List of fictional universes in animation and comics
This is a partial list of fictional universes created for comic books and animated film and television.
Animation[]
This is a partial list of fictional universes created for animated films or series.
| Universe | Origin / first mentioned | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Avatar Universe | The Boy in the Iceberg (Avatar: The Last Airbender) | 2005 | Four Nations (Air Nomads, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, Water Tribes) (The Last Airbender) Four Nations and Sovereign state (Air Nomads, Earth Kingdom, Fire Nation, Water Tribes and the United Republic of Nations) (The Legend of Korra). |
| Ben 10 Universe | And Then There Were Ten (Ben 10) | 2005 | While Earth's history is not radically changed, numerous alien species exist across varying planets in the Milky, and a brilliant alien scientist named Azmuth created a device called the Omnitrix that would allow one to turn into numerous sentient species. However, Earth was eventually revealed to also have numerous cryptids (chupacabra, yeti, etc.) and the events of the series take place parallel to The Secret Saturdays. |
| Code Geass universe | Code Geass | 2006 | Set in an alternate timeline. |
| The Dark Knight Returns | Batman: Year One | 2011 | Continuity based on Frank Miller's The Dark Knight Returns.[1] |
| DC Animated Universe | Batman: The Animated Series | 1992 | Refers to a series of popular animated television series and related spin-offs produced by Warner Bros. Animation which share the same continuity. Sometimes referred to as the Diniverse or Timmverse after its two most notable contributors, Paul Dini and Bruce Timm. |
| DC Animated Movie Universe | Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox | 2013 | Animated films based on The New 52 continuity. It's considered as a Counterpart of the Marvel Animated Universe. |
| Disney's Phineas and Ferb Universe | Rollercoaster (Phineas and Ferb) | 2007 | A Universe where Phineas and Ferb and Milo Murphy's Law both take place. |
| Duck universe | Walt Disney's Comics and Stories #49 | 1937 (animation) 1944 (comics) |
Where Disney cartoon characters Donald Duck and Scrooge McDuck live. It is a spin-off of the older Mickey Mouse universe, yet has become much more extensive. It was largely the creation of Carl Barks. |
| Gundam multiverse | Mobile Suit Gundam | 1979 | Includes Universal Century, Future Century, After Colony, After War, Correct Century, Cosmic Era, Anno Domini, Advanced Generation, Our Century, Regild Century and Post Disaster timelines. |
| Gurren Lagann multiverse | Gurren Lagann | 2007 | |
| MacFarlane universe | Family Guy | 1999 | The setting for multiple cartoons created by Seth MacFarlane, including Family Guy, American Dad!, and The Cleveland Show. Also crossed over with Springfield from The Simpsons in The Simpsons Guy. |
| Macross universe | The Super Dimension Fortress Macross | 1982 | Original TV series later adapted into Robotech in North America. |
| Megazone 23 universe | Megazone 23 | 1985 | Original OVA later adapted into Robotech: The Movie in North America. |
| Fox Marvel Animated Universe | X-Men | 1992 | TV Series connected by crossovers that are considered counterpart of DC Animated Universe. Consists of X-Men, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Spider-Man, The Incredible Hulk, Silver Surfer, Spider-Man Unlimited and The Avengers: United They Stand.[2][3] |
| Marvel Animated Universe | Ultimate Spider-Man | 2012 | Marvel animated series and films which are set in the same continuity which are produced by Marvel Entertainment or Disney. This shared universe is also known as Earth-12041 as part of the Marvel Reality Designation. |
| Marvel Anime | Iron Man | 2010 | The setting for four anime television series and two direct-to-video films produced in collaboration between Marvel Entertainment and Japanese animation studio Madhouse. |
| Marvel Productions Universe | Spider-Man | 1981 | Setting of Spider-Man, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends and The Incredible Hulk.[4] |
| Mickey Mouse universe | Plane Crazy | 1928 | Where some cartoon characters created by the Walt Disney Company live, the most famous of which is Mickey Mouse. It is coexistent with the Duck universe |
| Untitled Lego shared universe | The Lego Movie | 2014 | Animated LEGO films produced by Warner Bros. that includes films such as The Lego Movie and its sequel, The Lego Batman Movie, The Lego Ninjago Movie and the TV series Unikitty!. |
| Ninjago | Masters of Spinjitzu Pilot Episodes | 2011 | Fictional universe spanning the Lego Ninjago franchise that includes the Ninjago television series, The Lego Ninjago Movie, books, video games and theme park attractions.[5] |
| Ninjaverse | Dead or Alive | 1996 | Multi-meida fictional universe spanning an anime series, video game series, anime films, book series, manga comics, live-action film.[citation needed] |
| Pokémon universe | Pokémon | 1996 | Multi-media fictional universe spanning an anime series, video game series, anime films, manga comics, and live-action film. |
| Quintel universe | Regular Show | 2010 | A universe where Regular Show and Close Enough both take place. |
| Robotech universe | Robotech | 1985 | TV series adapted from three unrelated anime shows: The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, Super Dimension Century Orguss, and Fang of the Sun Dougram. Robotech: The Movie adapted from Megazone 23 and Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross. |
| Springfield | The Simpsons | 1989 | Fictional town in which Matt Groening's animated series The Simpsons takes place. Crossed over with the MacFarlane universe in The Simpsons Guy. |
| Star Wars Canon Universe | Star Wars | 1977 | While the Saga originated with live-action films, George Lucas produced Star Wars: The Clone Wars animated film / animated series and Dave Filoni produced Star Wars Rebels, and was supervising director on the film and both animated series. The animation has the same universe as the live-action films. |
| Hanna-Barbera cinematic universe | Scoob | 2020 | Animated film Scoob produced by Warner Bros. based on Hanna-Barbera cartoon. Animated film The Flintstones is the second film to be produced by Warner Bros. based on Hanna-Barbera Sequel to Scoob called Scoob2 is the Third and final 3D Animated film installment in the cinematic universe to be produced by Warner Bros.[6] |
| SpongeVerse | SpongeBob SquarePants | 1999 | A universe where SpongeBob SquarePants and the upcoming spin-off series Kamp Koral both take place. Also includes Big Time Rush. |
| The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure and The Batman/Superman Hour | The New Adventures of Superman | 1966 | |
| YostVerse | Hulk Versus | 2009 | The setting of Hulk Versus, Wolverine and the X-Men, Thor: Tales of Agsard and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes.[4] |
Comics[]
This is a partial list of fictional universes created for comics.
| Universe | Origin/ first mentioned | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amalgam Universe | Amalgam Comics #1 | 1996 | Marvel & DC crossover |
| Archie Multiverse | Pep Comics #22 | December 1941 | Alternate universes that connects to Archie Andrews and his town, Riverdale |
| BattleTech Universe | Battledroids board game | 1984 | Futuristic wargame setting with a largely fictionalized 2-d starmap extending over 2,500 light-years out from Terra; timeline diverges from real-world history around 1984 and is meanwhile detailed through the mid-32nd century. Was originally created for Battledroids in 1984 (which was renamed to BattleTech in its 2nd edition). Later additions include the BattleTech: The Spider and the Wolf graphic novel (1986) and BattleTech: The Animated Series (1994). |
| Dark Horse Universe | Comics' Greatest World #1 | 1993 | The Universe where the many titles of Catalyst, X, Ghost, and, Agents of Law take place. |
| DC Multiverse | The Flash #123 | 1961 | Universe in which the many separate continuities of DC Comics (Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman) take place |
| Dragon Ball multiverse | Dragon Ball | 1984 | A fictional universal world Multiverse in which the Dragon Ball (including Dragon Ball Z) and Dragon Ball Super manga series take place. |
| Dredd's World | The Robot Wars | 1977 | A dystopian future where the Earth has been badly damaged by a series of international conflicts, much of the planet has turned into a radioactive wasteland, and populations have aggregated in enormous mega-cities. |
| Dynamite Entertainment Universe | Army of Darkness: Ashes 2 Ashes #1 | July 2004 | A universe in which most of the comics published by Dynamite Entertainment are set in. |
| Equestria | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | 2010 | A world consisting of both sentient and non-sentient animals and creatures, but mostly of four types of ponies: Earth ponies, Pegasus ponies, Unicorn ponies and Alicorn ponies (which are winged unicorns and are of royal status.) All ponies have, or will obtain a Cutie Mark, which is a symbol that appears on their flank when they discover what their special talent is. There is also a modern-day human world where characters have human being counterparts of themselves; access to this world is through a magic portal. |
| Erfworld | Erfworld | 2006 | Fantasy realm that follows the rules of a tabletop wargame, featured in a webcomic of the same name |
| Eternia | Masters of the Universe | 1981 | Mystical planet at the centre of the universe that forms the setting for the Masters of the Universe franchise |
| Hasbro Comic Book Universe | The Transformers: Infiltration #0 | 2005 | Setting of many of the comic books based on Hasbro; published by IDW publishing. |
| Hellboy Universe | Dime Press #4 | March 1993 | The Universe where the Hellboy comics and its spinoffs take place. |
| Image Universe | WildC.A.T.s #1, Savage Dragon #1, Spawn #1, & Youngblood #1 | 1992 | Setting of many of the comic books published by Image Comics take place. However this gets less true as the years goes by with Image Shattered removing the shared universe concept and when image united was canceled. Also Invincible also had crossovers with other Image Comics superheroes until it ended. Since most of them are creator owned they simply focus on their own universes since. |
| Kayko and Kokosh | Niezwykłe Przygody Kajtka Majtka | 1958 | Universe in wchich Polish comic series , Kayko and Kokosh, his sequel/ spin off series Kajko i Kokosz: Nowe Przygody, Kajko i Kokosz' s seven computer games and Zamach na Milusia's film adaptation take place. |
| Marvel Multiverse | Captain Britain #1 | October 1976 | Universe in which the various separate continuities of Marvel Comics (Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America) take place. |
| Mongo | Flash Gordon | 1934 | Totalitarian planet that is the setting for the Flash Gordon comic strip |
| Naruto Universe | Naruto manga | 2000 | A fictional, unnamed, feudal era, fantasy world of Japan. |
| Shōnen Jump multiverse | Super Kochikame and Cross Epoch | 2006 | A shared crossover of both a multiverse and a megaverse bringing several Weekly Shōnen Jump manga series, including Dragon Ball, Kochikame, One Piece and Toriko together. Fictional universes and non-fictional universes alike. |
| Sigilverse | CrossGenesis #1 | 2000 | Serves as the 900th century setting for most titles published by CrossGen Comics. |
| Tintin universe | Tintin in the Land of the Soviets | 1929 | The fictionalised world of Herge's Adventures of Tintin |
| Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Multiverse | Turtles Forever | 1984 | A fictional multiverse where the various Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles continuities take place ranging from the original Eastman and Laird's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the 1987 Animated series, Archie's TMNT Adventures, the TMNT Live Action and Animated films, the 2003 Animated series, the 2012 Nickelodeon Animated series, the current and on-going IDW TMNT comics, and 2018's Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. |
| Tomasz Samojlik's Universe | The last bison | 2004 | The universe where Polish scriptwriter and drawer Tomasz Samojlik's comics and children books (The last bison series, Żubr Pompik, Saga o Ryjówce and Umarły Las and more others) and animated adaptations of Żubr Pompik and Ryjówka przeznaczenia both take place. |
| Valiant Universe | Magnus, Robot Fighter #1 | May 1991 | A universe where the many comics books of X-O. Manowar, Archer & Armstrong, Harbinger, Bloodshot, Rai, and Ninjak take place. |
| Wildstorm Universe | Wildstorm Titles | 1992 | A fictional shared universe where the comic books published by Wildstorm take place. It represents an alternate history of the real world where ideas such as interstellar travel and superhuman abilities are commonplace. |
References[]
- ^ "'Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, Part 2' Review". screenrant.com. Retrieved 17 June 2018.
- ^ "Marvel Animated Universe Review". burrunjorsramblesandbabbles. 14 November 2015. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ "Remembering The 90's Marvel Animated Universe". Comics. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Marvel Animated Universe: Then and Now". ComicsVerse. 20 June 2017. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
- ^ "Lego Ninjago Has A Long and Storied History You Definitely Didn't Know About". Syfy Wire. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 6 May 2021.
- ^ http://www.ew.com/article/2016/04/12/scooby-doo-reboot-hanna-barbera-warner-bros
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