Board Thread:Naruto Discussions/@comment-28861328-20140421161211/@comment-2120712-20140421201735

Has influence but is not the be all end all when it comes to canon info. Manga<-Databooks<-Anime<-Ovas&Movies.

Raiga is canon but his anime arc is not. The animators make up stuff to fit their needs regardless of what Kishi has established. Example Kurama using Wind and Fire release during the pein arc. That was used just to pad the battle. And clearly kishi doesn't care what the animators did since Kurama has yet to use either element in the manga so far.

While Kishi may borrow some ideas from the anime, until those contributions shows up in a manga chapter or databook, they are non-canon. Remember at the end of the day, Kishimoto is writing & drawing this story not the animators(well they animate the anime).