Non-canon or filler episodes are that part of a series which constitutes the side stories from the original work. These episodes provide additional material to the series which is not related to the main plot by any means, but it is quite intriguing to watch the filler episodes in an anime series.

The main purpose of adding filler episodes to a series is to increase the duration of the show. In most cases, fillers are significantly weaker than the episodes associated with the development of the plot and are not needed to understand it. Still, it adds thrill & excitement to the show making it more exciting and there are many popular anime shows following this same method.

But, which anime has the highest number of filler episodes? Quite an interesting thing to ponder over and today we will discuss the same thing. In this article, you’ll get to see the anime with the highest number of filler episodes in their entirety. So, without wasting any more of your time let’s get started.

Number one on the list is Detective Conan with over 440 filler episodes in the entirety of the series. The series constitutes a total of 1039 episodes and almost half of them are non-canon. The second position goes to Masashi Kishimoto’s written ‘Naruto’. The anime television series of Naruto has a total of 720 episodes out of which 294 episodes are filler.

Below is the complete list of the top 10 anime with the highest number of filler episodes:

#1 Detective Conan – 440 filler episodes (out of 1039)

#2 Naruto – 294 filler episodes (out of 720)

#3 Pokémon – 231 filler episodes (out of 1085)

#4 Boruto – 182 filler episodes (out of 245)

#5 Bleach – 164 filler episodes (out of 366)

#6 Sailor Moon – 98 filler episodes (out of 200)

#7 One Piece – 95 filler episodes (out of 1014)

#8 Yu-Gi-Oh – 91 filler episodes (out of 225)

#9 Dragon Ball – 74 filler episodes (out of 575)

#10 Ranma 1/2 – 72 filler episodes (out of 161)

Percentage-wise, Boruto and Sailor Moon are the top two anime series having the most number of non-canon episodes. 75% of Boruto’s episodes are filler meanwhile, 49% episodes of Sailor Moon are the ones which you can skip. One Piece is quite commendable in this list with only 9% of its episodes being filler even though it has over 1000 episodes.

Do you know any more anime series with the highest number of filler episodes? Feel free to comment them down and let us know what you think about this article, also don’t forget to share this article with your fellow otaku friends.

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