Etymology

beach episode

Today it means: A one-off, non-canon episode of a programme, typically (though not exclusively) found in anime. Full definition →

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The story

From certain anime, in which a special, non-canon episode usually takes place on a beach or other leisure location. The term has since been expanded to non-canon fanservice episodes of other diverse media.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.