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.

179 franchises

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61
Power Rangers
A complete viewing order for Power Rangers — every season of the long-running Saban / Disney / Hasbro adaptation of Japan's Super Sentai, from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in 1993 through Cosmic Fury in 2023, plus the 1995 and 1997 theatrical films, the 2017 Lionsgate reboot, and the 2023 Netflix anniversary special Once & Always. Era tags separate Saban, Disney, and Hasbro production runs.
2 sections
35 items
— / 35
62
Pokémon (Anime)
A complete viewing order for the Pokémon anime franchise — all 28 English-broadcast seasons from Ash Ketchum's Indigo League debut through the Horizons era's new protagonists Liko and Roy, plus 24 animated theatrical films, one live-action film, and six standalone mini-series including Pokémon Origins, Generations, Twilight Wings, Hisuian Snow, Path to the Peak, and Concierge. Covers every officially released Pokémon animated production through 2026.
3 sections
60 items
— / 60
63
Planet of the Apes
A complete watch and reading order for the Planet of the Apes franchise — from Pierre Boulle's 1963 origin novel through the original five-film quintet (1968–1973), the 1974 CBS live-action series and 1975 NBC animated series, Tim Burton's 2001 standalone reboot, the Caesar trilogy (Rise, Dawn, War, 2011–2017), and the post-Caesar Kingdom era beginning in 2024. Tagged by continuity so you can follow just the original films, the Caesar saga, or the full franchise story.
3 sections
13 items
— / 13
64
Patlabor
A complete watch and reading order for Mobile Police Patlabor — the mecha franchise created by the Headgear collective, spanning two separate animated continuities, a live-action series and film, the original manga, and the 2026 sequel anime Patlabor EZY. Sections are organized by continuity: the OVA/film timeline, the TV timeline, live-action, and the original manga.
6 sections
12 items
— / 12
65
Overlord
A complete watch and reading order for the Overlord franchise — Kugane Maruyama's light novel series, the four-season Madhouse anime (2015–2022), the 2024 theatrical film Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom covering the Holy Kingdom Arc, and the manga adaptations. Covers all sixteen published light novel volumes, both 2017 recap compilation films, and the ongoing Overlord New World manga sequel.
5 sections
31 items
— / 31
66
Once Upon a Time
A complete viewing and reading order for Once Upon a Time, the ABC fantasy drama series (2011–2018) in which fairy-tale characters live under a curse in the town of Storybrooke, Maine. Covers all seven seasons of the main series, the one-season spinoff Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, and the four official tie-in novels.
2 sections
12 items
— / 12
67
NieR / Drakengard
A complete play and reading order for the NieR / Drakengard franchise — Yoko Taro's interconnected action RPG series spanning Drakengard (2003), its sequels, and the NieR subseries including NieR: Automata. Covers all mainline games, the 2021 remake NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139..., and manga adaptations, with both release-order and in-universe chronological variants that trace the timeline from Drakengard 3 through to the far future of NieR: Automata.
2 sections
12 items
— / 12
68
Naruto / Boruto
A complete watch and reading order for the Naruto franchise — Masashi Kishimoto's original manga, the Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden anime series, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, and all 11 theatrical films. Tagged by canon tier so you can follow just the manga canon, skip filler arcs in Shippuden, or experience the full anime run.
5 sections
52 items
— / 52
69
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
A complete watch and reading order for the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise, covering the three-season TV anime continuity, four theatrical films, the ViVid and ViVid Strike spinoff series, and the post-StrikerS manga. Sections are organised by continuity so you can follow the main TV story, the original film duology, or the ViVid spinoff world independently.
5 sections
12 items
— / 12
70
The Murderbot Diaries
A complete reading and viewing order for The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells — all eight main-series books (four novellas and four novels, 2017–2026), three short stories, and the Apple TV+ television series. Covers both publication order and the chronological reading path where Fugitive Telemetry slots before Network Effect rather than after.
3 sections
12 items
— / 12
71
Legendary MonsterVerse
A complete viewing and reading order for Legendary's MonsterVerse — the shared universe spanning five theatrical films featuring Godzilla and Kong, two streaming TV series, and a line of canon graphic novels. Covers both release order and in-universe chronological order, since Kong: Skull Island is set in 1973 while the films were released across a decade.
4 sections
15 items
— / 15
72
Monogatari Series
A complete watch and reading order for Nisio Isin's Monogatari Series — every anime cour from Bakemonogatari (2009) through the 2024 Off & Monster Season, the Kizumonogatari film trilogy and 2024 Koyomi Vamp recompilation, and all 25 light novels across the First, Second, Final, Off, Monster, and Family seasons. Addresses the franchise's defining question — broadcast order vs novel publication order vs in-universe chronological order — with four anime watch-order variants including the popular Kizu-last newcomer path.
3 sections
44 items
— / 44
73
Middle-earth / Lord of the Rings
A complete reading and viewing order for J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth — Tolkien's five lifetime publications (The Hobbit, the three Lord of the Rings volumes, and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil), the five Christopher Tolkien-edited Great Tales (The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien, The Fall of Gondolin), the post-Christopher continuations (The Nature of Middle-earth, The Fall of Númenor), Peter Jackson's six theatrical Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films, Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated theatrical, the Rankin/Bass 1977 Hobbit and 1980 Return of the King TV specials, Kenji Kamiyama's 2024 The War of the Rohirrim, and Amazon's The Rings of Power. Both publication-order and in-universe chronological reading and viewing orders.
3 sections
24 items
— / 24
74
Metroid
A complete play order for Nintendo's Metroid franchise, covering every mainline 2D game, the full Metroid Prime sub-series, and all remakes from 1986 through 2025. Includes both release order and Nintendo's confirmed in-universe chronological order, with Samus Aran's origin manga as a supplementary section.
3 sections
16 items
— / 16
75
Metal Gear
A complete play order for Konami's Metal Gear franchise — every mainline stealth-action game from Hideo Kojima's 1987 MSX2 original through the 2025 remake Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater, plus the GBC side story Ghost Babel. Includes both release order and the famous in-universe chronological order, where the Cold War prequel Snake Eater comes first.
2 sections
15 items
— / 15
76
Mega Man
A complete play and watch order for Capcom's Mega Man franchise — the Classic Robot Master series, Mega Man X, Zero/ZX, Legends, Battle Network, and Star Force games, plus the Ruby-Spears cartoon, the NT Warrior anime, and Mega Man: Fully Charged. Includes release-order and in-universe chronological viewing options for each sub-series.
7 sections
65 items
— / 65
77
The Matrix
A complete viewing, playing, and reading order for The Matrix franchise — covering all four theatrical films, The Animatrix anime anthology, three video games, and the Wachowski-commissioned comics. Includes both standard release order and the widely recommended Animatrix-interleaved viewing path.
3 sections
9 items
— / 9
78
Masters of the Universe (He-Man)
A complete viewing and reading order for Masters of the Universe — Mattel's He-Man franchise covering every animated continuity from the 1983 Filmation original through the 2021 Netflix CG reboot, She-Ra: Princess of Power and its 2018 Netflix reimagining, the 1987 live-action film, Kevin Smith's Revelation and Revolution, and the major comic runs. Sections are organised by continuity so you can follow just the Filmation era, just the Netflix slate, or read across the whole mythology.
8 sections
26 items
— / 26
79
Mass Effect
A complete play, watch, and reading order for the Mass Effect franchise — covering the mainline trilogy, Mass Effect: Andromeda, the Legendary Edition remaster, the animated film Paragon Lost, the original-trilogy and Andromeda tie-in novels, and all major Dark Horse comic series. Includes both release order and in-universe chronological order for the games, plus publication-order guides for the novels and comics.
5 sections
24 items
— / 24
80
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Complete viewing guide for the Marvel Cinematic Universe — movies, Disney+ series, Netflix shows, and ABC series. The highest-grossing film franchise of all time.
1 sections
71 items
— / 71

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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.

179 franchises

sort:recent·a–z·items·progressfilter:all·in-progress·unstarted·complete

61
Power Rangers
A complete viewing order for Power Rangers — every season of the long-running Saban / Disney / Hasbro adaptation of Japan's Super Sentai, from Mighty Morphin Power Rangers in 1993 through Cosmic Fury in 2023, plus the 1995 and 1997 theatrical films, the 2017 Lionsgate reboot, and the 2023 Netflix anniversary special Once & Always. Era tags separate Saban, Disney, and Hasbro production runs.
2 sections
35 items
— / 35
62
Pokémon (Anime)
A complete viewing order for the Pokémon anime franchise — all 28 English-broadcast seasons from Ash Ketchum's Indigo League debut through the Horizons era's new protagonists Liko and Roy, plus 24 animated theatrical films, one live-action film, and six standalone mini-series including Pokémon Origins, Generations, Twilight Wings, Hisuian Snow, Path to the Peak, and Concierge. Covers every officially released Pokémon animated production through 2026.
3 sections
60 items
— / 60
63
Planet of the Apes
A complete watch and reading order for the Planet of the Apes franchise — from Pierre Boulle's 1963 origin novel through the original five-film quintet (1968–1973), the 1974 CBS live-action series and 1975 NBC animated series, Tim Burton's 2001 standalone reboot, the Caesar trilogy (Rise, Dawn, War, 2011–2017), and the post-Caesar Kingdom era beginning in 2024. Tagged by continuity so you can follow just the original films, the Caesar saga, or the full franchise story.
3 sections
13 items
— / 13
64
Patlabor
A complete watch and reading order for Mobile Police Patlabor — the mecha franchise created by the Headgear collective, spanning two separate animated continuities, a live-action series and film, the original manga, and the 2026 sequel anime Patlabor EZY. Sections are organized by continuity: the OVA/film timeline, the TV timeline, live-action, and the original manga.
6 sections
12 items
— / 12
65
Overlord
A complete watch and reading order for the Overlord franchise — Kugane Maruyama's light novel series, the four-season Madhouse anime (2015–2022), the 2024 theatrical film Overlord: The Sacred Kingdom covering the Holy Kingdom Arc, and the manga adaptations. Covers all sixteen published light novel volumes, both 2017 recap compilation films, and the ongoing Overlord New World manga sequel.
5 sections
31 items
— / 31
66
Once Upon a Time
A complete viewing and reading order for Once Upon a Time, the ABC fantasy drama series (2011–2018) in which fairy-tale characters live under a curse in the town of Storybrooke, Maine. Covers all seven seasons of the main series, the one-season spinoff Once Upon a Time in Wonderland, and the four official tie-in novels.
2 sections
12 items
— / 12
67
NieR / Drakengard
A complete play and reading order for the NieR / Drakengard franchise — Yoko Taro's interconnected action RPG series spanning Drakengard (2003), its sequels, and the NieR subseries including NieR: Automata. Covers all mainline games, the 2021 remake NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139..., and manga adaptations, with both release-order and in-universe chronological variants that trace the timeline from Drakengard 3 through to the far future of NieR: Automata.
2 sections
12 items
— / 12
68
Naruto / Boruto
A complete watch and reading order for the Naruto franchise — Masashi Kishimoto's original manga, the Naruto and Naruto: Shippuden anime series, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, and all 11 theatrical films. Tagged by canon tier so you can follow just the manga canon, skip filler arcs in Shippuden, or experience the full anime run.
5 sections
52 items
— / 52
69
Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
A complete watch and reading order for the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha franchise, covering the three-season TV anime continuity, four theatrical films, the ViVid and ViVid Strike spinoff series, and the post-StrikerS manga. Sections are organised by continuity so you can follow the main TV story, the original film duology, or the ViVid spinoff world independently.
5 sections
12 items
— / 12
70
The Murderbot Diaries
A complete reading and viewing order for The Murderbot Diaries by Martha Wells — all eight main-series books (four novellas and four novels, 2017–2026), three short stories, and the Apple TV+ television series. Covers both publication order and the chronological reading path where Fugitive Telemetry slots before Network Effect rather than after.
3 sections
12 items
— / 12
71
Legendary MonsterVerse
A complete viewing and reading order for Legendary's MonsterVerse — the shared universe spanning five theatrical films featuring Godzilla and Kong, two streaming TV series, and a line of canon graphic novels. Covers both release order and in-universe chronological order, since Kong: Skull Island is set in 1973 while the films were released across a decade.
4 sections
15 items
— / 15
72
Monogatari Series
A complete watch and reading order for Nisio Isin's Monogatari Series — every anime cour from Bakemonogatari (2009) through the 2024 Off & Monster Season, the Kizumonogatari film trilogy and 2024 Koyomi Vamp recompilation, and all 25 light novels across the First, Second, Final, Off, Monster, and Family seasons. Addresses the franchise's defining question — broadcast order vs novel publication order vs in-universe chronological order — with four anime watch-order variants including the popular Kizu-last newcomer path.
3 sections
44 items
— / 44
73
Middle-earth / Lord of the Rings
A complete reading and viewing order for J.R.R. Tolkien's Middle-earth — Tolkien's five lifetime publications (The Hobbit, the three Lord of the Rings volumes, and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil), the five Christopher Tolkien-edited Great Tales (The Silmarillion, Unfinished Tales, The Children of Húrin, Beren and Lúthien, The Fall of Gondolin), the post-Christopher continuations (The Nature of Middle-earth, The Fall of Númenor), Peter Jackson's six theatrical Lord of the Rings and Hobbit films, Ralph Bakshi's 1978 animated theatrical, the Rankin/Bass 1977 Hobbit and 1980 Return of the King TV specials, Kenji Kamiyama's 2024 The War of the Rohirrim, and Amazon's The Rings of Power. Both publication-order and in-universe chronological reading and viewing orders.
3 sections
24 items
— / 24
74
Metroid
A complete play order for Nintendo's Metroid franchise, covering every mainline 2D game, the full Metroid Prime sub-series, and all remakes from 1986 through 2025. Includes both release order and Nintendo's confirmed in-universe chronological order, with Samus Aran's origin manga as a supplementary section.
3 sections
16 items
— / 16
75
Metal Gear
A complete play order for Konami's Metal Gear franchise — every mainline stealth-action game from Hideo Kojima's 1987 MSX2 original through the 2025 remake Metal Gear Solid Δ: Snake Eater, plus the GBC side story Ghost Babel. Includes both release order and the famous in-universe chronological order, where the Cold War prequel Snake Eater comes first.
2 sections
15 items
— / 15
76
Mega Man
A complete play and watch order for Capcom's Mega Man franchise — the Classic Robot Master series, Mega Man X, Zero/ZX, Legends, Battle Network, and Star Force games, plus the Ruby-Spears cartoon, the NT Warrior anime, and Mega Man: Fully Charged. Includes release-order and in-universe chronological viewing options for each sub-series.
7 sections
65 items
— / 65
77
The Matrix
A complete viewing, playing, and reading order for The Matrix franchise — covering all four theatrical films, The Animatrix anime anthology, three video games, and the Wachowski-commissioned comics. Includes both standard release order and the widely recommended Animatrix-interleaved viewing path.
3 sections
9 items
— / 9
78
Masters of the Universe (He-Man)
A complete viewing and reading order for Masters of the Universe — Mattel's He-Man franchise covering every animated continuity from the 1983 Filmation original through the 2021 Netflix CG reboot, She-Ra: Princess of Power and its 2018 Netflix reimagining, the 1987 live-action film, Kevin Smith's Revelation and Revolution, and the major comic runs. Sections are organised by continuity so you can follow just the Filmation era, just the Netflix slate, or read across the whole mythology.
8 sections
26 items
— / 26
79
Mass Effect
A complete play, watch, and reading order for the Mass Effect franchise — covering the mainline trilogy, Mass Effect: Andromeda, the Legendary Edition remaster, the animated film Paragon Lost, the original-trilogy and Andromeda tie-in novels, and all major Dark Horse comic series. Includes both release order and in-universe chronological order for the games, plus publication-order guides for the novels and comics.
5 sections
24 items
— / 24
80
Marvel Cinematic Universe
Complete viewing guide for the Marvel Cinematic Universe — movies, Disney+ series, Netflix shows, and ABC series. The highest-grossing film franchise of all time.
1 sections
71 items
— / 71

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