Battle Royale Explained

Battle Royale may refer to:

• Battle royale, or battle royal, a fight among many combatants
  • Battle royal (professional wrestling)

Fiction and literature

• Battle royale genre, a narrative genre of films, manga, anime and visual novels inspired by the 2000 film Battle Royale
• Battle Royal High School, a manga series published from 1986 to 1989
• "Battle Royal", a section of the 1952 novel Invisible Man, originally published on its own in 1947
• "Battle Royal", a title in Sonic the Hedgehog comics, published in 1997

Battle Royale franchise

• Battle Royale (novel), a 1999 Japanese novel
• Battle Royale (film), a 2000 film adaptation of the 1999 novel
• , a 2003 sequel to the 2000 film
• Battle Royale (manga), a 20002005 manga series adaptation of the 1999 novel
• , a 2003 manga series based on Battle Royale II: Requiem

Games

• Battle Royale (Magic: The Gathering), a collection of trading cards

Video games

• Battle royale game, a video game genre
• Kirby Battle Royale, a 2017 fighting game
• Fortnite Battle Royale, a 2017 shooter game
• Pac-Man Battle Royale, a 2011 arcade game
• PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale, a 2012 fighting game
• Yu-Gi-Oh! Rush Duel: Dawn of the Battle Royale!!, a 2021 digital collectible card game based on the Yu-Gi-Oh! Sevens anime series

Music

• The Battle Royale, an electronic dance group
• "Battle Royale" (The Word Alive song)
• "Battle Royale", a song by Does It Offend You, Yeah? from You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into

Other uses

• "Battle Royale" (American Horror Story), an episode from a television series American Horror Story: Hotel
• "Battle Royale", a 2012 Judge John Hodgman podcast episode