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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141
Dragon Ball
A complete watch and reading order for the Dragon Ball franchise — Akira Toriyama's original manga, Toei Animation's anime series (Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, GT, Kai, Super, Daima), the theatrical films, and the TV specials and OVAs. Tagged by canon-tier so you can follow just Toriyama's main story, the full anime line, or sample everything.
4 sections
50 items
— / 50
142
Dragon Age
A complete play, watch, and reading order for BioWare's Dragon Age franchise — covering the four mainline games and major expansions, all six novels, ten Dark Horse and IDW comic series, the animated film Dawn of the Seeker, and the Netflix animated series Absolution. Includes publication-order and in-universe chronological guides for the novels.
5 sections
26 items
— / 26
143
.hack
A complete watch, play, and reading order for the .hack multimedia franchise — covering the Project .hack era games and anime, the G.U. trilogy and its companion anime, OVAs, manga, and novels. Tagged by era so you can follow just the games, just the anime, or trace the full cross-media story across both Project .hack and G.U.
4 sections
19 items
— / 19
144
Doctor Who
A complete watch order for Doctor Who — the BBC's long-running science-fiction series. Covers the 26-season Classic Era (1963–1989), the 1996 TV movie, the Modern Era from Christopher Eccleston in 2005 through Ncuti Gatwa's Series 15 in 2025, every Christmas, New Year, and anniversary special, and the BBC spinoffs Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and Class. Tagged by era and continuity so you can follow just the modern series, just the spinoffs, or sample everything.
5 sections
80 items
— / 80
145
Discworld
A complete reading order for Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld — all 41 novels from The Colour of Magic (1983) to The Shepherd's Crown (2015). Includes the traditional publication order and a sub-series reading order that follows one character thread at a time (Rincewind, the Witches, Death, the City Watch, Tiffany Aching, and the Industrial Revolution of Ankh-Morpork).
1 sections
41 items
— / 41
146
Digimon
A complete watch order for the Digimon franchise, covering every anime series and theatrical film across eight distinct continuities — from the original 1999 Adventure series through the ongoing Beatbreak (2025). Sections are organised by continuity so you can follow the Adventure-verse from beginning to end or jump straight into Tamers, Frontier, or any standalone universe.
10 sections
27 items
— / 27
147
Devil May Cry
A complete play and watch order for the Devil May Cry franchise — Capcom's mainline action games, the Ninja Theory reboot, the 2007 Madhouse anime, and the 2025 Netflix animated series. Tagged by continuity so you can follow the main Capcom timeline, the DmC reboot, or the Netflix series separately.
4 sections
10 items
— / 10
148
Detective Conan / Case Closed
A complete watch and reading order for Detective Conan (Case Closed) — Gosho Aoyama's ongoing manga, the 1,200+ episode TMS Entertainment anime, all 29 theatrical films, the Magic Kaito spinoff, the spin-off manga, and the live-action specials. Tagged by canon tier so you can follow just the manga thread, mix in anime-original cases, or sample the full run.
6 sections
90 items
— / 90
149
Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
A complete watch and reading order for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Koyoharu Gotouge's manga, ufotable's anime series across all four TV arcs, the Mugen Train theatrical film and its TV recut, the Infinity Castle film, and the two compilation screening films. Addresses the most-asked question: whether to watch Mugen Train as the 2020 film or the 7-episode Season 2 TV arc.
3 sections
10 items
— / 10
150
DC Animated Universe (Bruce Timm)
A complete viewing order for the DC Animated Universe — Bruce Timm and Paul Dini's shared-continuity animated franchise covering Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: TAS, The New Batman Adventures, Batman Beyond, The Zeta Project, Static Shock, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, and the four DCAU films from 1992 through 2006. Includes release order, the widely-cited recommended hybrid watch order, and an in-universe chronological order.
1 sections
24 items
— / 24
151
DC Animated Movie Universe / Tomorrowverse
A complete viewing order for the two connected Warner Bros. Animation direct-to-video DC film lines — the DC Animated Movie Universe (DCAMU, 16 loosely New 52-derived films from Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013) to Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)) and its soft-reboot successor the Tomorrowverse (10 films from Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020) to the Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths trilogy (2024)). Separate from Bruce Timm's DCAU and from the live-action DC films.
2 sections
26 items
— / 26
152
DC Films Universe
A complete viewing guide for the modern DC live-action film universes — the DCEU/Snyderverse (2013–2023), Matt Reeves's Batman Elseworlds, Todd Phillips's standalone Joker films, and James Gunn's rebooted DC Universe. Covers theatrical films, HBO/Max series, and streaming originals across four distinct continuities, because understanding which universe you're in is half the battle.
1 sections
24 items
— / 24
153
The Dark Tower
A complete reading and viewing order for Stephen King's Dark Tower cycle — the eight novels following Roland Deschain's quest across a decaying multiverse, the nineteen Marvel Comics arcs Robin Furth and Peter David published from 2007 to 2017, and the 2017 Nikolaj Arcel feature film. Covers both publication and internal-chronological orders for the novels.
3 sections
28 items
— / 28
154
Danganronpa
A complete play, watch, and read order for Spike Chunsoft's Danganronpa franchise, created by Kazutaka Kodaka — covering the main trilogy of visual novels, the action spinoff Ultra Despair Girls, the DR3 anime that concludes the Hope's Peak arc, the 2013 anime adaptation, and the canonical manga and light novels. Includes both release order and Kodaka's recommended cross-medium viewing order.
4 sections
12 items
— / 12
155
Crash Bandicoot
A complete play order for the Crash Bandicoot franchise — every mainline platform game, racing title, and party game from the 1996 PlayStation original through Crash Team Rumble (2023). Covers the Naughty Dog originals, all third-party console entries, the N. Sane Trilogy remakes, and the Toys for Bob revival.
1 sections
17 items
— / 17
156
Cowboy Bebop
A complete watch and reading order for the Cowboy Bebop franchise — Shinichirō Watanabe's seminal 1998 anime series, the 2001 theatrical film Knockin' on Heaven's Door, the 2021 Netflix live-action adaptation, and both manga series. Includes release order and a chronological variant that places the film in its in-universe position between episodes 22 and 23.
3 sections
5 items
— / 5
157
Brandon Sanderson — Cosmere
A complete reading order for Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere — the interconnected shared universe spanning Elantris, Mistborn, Warbreaker, The Stormlight Archive, and the 2023 Secret Projects. Covers all published novels, novellas, and the White Sand graphic novels, with both publication order and Sanderson's own recommended reading path.
3 sections
29 items
— / 29
158
The Conjuring Universe
A complete viewing order for The Conjuring Universe, covering all nine mainline theatrical films across the Conjuring, Annabelle, and The Nun sub-series. Includes both release order and in-universe chronological order, which spans from 1952 Romania to 1986 Pennsylvania.
1 sections
10 items
— / 10
159
Conan the Barbarian
A complete reading and viewing order for Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian — Howard's twenty-one canonical stories from Weird Tales (1932-36), the Del Rey reprint trilogy that restored Howard's original typescripts, the iconic Marvel Roy Thomas comics era and its successors at Dark Horse, Marvel and Titan, the 1982 John Milius / Arnold Schwarzenegger film and its 1984 sequel, the 2011 Jason Momoa reboot, three Conan television series, and Funcom's Conan Exiles. Includes both a story-by-story Howard reading order and a Del Rey omnibus order for readers buying the modern definitive editions.
5 sections
41 items
— / 41
160
Code Geass
A complete watch and read order for the Code Geass franchise, covering the original two-season TV series, the three-part recap film trilogy that establishes an alternate continuity, the sequel film Lelouch of the Re;surrection, the 2024 continuation Rozé of the Recapture, the spinoff OVA series Akito the Exiled, and all major manga adaptations. Two animation variants help newcomers choose between the TV series path and the recap-film alternate continuity.
3 sections
20 items
— / 20

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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

141
Dragon Ball
A complete watch and reading order for the Dragon Ball franchise — Akira Toriyama's original manga, Toei Animation's anime series (Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, GT, Kai, Super, Daima), the theatrical films, and the TV specials and OVAs. Tagged by canon-tier so you can follow just Toriyama's main story, the full anime line, or sample everything.
4 sections
50 items
— / 50
142
Dragon Age
A complete play, watch, and reading order for BioWare's Dragon Age franchise — covering the four mainline games and major expansions, all six novels, ten Dark Horse and IDW comic series, the animated film Dawn of the Seeker, and the Netflix animated series Absolution. Includes publication-order and in-universe chronological guides for the novels.
5 sections
26 items
— / 26
143
.hack
A complete watch, play, and reading order for the .hack multimedia franchise — covering the Project .hack era games and anime, the G.U. trilogy and its companion anime, OVAs, manga, and novels. Tagged by era so you can follow just the games, just the anime, or trace the full cross-media story across both Project .hack and G.U.
4 sections
19 items
— / 19
144
Doctor Who
A complete watch order for Doctor Who — the BBC's long-running science-fiction series. Covers the 26-season Classic Era (1963–1989), the 1996 TV movie, the Modern Era from Christopher Eccleston in 2005 through Ncuti Gatwa's Series 15 in 2025, every Christmas, New Year, and anniversary special, and the BBC spinoffs Torchwood, The Sarah Jane Adventures, and Class. Tagged by era and continuity so you can follow just the modern series, just the spinoffs, or sample everything.
5 sections
80 items
— / 80
145
Discworld
A complete reading order for Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld — all 41 novels from The Colour of Magic (1983) to The Shepherd's Crown (2015). Includes the traditional publication order and a sub-series reading order that follows one character thread at a time (Rincewind, the Witches, Death, the City Watch, Tiffany Aching, and the Industrial Revolution of Ankh-Morpork).
1 sections
41 items
— / 41
146
Digimon
A complete watch order for the Digimon franchise, covering every anime series and theatrical film across eight distinct continuities — from the original 1999 Adventure series through the ongoing Beatbreak (2025). Sections are organised by continuity so you can follow the Adventure-verse from beginning to end or jump straight into Tamers, Frontier, or any standalone universe.
10 sections
27 items
— / 27
147
Devil May Cry
A complete play and watch order for the Devil May Cry franchise — Capcom's mainline action games, the Ninja Theory reboot, the 2007 Madhouse anime, and the 2025 Netflix animated series. Tagged by continuity so you can follow the main Capcom timeline, the DmC reboot, or the Netflix series separately.
4 sections
10 items
— / 10
148
Detective Conan / Case Closed
A complete watch and reading order for Detective Conan (Case Closed) — Gosho Aoyama's ongoing manga, the 1,200+ episode TMS Entertainment anime, all 29 theatrical films, the Magic Kaito spinoff, the spin-off manga, and the live-action specials. Tagged by canon tier so you can follow just the manga thread, mix in anime-original cases, or sample the full run.
6 sections
90 items
— / 90
149
Demon Slayer (Kimetsu no Yaiba)
A complete watch and reading order for Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba — Koyoharu Gotouge's manga, ufotable's anime series across all four TV arcs, the Mugen Train theatrical film and its TV recut, the Infinity Castle film, and the two compilation screening films. Addresses the most-asked question: whether to watch Mugen Train as the 2020 film or the 7-episode Season 2 TV arc.
3 sections
10 items
— / 10
150
DC Animated Universe (Bruce Timm)
A complete viewing order for the DC Animated Universe — Bruce Timm and Paul Dini's shared-continuity animated franchise covering Batman: The Animated Series, Superman: TAS, The New Batman Adventures, Batman Beyond, The Zeta Project, Static Shock, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, and the four DCAU films from 1992 through 2006. Includes release order, the widely-cited recommended hybrid watch order, and an in-universe chronological order.
1 sections
24 items
— / 24
151
DC Animated Movie Universe / Tomorrowverse
A complete viewing order for the two connected Warner Bros. Animation direct-to-video DC film lines — the DC Animated Movie Universe (DCAMU, 16 loosely New 52-derived films from Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox (2013) to Justice League Dark: Apokolips War (2020)) and its soft-reboot successor the Tomorrowverse (10 films from Superman: Man of Tomorrow (2020) to the Justice League: Crisis on Infinite Earths trilogy (2024)). Separate from Bruce Timm's DCAU and from the live-action DC films.
2 sections
26 items
— / 26
152
DC Films Universe
A complete viewing guide for the modern DC live-action film universes — the DCEU/Snyderverse (2013–2023), Matt Reeves's Batman Elseworlds, Todd Phillips's standalone Joker films, and James Gunn's rebooted DC Universe. Covers theatrical films, HBO/Max series, and streaming originals across four distinct continuities, because understanding which universe you're in is half the battle.
1 sections
24 items
— / 24
153
The Dark Tower
A complete reading and viewing order for Stephen King's Dark Tower cycle — the eight novels following Roland Deschain's quest across a decaying multiverse, the nineteen Marvel Comics arcs Robin Furth and Peter David published from 2007 to 2017, and the 2017 Nikolaj Arcel feature film. Covers both publication and internal-chronological orders for the novels.
3 sections
28 items
— / 28
154
Danganronpa
A complete play, watch, and read order for Spike Chunsoft's Danganronpa franchise, created by Kazutaka Kodaka — covering the main trilogy of visual novels, the action spinoff Ultra Despair Girls, the DR3 anime that concludes the Hope's Peak arc, the 2013 anime adaptation, and the canonical manga and light novels. Includes both release order and Kodaka's recommended cross-medium viewing order.
4 sections
12 items
— / 12
155
Crash Bandicoot
A complete play order for the Crash Bandicoot franchise — every mainline platform game, racing title, and party game from the 1996 PlayStation original through Crash Team Rumble (2023). Covers the Naughty Dog originals, all third-party console entries, the N. Sane Trilogy remakes, and the Toys for Bob revival.
1 sections
17 items
— / 17
156
Cowboy Bebop
A complete watch and reading order for the Cowboy Bebop franchise — Shinichirō Watanabe's seminal 1998 anime series, the 2001 theatrical film Knockin' on Heaven's Door, the 2021 Netflix live-action adaptation, and both manga series. Includes release order and a chronological variant that places the film in its in-universe position between episodes 22 and 23.
3 sections
5 items
— / 5
157
Brandon Sanderson — Cosmere
A complete reading order for Brandon Sanderson's Cosmere — the interconnected shared universe spanning Elantris, Mistborn, Warbreaker, The Stormlight Archive, and the 2023 Secret Projects. Covers all published novels, novellas, and the White Sand graphic novels, with both publication order and Sanderson's own recommended reading path.
3 sections
29 items
— / 29
158
The Conjuring Universe
A complete viewing order for The Conjuring Universe, covering all nine mainline theatrical films across the Conjuring, Annabelle, and The Nun sub-series. Includes both release order and in-universe chronological order, which spans from 1952 Romania to 1986 Pennsylvania.
1 sections
10 items
— / 10
159
Conan the Barbarian
A complete reading and viewing order for Robert E. Howard's Conan the Cimmerian — Howard's twenty-one canonical stories from Weird Tales (1932-36), the Del Rey reprint trilogy that restored Howard's original typescripts, the iconic Marvel Roy Thomas comics era and its successors at Dark Horse, Marvel and Titan, the 1982 John Milius / Arnold Schwarzenegger film and its 1984 sequel, the 2011 Jason Momoa reboot, three Conan television series, and Funcom's Conan Exiles. Includes both a story-by-story Howard reading order and a Del Rey omnibus order for readers buying the modern definitive editions.
5 sections
41 items
— / 41
160
Code Geass
A complete watch and read order for the Code Geass franchise, covering the original two-season TV series, the three-part recap film trilogy that establishes an alternate continuity, the sequel film Lelouch of the Re;surrection, the 2024 continuation Rozé of the Recapture, the spinoff OVA series Akito the Exiled, and all major manga adaptations. Two animation variants help newcomers choose between the TV series path and the recap-film alternate continuity.
3 sections
20 items
— / 20

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