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Originally Posted by The Chaos Entity

...Whether you think it's 'canon in the western sense' or not, it explicitly is. It's been stated time and again, and has even been confirmed to take place one year after the series - both by Daichi Miura, and Toei's page for Episode 42 (or was it 41?).
Recent episode listings show that the TV series does have an ending (a final confrontation with Gamedeus Chronus) in Episode 45, but that there are loose ends - loose ends that become plot points in the movie (one such loose end being Johnny Maxima having the Gashacon BugVisor and a sample of the Gamedeus Virus).
The inconsistencies are also being slowly whittled away (Kiriya's white coat, Dan being called 'Kami', and being imprisoned), and if you check, several Japanese Toku sites are keeping track of this 'countdown' - including the Toei pages for each episode.

So... Yes, it's 100% canon, whether you like it or not - like W's, Gaim's, Drive's, and Ghost's (it just chooses to take place after the series, rather than during); but at the same time, the series doesn't end on a cliffhanger, it does have its own ending that serves as both a conclusion to the TV series, and a lead-in to the film.
Think of it like this. The TV series is the main game, and Emu and co. fulfilled the criteria to access the True Ending, so they get an extra 'Final Final Level' after the contemporary final level.
...So while I wouldn't say 'just an epilogue'...that is the easiest way to categorize it, yes.

Why are you telling me WHAT I ALREADY STATED IN THE VERY POST YOU QUOTED! You are literally just repeated some of the very same things you just quoted me saying.