Crunchyroll was officially launched in 2017, and since then, streaming anime across the globe has never been easier. The streaming service has risen through the ranks to become the largest global platform for anime. This also means that a large number of series and films can be found on Crunchyroll, including older classics and the […]
Despite being a Pokémon that’s mostly known for sleeping constantly, collectors are wide awake when it comes to Pokémon cards featuring Snorlax, as they’re worth a pretty penny on the secondary market – especially eminently rare cards from the early years of the Pokémon TCG. While two notable graded Snorlax PTCG cards recently sold for […]
In the 1980s, the deregulation of children’s television advertising under the Reagan administration’s FCC chairman Mark Fowler removed the program-length commercial restrictions that had previously kept toy advertising and cartoon content separate. Studios responded by building entire series around action figure lines rather than treating merchandise as secondary to animated shows. That meant Hasbro, Mattel, […]
DC Comics has been around since the Golden Age, and, over the years, many of their original heroes passed their mantles to the next generation. Some of these legacy heroes proved to be even stronger and more popular than the originals. However, while most of the inheritors of these mantles are compassionate and heroic individuals, […]
Marvel Comics has been creating some of the best characters in comics for decades. Over the years, we’ve gotten some of the greatest heroes and villains ever, with every decade (except the ’50s; Marvel barely published any superhero books and the ones they did weren’t great) adding to the grandeur of the Marvel Universe. There […]
Television’s relationship with science fiction changed shape across the 1990s, moving away from the anthology and monster-of-the-week formats that had defined the genre for decades and toward serialized, mythology-driven storytelling built to reward viewers who kept watching week after week. Cable expansion played a direct role in that shift, with the Sci-Fi Channel launching in […]
Since the original Mega Evolution base set first released back in 2025, we’ve had a total of six Pokemon TCG releases in the series. We already have another release to look forward to in the form of Delta Reign, which arrives on November 6th. But even though the Mega Evolution era is far from over, […]
The platforming genre went through an explosion during the 1980s, as developers devised new and inventive ways for players to jump in. There were great games across both arcades and consoles, but with so many new games launching each year, it was tough to keep up. Even looking back, it can be difficult to know […]
Nowadays, the Avengers are easily the most recognizable superhero team in Marvel Comics, thanks in no small part to them taking center stage in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The Avengers have faced off against countless villains that have threatened not just Earth, but the entire universe. Indeed, the Avengers are almost always the first line […]
The Kingdom Hearts series is one of the most sprawling stories in gaming history. That’s been true from the beginning, as the developers at Square Enix filled that first game with more content and story than most players could imagine in 2002. Beyond that, there are hundreds of little factoids and tidbits about Kingdom Hearts […]