Afro Samurai

The Afro Samurai watch order runs episodes 1-5, then the Afro Samurai: Resurrection movie, with the original Afro Samurai Pilot as optional extra viewing. Start with the five-episode 2007 GONZO series, which forms the core of the story, then follow it with Resurrection, the feature-length continuation that picks up afterward. The Afro Samurai Pilot sits last in the order as a standalone curiosity rather than essential canon, so newcomers can safely watch it after the main material or skip it entirely. This is the correct order including the movie: the short series first, the film second. Because there are only three entries, the whole franchise is a quick watch, and following the sequence as listed keeps Resurrection's events landing after the series that sets them up rather than before.