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Where does Star Trek: The Animated Series fit?

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  1. 23RD CENTURY
  2. 2268-2269Star Trek: The Original SeriesStar Trek: The Original SeriesSeason 3 Episode 8
  3. 2269-2270Star Trek: The Animated Series
    You are here · Stop 28 of 248Star Trek: The Animated Series
    • Season 1 Episodes 1-16
    • Season 2 Episodes 1-6
  4. 2273Star Trek: The Motion PictureStar Trek: The Motion PictureMOVIE

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Why watch Star Trek: The Animated Series at this point in the timeline?

Star Trek: The Animated Series brings Kirk's Five-Year Mission to an end. Is TAS completely canon? Maybe. Later works in the franchise, such as Enterprise's Vulcan arc and many more seemed to contradict Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry's later claims that it wasn't. Therefore, I don't see any reason not to regard it as canonical as everything else.