Green Lantern: The Animated Series

Go green.

RELEASED 11 Nov 20118h 41m · 26 episodes★ 7.8 TMDB

The Green Lanterns Hal and his partner Kilowog fight against the forces of the Red Lanterns.

Why it matters in DC

Hal Jordan and Kilowog's continuing conflict with the Red Lanterns places the Corps in an ongoing cosmic adventure. The series format gives their partnership and competing Lantern forces room to develop beyond the compact introduction offered by an origin film.

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4 titles to watch before Green Lantern: The Animated Series — 5h 48m in total.

Green Lantern: First FlightOptional background1h 15m★ 6.9
A separate adaptation of Green Lantern; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Green Lantern: The Animated Series’s story continuity.
Justice League: Crisis on Two EarthsOptional background1h 15m★ 7.3
A separate adaptation of Green Lantern; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Green Lantern: The Animated Series’s story continuity.
Green Lantern: Emerald KnightsOptional background1h 24m★ 6.7
A separate adaptation of Green Lantern; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Green Lantern: The Animated Series’s story continuity.
Green LanternOptional background1h 54m★ 5.2
A separate adaptation of Green Lantern; useful for comparison, but unrelated to Green Lantern: The Animated Series’s story continuity.

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Story prerequisites are curated. Likely prerequisites are inferred from sequel numbering or explicit synopsis references. Recommendations are earlier stories in the same continuity; background picks are separate adaptations. Series lists cover whole shows, not an episode-by-episode watch order.

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Where it fits in the DC universe

Green Lantern: The Animated Series is title 40 of 40 in our Animated Elseworlds viewing sequence. Green Lantern: The Animated Series provides its own ongoing Hal Jordan and Corps story. The 2011 live-action film, First Flight and Emerald Knights are different screen interpretations rather than required preceding missions. Begin with the series and let its episodes establish the Lantern relationships and conflicts that continue through its run.

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