franchises
Viewing and reading orders for film, book, game, and TV franchises. Pick a franchise, choose a section, then an order — release, chronological, or recommended — and check items off as you go.
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Ys
A complete play order for the Ys action RPG series by Nihon Falcom — every mainline entry, the two canonical remakes (Oath in Felghana, Memories of Celceta), and the prequel Ys Origin across PC-88, PC Engine, Super Famicom, and modern platforms. Includes both release order and the documented in-universe chronological order of Adol Christin's adventures.1 sections
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Ascendance of a Bookworm
A complete watch and reading order for Ascendance of a Bookworm (Honzuki no Gekokujou) — Miya Kazuki's light novel series, its four anime seasons, OVA, and manga adaptations. Covers the full story of Myne, a book-obsessed girl reincarnated into a world without books who resolves to make them herself.3 sections
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Psycho-Pass
A complete watch order for the Psycho-Pass franchise, covering all three anime seasons, six theatrical films, and the in-universe chronological order that untangles the significant divergence between release dates and story placement. Produced by Production I.G, the series is set in a future Japan where the Sibyl System measures citizens' mental states and crime potential.2 sections
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The Belgariad & The Malloreon
A complete reading order for David and Leigh Eddings' Belgariad and Malloreon saga, covering all ten core novels, the prequels Belgarath the Sorcerer and Polgara the Sorceress, and the Rivan Codex companion. Includes both publication order and an in-universe chronological order with the prequels read first.4 sections
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NCIS
A complete viewing order for the NCIS franchise — every season of the original series and all six spinoffs, from the JAG backdoor pilot through NCIS: Sydney and the 1991-set prequel NCIS: Origins. Includes both release order and a chronological order that front-loads the Origins prequel seasons.7 sections
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Mazinger
A complete watch and reading order for Go Nagai's Mazinger franchise — the pioneering super robot series spanning the original TV trilogy (Mazinger Z, Great Mazinger, UFO Robot Grendizer), their theatrical films, and the reimagined continuities of Mazinkaiser, Shin Mazinger, and Mazinger Z: Infinity. Covers the sequential Fuji TV lineage in chronological order alongside the separate reboot continuities and the three source manga.4 sections
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Mana (Seiken Densetsu)
A complete play order for Square Enix's Mana series (Seiken Densetsu) — every mainline action-RPG from Final Fantasy Adventure to Visions of Mana, plus the remakes, remasters, and the Collection of Mana compilation. The games are largely standalone, so this is a release-order guide with the few documented in-universe links noted.2 sections
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Black Lagoon
A complete watch and reading order for Black Lagoon — Rei Hiroe's ongoing manga and the Madhouse anime adaptation. Covers both television seasons (2006), the Roberta's Blood Trail OVA (2010–2011), and the manga that continues well past where the anime ends.2 sections
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Made in Abyss
A complete watch and reading order for Made in Abyss, Akihito Tsukushi's manga series and its anime adaptations — covering Season 1, the two 2019 recap films, the 2020 theatrical sequel, and Season 2. Includes guidance on the film-vs-TV ordering question and which entries are essential vs redundant.3 sections
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Throne of Glass
A complete reading order for Sarah J. Maas's Throne of Glass series — eight books following assassin Celaena Sardothien across the kingdom of Adarlan and beyond. Covers both publication order and the fan-recommended chronological path, including the parallel Tower of Dawn / Empire of Storms read.1 sections
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Bayonetta
A complete play and watch order for the Bayonetta franchise — the four PlatinumGames action titles and the 2013 anime film adaptation. Covers both release order and in-universe chronological order, from Cereza's childhood in Bayonetta Origins through the multiverse-spanning events of Bayonetta 3.2 sections
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Jujutsu Kaisen
A complete watch and reading order for Jujutsu Kaisen — Gege Akutami's manga, the MAPPA anime series, and the theatrical film Jujutsu Kaisen 0. Covers the prequel film, all three aired seasons, and the completed manga, with a chronological order that places the JJK 0 prequel before Season 1.2 sections
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Honor Harrington — Honorverse
A complete reading order for David Weber's Honorverse — the Honor Harrington military space-opera saga plus the Crown of Slaves, Saganami Island, Manticore Ascendant, and Star Kingdom YA sub-series and the short-fiction anthologies. Covers every novel in both publication order and a documented in-universe chronological order that interleaves the concurrent spin-off lines.2 sections
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Guilty Gear
A complete play and watch order for Guilty Gear, Arc System Works' long-running fighting game franchise. Covers every mainline game from the 1998 PlayStation original through Guilty Gear -STRIVE- (2021) and the 2025 anime adaptation Dual Rulers — including guidance on navigating the GG XX revision maze.2 sections
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IT (Stephen King)
A complete viewing and reading order for Stephen King's IT franchise, covering the 1986 source novel, the 1990 ABC miniseries, Andy Muschietti's 2017 and 2019 theatrical films, and the HBO prequel series Welcome to Derry. Includes both release order and an in-universe chronological order that separates the 1990 miniseries continuity from the modern film and TV universe.4 sections
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Vlad Taltos / Dragaera (Steven Brust)
A complete reading order for Steven Brust's Dragaera — the 17 Vlad Taltos novels, the Khaavren Romances, the standalone Brokedown Palace, and short fiction. The Vlad books were published deliberately out of internal-chronological order, so this page offers both publication order and a reconstructed in-universe timeline.3 sections
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Getter Robo
A complete watch and reading order for the Getter Robo franchise — Go Nagai and Ken Ishikawa's foundational mecha series spanning seven anime productions (1974–2021), three OVA series, and six manga runs. Because most adaptations are separate, self-contained continuities, entries are tagged by continuity line to help you navigate the TV series, OVAs, and Ishikawa's connected manga saga independently.3 sections
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Five Nights at Freddy's
A complete play, watch, and reading order for Scott Cawthon's Five Nights at Freddy's — every mainline and canon game from the 2014 original through Secret of the Mimic, both theatrical films, and the Silver Eyes, Fazbear Frights, and Tales from the Pizzaplex book lines. Includes a release order plus a games-only in-universe order that flags the franchise's famously unofficial, contested timeline.3 sections
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Jack Reacher
A complete reading and viewing order for Lee Child's Jack Reacher franchise — all 30 published novels, key novellas and short stories, two Tom Cruise films, and three seasons of the Amazon Prime Video series. Covers both publication order and the in-universe chronological order spanning Reacher's 1974 childhood through his post-Army drifting years.3 sections
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CSI
A complete viewing order for the CSI franchise — all five CBS series from the original CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (2000–2015) through the revival CSI: Vegas (2021–2024), broken down season by season. Covers all 39 seasons across CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, CSI: Miami, CSI: NY, CSI: Cyber, and CSI: Vegas, with crossover episodes noted in context.5 sections
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