What does linkage mean?

What does linkage mean?

Linkage means that two works are related to each other.

The specific phenomenon of linkage is that characters from two works appear together at the same time. Usually linkage is used for the promotion of works, which is different from intrusion (intrusion may have many reasons, such as tribute or spoof).

If two works have the same world view or do not have a rigorous world view, then the characters of the two works will appear in the same scene.

If the two works have different world views, then the characters of one work will appear in the world of the other work.

Linkage may be carried out between various ACGN carriers, such as between animation and animation, between animation and games, between games and games, etc.

Example

Lupine the Third VS Detective Conan

One Hundred Thousand Jokes 2 The Movie (with the Edogawa Pleasant Goat intruding)