande

The "Powerpuff Girls" television series

The Academy Awards, also known as The Oscars

The video game "Zanki Zero: Last Beginning"

The manga series "Ijiranaide, Nagatoro-san" (TL: Please Don't Bully Me, Nagataro)

The "Pokémon" series Potential reference to "Pokémon Sword" and "Pokémon Shield"



ASMR online videos

The animated movie "My Neighbor Totoro"

" The Simpsons" animated series

The "My Hero Academia" series, particularly the anime

The "JoJo's Bizarre Adventure" franchise, particularly the anime

Ariake, Japan

San Francisco, USA

Game Developers Conference

The Drakengard/NieR series, particularly the game "NieR:Automata"

The video game "League of Legends"

The animated show "King of the Hill"

The "Fate/" series, particularly "Fate/Grand Order"

The "Cowboy Bebop" anime

The "Kantai Collection" franchise

The "Girls' Frontline" mobile game

The "Azur Lane" franchise

The blog site Medium, in particular the writer/interviewer Gabby Snyder

The Marvel Cinematic Universe franchise, particularly "Avengers: Endgame"

The "KonoSuba: God's Blessing on this Wonderful World!" anime

The game "Honey Select"

The game "Team Fortress 2"

The "Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?" series

The anime "Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai"

The game "Minecraft"

The artists TesseracT, and their album "Altered State," featuring the song "Proxy"

The artists Ne Obliviscaris, and their album "Portal of I," featuring the song “Forget Not”

The animated series "Steven Universe"

The artists Gojira, and their album "From Mars to Siruis, featuring the song "Ocean Planet"

The Miami Heat basketball team (and also the Chicago Bulls)

TBA

Potential canon content

Similar to the content above, certain pieces of real-life content can be considered part of the universe, but it has not been proven or it has been contested in some way:

Timeline of events

These are the events that occurs in the universe of the series:

Common Line

ARG Branch

Game Branch

Trivia

In the Famitsu Interview, the game's director and writer, Kotaro Uchikoshi, has stated that, while the setting has no direct connections to the Zero Escape series, he did state that, due to the latter series's nature with timelines, it's possible that AI: The Somnium Files is set in a different timeline connected to the series. [4] AI: The Somnium Files takes place in 2019, but the earliest recorded split in the timeline for Zero Escape is in 2027. Any potential timeline split would have to occur earlier than 2019, separate from the events shown in the Zero Escape series.

series, he did state that, due to the latter series's nature with timelines, it's possible that is set in a different timeline connected to the series.