Twenty years of Makai Knights across five separate continuities, plus an anime trilogy that shares none of them. Two hundred episodes and fourteen films.
There is no single thread here, there are five, and the mistake is trying to watch them in one line. The original 2005 series is the root and is worth watching first because everything borrows its vocabulary. But if you want one story that runs unbroken to this year, start with The One Who Shines in the Darkness instead: it shares the world and none of the cast, and it goes all the way through to 2026 without ever needing the Saejima family. The anime is a third door again and requires no live action at all.
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Twenty five episodes, and the one that explains what a Makai Knight is. Famously made on a small budget with a lot of ambition.
The other front door. A new knight and a new city, nothing required beforehand, and the start of the longest unbroken run in the franchise.
The direct sequel to 2005, six years later. Watch Red Requiem first if you want the film in its place.
The anime, by MAPPA. Its own world, its own cast, and the easiest thing here to just start watching.
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