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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101
Hunter × Hunter
A complete watch and reading order for Hunter × Hunter — Yoshihiro Togashi's ongoing manga, the 2011 Madhouse anime adaptation (148 episodes, the recommended modern entry point), the 1999 Nippon Animation anime and its three OVA continuations, and both theatrical films. Tagged by continuity so you can follow the manga source canon, the 2011 anime, or the complete 1999 anime + OVA run.
4 sections
22 items
— / 22
102
Heroes
A complete viewing and reading order for Heroes — NBC's superhero drama following ordinary people who discover extraordinary abilities. Covers all four original seasons (2006–2010), the Heroes Reborn miniseries (2015), the official webisode series, online graphic novels, and the single tie-in novel.
4 sections
14 items
— / 14
103
Hellraiser
A complete viewing and reading order for the Hellraiser franchise — all 12 films from Clive Barker's 1987 original through the 2022 Hulu reboot, plus the foundational novella The Hellbound Heart and the licensed comic runs from Epic and Boom! Studios. Covers the 11-film mainline series, the standalone 2022 reimagining, and the source material that started it all.
3 sections
17 items
— / 17
104
Hellboy / Mignolaverse
A complete reading and viewing order for Mike Mignola's Mignolaverse — the mainline Hellboy comics from Dark Horse (1994–2016), the interconnected B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, Witchfinder, Abe Sapien, and other spinoff series, the prequel Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. ongoing, six films across two live-action continuities and two animated features, and the 2023 video game. Covers both the del Toro films starring Ron Perlman and the 2019/2024 reboots, tagged by continuity so you can follow just the comics, just the films, or read the full shared universe in publication order.
9 sections
50 items
— / 50
105
Hannibal Lecter
A complete reading and viewing order for Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter saga — the four novels (Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Hannibal Rising), all five theatrical film adaptations across the Manhunter and Demme-canon continuities, Bryan Fuller's three-season NBC series, and CBS's Clarice. Tagged by continuity so you can follow just the books, just the Hopkins films, or just the Mads Mikkelsen TV run.
4 sections
13 items
— / 13
106
Halo
A complete play and reading order for the Halo franchise — Bungie and 343 Industries' mainline first-person shooters, the two Halo Wars real-time strategy games, the live-action and animated web series set in the game canon, and the essential novels including Eric Nylund's Spartan origin trilogy, Greg Bear's Forerunner Saga, and Karen Traviss's Kilo-Five trilogy. Includes both release-order and in-universe chronological options for the games, and clearly separates the Paramount+ Silver Timeline show from the main game canon.
4 sections
33 items
— / 33
107
Halloween
A complete viewing order for the Halloween franchise — all 13 theatrical films across four distinct continuity lines, from John Carpenter's 1978 original through the 2022 Blumhouse finale. Covers the Original (Curse of Michael Myers) timeline, the H20 timeline, Rob Zombie's standalone reboot, and the Blumhouse 2018 trilogy, plus release order for the full series.
2 sections
15 items
— / 15
108
Half-Life
A complete play order for Valve's Half-Life franchise — every mainline entry and expansion from Half-Life (1998) through Half-Life: Alyx (2020), covering Gordon Freeman's interrupted story alongside the parallel perspectives of Opposing Force, Blue Shift, and Decay. Includes both release order and in-universe chronological order, with the fan-endorsed Black Mesa remake listed separately.
2 sections
10 items
— / 10
109
Gundam
A complete watch and reading order for Bandai Namco's Gundam franchise — every anime series, OVA, and theatrical film across the Universal Century timeline and nine alternate continuities, from the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam through GQuuuuuuX (2025). Sections are organised by continuity so you can follow a single universe or explore the full 45-year franchise.
12 sections
38 items
— / 38
110
Godzilla
A complete viewing order for the Toho Godzilla franchise — all 29 Toho theatrical films across four production eras (Showa, Heisei, Millennium, Reiwa), plus the 1998 TriStar reimagining and the Netflix anime Godzilla: Singular Point. Includes a release-order view and per-era timeline variants so viewers can pick a self-contained continuity.
2 sections
35 items
— / 35
111
God of War
A complete play order for the God of War series — every mainline entry and story-relevant side game across Kratos's Greek saga (2005–2013) and Norse saga (2018–2023). Covers both release order and in-universe chronological order, the most common question for players picking up the Greek-era games out of sequence.
1 sections
10 items
— / 10
112
G.I. Joe
A complete watch and reading order for the G.I. Joe franchise, covering the classic Sunbow and DiC animated series, live-action films, and decades of comics from Marvel through the Skybound Energon Universe. Continuity tags let you follow just the Sunbow cartoon, the live-action films, the Marvel comics, or the current Energon Universe — or sample across all of them.
11 sections
36 items
— / 36
113
Ghostbusters
A complete watch and play order for the Ghostbusters franchise, covering all five theatrical films across two continuities, three animated television series, and four games. Continuity tags let you follow the original Ivan Reitman / Jason Reitman lineage, the 2016 Feig reboot, or sample everything in release order.
3 sections
18 items
— / 18
114
Ghost in the Shell
A complete viewing and reading order for the Ghost in the Shell franchise — covering Mamoru Oshii's original 1995 film and its sequel Innocence, the landmark Stand Alone Complex TV series and its SAC_2045 continuation, the Arise prequel OVA series, Shirow Masamune's original manga trilogy, and the 2017 Hollywood live-action adaptation. Sections are separated by continuity, as each is a distinct reimagining of the same world.
6 sections
20 items
— / 20
115
Gamera
A complete viewing order for the Gamera franchise — all 12 theatrical films and the 2023 Netflix anime, spanning four distinct continuity eras from Daiei's 1965 original through the Showa series, Shusuke Kaneko's acclaimed Heisei trilogy, the 2006 standalone reboot, and the animated Rebirth series. Includes era-by-era variants so you can follow each continuity line from start to finish.
2 sections
13 items
— / 13
116
Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire
A complete reading and viewing order for George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire — the five published main saga novels, the three Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas, the in-universe companion histories (The World of Ice and Fire, Fire & Blood), and the three HBO/Max series: the original Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Each television series is its own continuity with per-season entries; the books cover publication order with chronological context noted in each section.
6 sections
21 items
— / 21
117
FromSoftware Soulsborne
A complete play order for FromSoftware's Soulsborne lineage — every mainline entry from Demon's Souls through Elden Ring, plus all major remakes and remasters. Covers the punishing action-RPG series that spans Demon's Souls (2009) to Elden Ring Nightreign (2025), with remake and remaster editions listed alongside their originals so you can choose the definitive version of each game.
1 sections
11 items
— / 11
118
Friday the 13th
A complete viewing order for the Friday the 13th franchise — all 12 films from Sean S. Cunningham's 1980 original through the 2009 reboot, plus the unrelated TV series, licensed games, and WildStorm comics. Covers both the original Paramount/New Line continuity (including Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X, and Freddy vs. Jason) and the 2009 standalone reboot.
4 sections
20 items
— / 20
119
Foundation (Asimov)
A complete reading order for Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe — the Robot, Empire, and Foundation series Asimov retroactively braided into a single 20,000-year future history. Covers all fifteen Asimov novels and short story collections, the estate-authorized Second Foundation Trilogy by Benford, Bear, and Brin, and Apple TV+'s ongoing adaptation. Includes both publication order and Asimov's own recommended chronological reading order from his Author's Note to Prelude to Foundation.
3 sections
22 items
— / 22
120
Fist of the North Star
A complete reading and watching order for Buronson and Tetsuo Hara's Hokuto no Ken franchise — covering the original 1983–1988 manga, the in-universe prequel Souten no Ken (Fist of the Blue Sky), every Toei and TMS anime adaptation from the 1984 series through the 2026 CGI reboot, the Souten and Re:Genesis anime, the 1986 theatrical film, the 2003 New Fist of the North Star OVA, the 2006–2008 True Savior Legend pentalogy, the 1995 live-action US film, the source novel Jubaku no Machi, and the Koei and Sega action games.
6 sections
21 items
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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

101
Hunter × Hunter
A complete watch and reading order for Hunter × Hunter — Yoshihiro Togashi's ongoing manga, the 2011 Madhouse anime adaptation (148 episodes, the recommended modern entry point), the 1999 Nippon Animation anime and its three OVA continuations, and both theatrical films. Tagged by continuity so you can follow the manga source canon, the 2011 anime, or the complete 1999 anime + OVA run.
4 sections
22 items
— / 22
102
Heroes
A complete viewing and reading order for Heroes — NBC's superhero drama following ordinary people who discover extraordinary abilities. Covers all four original seasons (2006–2010), the Heroes Reborn miniseries (2015), the official webisode series, online graphic novels, and the single tie-in novel.
4 sections
14 items
— / 14
103
Hellraiser
A complete viewing and reading order for the Hellraiser franchise — all 12 films from Clive Barker's 1987 original through the 2022 Hulu reboot, plus the foundational novella The Hellbound Heart and the licensed comic runs from Epic and Boom! Studios. Covers the 11-film mainline series, the standalone 2022 reimagining, and the source material that started it all.
3 sections
17 items
— / 17
104
Hellboy / Mignolaverse
A complete reading and viewing order for Mike Mignola's Mignolaverse — the mainline Hellboy comics from Dark Horse (1994–2016), the interconnected B.P.R.D., Lobster Johnson, Witchfinder, Abe Sapien, and other spinoff series, the prequel Hellboy and the B.P.R.D. ongoing, six films across two live-action continuities and two animated features, and the 2023 video game. Covers both the del Toro films starring Ron Perlman and the 2019/2024 reboots, tagged by continuity so you can follow just the comics, just the films, or read the full shared universe in publication order.
9 sections
50 items
— / 50
105
Hannibal Lecter
A complete reading and viewing order for Thomas Harris's Hannibal Lecter saga — the four novels (Red Dragon, The Silence of the Lambs, Hannibal, Hannibal Rising), all five theatrical film adaptations across the Manhunter and Demme-canon continuities, Bryan Fuller's three-season NBC series, and CBS's Clarice. Tagged by continuity so you can follow just the books, just the Hopkins films, or just the Mads Mikkelsen TV run.
4 sections
13 items
— / 13
106
Halo
A complete play and reading order for the Halo franchise — Bungie and 343 Industries' mainline first-person shooters, the two Halo Wars real-time strategy games, the live-action and animated web series set in the game canon, and the essential novels including Eric Nylund's Spartan origin trilogy, Greg Bear's Forerunner Saga, and Karen Traviss's Kilo-Five trilogy. Includes both release-order and in-universe chronological options for the games, and clearly separates the Paramount+ Silver Timeline show from the main game canon.
4 sections
33 items
— / 33
107
Halloween
A complete viewing order for the Halloween franchise — all 13 theatrical films across four distinct continuity lines, from John Carpenter's 1978 original through the 2022 Blumhouse finale. Covers the Original (Curse of Michael Myers) timeline, the H20 timeline, Rob Zombie's standalone reboot, and the Blumhouse 2018 trilogy, plus release order for the full series.
2 sections
15 items
— / 15
108
Half-Life
A complete play order for Valve's Half-Life franchise — every mainline entry and expansion from Half-Life (1998) through Half-Life: Alyx (2020), covering Gordon Freeman's interrupted story alongside the parallel perspectives of Opposing Force, Blue Shift, and Decay. Includes both release order and in-universe chronological order, with the fan-endorsed Black Mesa remake listed separately.
2 sections
10 items
— / 10
109
Gundam
A complete watch and reading order for Bandai Namco's Gundam franchise — every anime series, OVA, and theatrical film across the Universal Century timeline and nine alternate continuities, from the original 1979 Mobile Suit Gundam through GQuuuuuuX (2025). Sections are organised by continuity so you can follow a single universe or explore the full 45-year franchise.
12 sections
38 items
— / 38
110
Godzilla
A complete viewing order for the Toho Godzilla franchise — all 29 Toho theatrical films across four production eras (Showa, Heisei, Millennium, Reiwa), plus the 1998 TriStar reimagining and the Netflix anime Godzilla: Singular Point. Includes a release-order view and per-era timeline variants so viewers can pick a self-contained continuity.
2 sections
35 items
— / 35
111
God of War
A complete play order for the God of War series — every mainline entry and story-relevant side game across Kratos's Greek saga (2005–2013) and Norse saga (2018–2023). Covers both release order and in-universe chronological order, the most common question for players picking up the Greek-era games out of sequence.
1 sections
10 items
— / 10
112
G.I. Joe
A complete watch and reading order for the G.I. Joe franchise, covering the classic Sunbow and DiC animated series, live-action films, and decades of comics from Marvel through the Skybound Energon Universe. Continuity tags let you follow just the Sunbow cartoon, the live-action films, the Marvel comics, or the current Energon Universe — or sample across all of them.
11 sections
36 items
— / 36
113
Ghostbusters
A complete watch and play order for the Ghostbusters franchise, covering all five theatrical films across two continuities, three animated television series, and four games. Continuity tags let you follow the original Ivan Reitman / Jason Reitman lineage, the 2016 Feig reboot, or sample everything in release order.
3 sections
18 items
— / 18
114
Ghost in the Shell
A complete viewing and reading order for the Ghost in the Shell franchise — covering Mamoru Oshii's original 1995 film and its sequel Innocence, the landmark Stand Alone Complex TV series and its SAC_2045 continuation, the Arise prequel OVA series, Shirow Masamune's original manga trilogy, and the 2017 Hollywood live-action adaptation. Sections are separated by continuity, as each is a distinct reimagining of the same world.
6 sections
20 items
— / 20
115
Gamera
A complete viewing order for the Gamera franchise — all 12 theatrical films and the 2023 Netflix anime, spanning four distinct continuity eras from Daiei's 1965 original through the Showa series, Shusuke Kaneko's acclaimed Heisei trilogy, the 2006 standalone reboot, and the animated Rebirth series. Includes era-by-era variants so you can follow each continuity line from start to finish.
2 sections
13 items
— / 13
116
Game of Thrones / A Song of Ice and Fire
A complete reading and viewing order for George R. R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire — the five published main saga novels, the three Tales of Dunk and Egg novellas, the in-universe companion histories (The World of Ice and Fire, Fire & Blood), and the three HBO/Max series: the original Game of Thrones, House of the Dragon, and A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms. Each television series is its own continuity with per-season entries; the books cover publication order with chronological context noted in each section.
6 sections
21 items
— / 21
117
FromSoftware Soulsborne
A complete play order for FromSoftware's Soulsborne lineage — every mainline entry from Demon's Souls through Elden Ring, plus all major remakes and remasters. Covers the punishing action-RPG series that spans Demon's Souls (2009) to Elden Ring Nightreign (2025), with remake and remaster editions listed alongside their originals so you can choose the definitive version of each game.
1 sections
11 items
— / 11
118
Friday the 13th
A complete viewing order for the Friday the 13th franchise — all 12 films from Sean S. Cunningham's 1980 original through the 2009 reboot, plus the unrelated TV series, licensed games, and WildStorm comics. Covers both the original Paramount/New Line continuity (including Jason Goes to Hell, Jason X, and Freddy vs. Jason) and the 2009 standalone reboot.
4 sections
20 items
— / 20
119
Foundation (Asimov)
A complete reading order for Isaac Asimov's Foundation universe — the Robot, Empire, and Foundation series Asimov retroactively braided into a single 20,000-year future history. Covers all fifteen Asimov novels and short story collections, the estate-authorized Second Foundation Trilogy by Benford, Bear, and Brin, and Apple TV+'s ongoing adaptation. Includes both publication order and Asimov's own recommended chronological reading order from his Author's Note to Prelude to Foundation.
3 sections
22 items
— / 22
120
Fist of the North Star
A complete reading and watching order for Buronson and Tetsuo Hara's Hokuto no Ken franchise — covering the original 1983–1988 manga, the in-universe prequel Souten no Ken (Fist of the Blue Sky), every Toei and TMS anime adaptation from the 1984 series through the 2026 CGI reboot, the Souten and Re:Genesis anime, the 1986 theatrical film, the 2003 New Fist of the North Star OVA, the 2006–2008 True Savior Legend pentalogy, the 1995 live-action US film, the source novel Jubaku no Machi, and the Koei and Sega action games.
6 sections
21 items
— / 21

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