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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Fullmetal Alchemist
A complete watch and reading order for Fullmetal Alchemist — Hiromu Arakawa's source manga and both anime continuities: the manga-faithful Brotherhood (2009) and the original-ending 2003 series, plus the anime films, OVAs, and the live-action movies. Answers the franchise's defining question — 2003 vs Brotherhood — with each continuity tagged so you can follow just one.4 sections
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The Grudge / Ju-On
A complete viewing order for the Ju-On and The Grudge franchise — all films and the Netflix series across two parallel canons, a Japanese reboot line, and a crossover with the Ring/Ringu franchise. Covers the original Takashi Shimizu V-cinema and theatrical line (2000–2003), the 10th-anniversary pair (2009), the Ochiai reboot (2014–2015), the Ju-On: Origins prequel series (2020), the American remake continuity (2004–2009), the 2020 sidequel, and Sadako vs. Kayako (2016).4 sections
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Atelier (Gust)
A complete play order for the Atelier series by Gust — every mainline entry across the Salburg, Iris, Mana Khemia, Arland, Dusk, Mysterious, Ryza, and Yumia sub-series, plus the 2023 Marie Remake and Resleriana console release. Each sub-series is self-contained; the tags below group entries so you can find your sub-series and start at its beginning.2 sections
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The Exorcist
A complete viewing and reading order for The Exorcist franchise, covering William Peter Blatty's original 1971 novel, six theatrical films (including the infamous dual-prequel pair), the Fox TV sequel series, and the Legion novel that became The Exorcist III. Includes both release order and in-universe chronological order, with notes on the two competing prequel films and the TV series' separate continuity.3 sections
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Grishaverse (Leigh Bardugo)
A complete reading and viewing order for Leigh Bardugo's Grishaverse — the shared fantasy universe spanning the Shadow and Bone trilogy, the Six of Crows duology, the King of Scars duology, illustrated story collections, a graphic novel prequel, and the Netflix adaptation. Covers both publication order and in-universe chronological order for the novels and screen entries.4 sections
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Suikoden
A complete play order for the Suikoden series by Konami — the six mainline RPGs, the Japan-only Gaiden visual novel duology, the 2025 HD Remaster, and the separate-continuity entries Tierkreis and Tsumugareshi Hyakunen no Toki. Includes both release order and the documented in-universe Solar Calendar chronological order for the main continuity.3 sections
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Sailor Moon
A complete watch and reading order for the Sailor Moon franchise — Naoko Takeuchi's original manga, the classic 90s Toei anime (five seasons and three theatrical films), and the 2014 Crystal reboot continuity through the Eternal and Cosmos films. The 90s anime and Crystal are separate continuities, each adapting the manga from scratch, so this page provides per-continuity tabs alongside a full release-order timeline.4 sections
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The Texas Chain Saw Massacre
A complete viewing order for The Texas Chain Saw Massacre franchise — all nine films from Tobe Hooper's 1974 original through the 2022 Netflix film. The series splits into three incompatible continuities (the original Hooper-era series, the 2003 remake line, and the alternate sequel line that follows only the 1974 film), so each timeline is broken out separately alongside full release order.1 sections
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Eureka Seven
A complete watch order for the Eureka Seven franchise — Studio Bones' mecha anime series, its direct sequel Eureka Seven AO, and the alternate-universe 2009 film and Hi-Evolution film trilogy. Covers both the original continuity (2005 TV series and AO sequel) and the separate AU continuities, with release and chronological options for the main timeline.3 sections
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Armored Core
A complete play order for FromSoftware's Armored Core franchise — every mainline game from the 1997 PlayStation debut through Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon (2023), spanning fifteen titles across four separate story continuities. Includes era tags identifying each game's continuity, so you can play within a single story arc or work through the full series in release order.1 sections
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BlazBlue
A complete play and story order for the BlazBlue franchise by Arc System Works — covering the main story tetralogy (Calamity Trigger through Central Fiction), the XBlaze prequel visual novels, and the non-canon spinoffs Cross Tag Battle and Entropy Effect. The four C-Series fighting games form a single linear narrative, so newcomers can follow release order directly for the full story.2 sections
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Bobiverse
A complete reading order for the Bobiverse series by Dennis E. Taylor — five novels following Bob Johansen, a software engineer whose mind is uploaded into a von Neumann probe and tasked with finding humanity a new home among the stars. The series is strictly linear: each novel continues directly from the last, so publication order and in-universe chronological order are identical.1 sections
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Blade Runner
A complete viewing order for the Blade Runner franchise, covering Ridley Scott's 1982 original, Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049 (2017), the three official prequel short films, and the anime series Blade Runner: Black Lotus. Includes both release order and in-universe chronological order, which differs substantially from release order across a thirty-year in-universe span.3 sections
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The Hunger Games
A complete reading and viewing order for The Hunger Games franchise, covering all five novels by Suzanne Collins and all five released theatrical films. Includes both release order and in-universe chronological order, which places the two prequels — set 64 and 24 years before the original trilogy — ahead of Katniss Everdeen's story.2 sections
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When They Cry
A complete play and watch order for 07th Expansion's When They Cry (なく頃に) horror-mystery sound-novel franchise by Ryukishi07 — covering every Higurashi visual novel arc (2002–2022 across Question Arcs, Answer Arcs, Rei, and the Hou/Hou+ definitive editions), all eight Umineko chapters plus the Tsubasa, Hane, and Saku expansions, and Ciconia Phase 1. Includes every Higurashi anime cour and OVA (Studio Deen's 2006–2013 line and Passione's 2020–2021 Gou/Sotsu continuation), the 2009 Umineko anime, and the three Higurashi live-action productions.3 sections
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The Walking Dead Universe
A complete viewing and reading order for The Walking Dead Universe, covering all seven AMC television series (the flagship 11-season series, Fear the Walking Dead, World Beyond, Tales of the Walking Dead, Dead City, Daryl Dixon, and The Ones Who Live), Robert Kirkman's original 193-issue Image Comics run and its companion specials, and the eight Bonansinga novels set in the comic universe. Includes both broadcast release order and an in-universe chronological order covering the TV continuity (the comic and novel continuity, which diverges from the TV adaptation, falls back to release order).3 sections
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X-Men (Fox Films)
A complete viewing order for the Fox / 20th Century Studios X-Men cinematic universe — all fourteen theatrical films from X-Men (2000) through Deadpool & Wolverine (2024). Covers both release order and a chronological-narrative order that accounts for the timeline split created by X-Men: Days of Future Past, with continuity tags for the original timeline, new-timeline prequel strand, Wolverine solo films, and Deadpool series.1 sections
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Yu Yu Hakusho
A complete watch and reading order for the Yu Yu Hakusho franchise — Yoshihiro Togashi's 19-volume manga, the classic 1992–1994 Studio Pierrot anime (112 episodes across four sagas), two theatrical films, the 2018 anniversary OVAs, and the 2023 Netflix live-action adaptation. Covers all four saga arcs — Spirit Detective, Dark Tournament, Chapter Black, and Three Kings.4 sections
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The Wheel of Time
A complete reading and viewing order for Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time — all 14 main novels, the prequel New Spring, and the Amazon Prime Video television adaptation. Covers the saga from Robert Jordan's original eleven books through Brandon Sanderson's completion of the final three, plus the comics adaptations from Dynamite Entertainment.3 sections
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Vorkosigan Saga (Bujold)
A complete reading order for Lois McMaster Bujold's Vorkosigan Saga — all 17 novels and three novellas from Shards of Honor (1986) to The Flowers of Vashnoi (2018). Covers the Cordelia, Miles, Ivan, and pre-Miles sub-arcs, with both publication order and the author's own recommended reading order as published on her blog in 2025.1 sections
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