This is THE CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER OF PACIFIC RIM

Added: 2026-06-02

[00:00:00]This is the correct chronological order to watch and read Pacific Rim. If you thought the franchise was limited to just the two films, you were wrong. This universe is huge and has expanded into comics, books, and even an animated series on Netflix. To get the complete story, you start by reading the graphic novel stories from year zero. It's a prequel that shows exactly when Earth was first threatened by the Kaiju. Next, it's time to press play on the masterpiece that started it all, the 2013 film Pacific Rim. This classic directed by Guillermo del Toro is simply the pinnacle of giant robot cinema.

[00:00:30][music] Watch the movie, then go back to the pages and read this trio of graphic novels in exactly this sequence: Tales from the Drift, then Amara, and finally Aftermath. Next, the story moves to books with the novel Uprising: Ascension, which perfectly sets the stage for you to watch the controversial second film, Pacific Rim: Uprising.

[00:00:46]After seeing the movie, you can pick up the graphic novel Blackout to read. And to wrap up the timeline perfectly, just binge-watch Pacific Rim: The Black, that Netflix series that takes place 10 years after the events of Uprising.