The franchise includes eight Japanese films, two television series, six manga adaptations, three English-language film remakes, a Korean film remake, and two video games The Ring: Terror's Realm and Ring: Infinity. Ring ( Japanese: リング, romanized: Ringu), also known as The Ring, is a Japanese-American media franchise, that was later adapted for English speakers, based on the novel series of the same name written by Koji Suzuki.