A filler
A segment of anime, whether it be an entire episode or part of one, which does not appear in the manga of the title.
Fillers, as the name implies, "fills" an episode with non-canonical material which has been written usually by the same company which animates it. Animation companies utilize
fillers for a number of reasons:** If the companies feel that the anime is
catching up to the manga too quickly, they will insert entire filler episodes to allow the manga writer to write more chapters.** Anime versions are usually able to adapt at least two manga chapters per anime episode. If the anime writers feel that a
crucial chapter should not be aired in the last part of an episode, they will add
a filler segment to make up for this, and air the crucial parts in a fresh episode.** If the anime gains huge popularity amongst the viewers, anime companies often add fillers to extend the anime, capitalizing off the popularity (one example of this is Naruto,
airing fillers for over a year, turning the anime stale).
Filler
by Wilsdon on Apr 19, 2009 04:14:34
A member of a social group who has little/no popularity and is merely involved to make numbers, rather than to add to the group.
Fillers have no intellectual or comedy value and any attempted
input is usually ignored or completely disregarded.
A Filler is the sort of person who you wouldn't be seen with dead.
Example:
Woman: who's that random bloke stood behind watching us?
Bloke:
dunno, just some
filler!
*********
Bloke 1: Why's he following us round?
Bloke 2:
Dunno, he's game for filling
gaps!
fillers
by The Isbey on Aug 15, 2006 15:38:34
In t.v. series that are derived from other forms like books or comics,
fillers are episodes that did not appear in the book or comic. The creators of the television show make up episodes (that are normally really bad) and air those episodes that because they just needed to air an episode and they couldn't use
a real one.
Fillers can also be used to give the television show creators more time so that the book or comic creators can get farther ahead of them so that they don't
catch up to the book or comic.
Example:
Something that is would like to
point out is that the anime
Naruto which was derived from the
manga Naruto has had about 3 seasons of fillers because the anime nearly passed the manga.
Filler
by ZambianAstronaut on Dec 10, 2010 03:00:31
Example:
Girlfriend: 'Aw, that's really sweet of you to phone and ask how
my day was going.'
Boyfriend: 'That's cool, it was only
a filler anyway. Right
gotta go, that's my stop.'
Filler
by slammalee on Jun 18, 2009 04:17:07
An
ex boyfriend/ girlfriend you still associate with that you like to hang out with, go out with between dating other people or when
you're bored and no one else will. They're filling the time between that. You know they're
never going to be anything serious again.
Filler
by The Worlds Loneliest Man on Dec 15, 2014 09:58:34
When you go to a search box of a general website, and suddenly your mind goes
blank of what you were going to do, so you fill
the box in with a phrase such as "lol" or some other
random crap that was on your mind so the search box doesn't feel lonely.
Example:
*Guy goes onto Urban Dictionary*
*Gets ready to type something but forgets*
*Uses
a filler to make the
search box not lonely*
fillers
by The Isbey on Aug 20, 2006 11:31:24
In t.v. series that are derived from other forms like books or comics,
fillers are episodes that did not appear in the book or comic. The creators of the television show make up episodes (that are normally really bad) and air those episodes that because they just needed to air an episode and they couldn't use
a real one.
Fillers can also be used to give the television show creators more time so that the book or comic creators can get farther ahead of them so that they don't
catch up to the book or comic.
Example:
Something that i would like to
point out is that the anime
Naruto which was derived from the
manga Naruto has had about 3 seasons of fillers because the anime nearly passed the manga.