
Daniel Dockery
Daniel Dockery is a writer for places like Crunchyroll, Polygon, Vulture, WIRED and Paste Magazine. His debut book, Monster Kids: How Pokemon Taught A Generation To Catch Them All, is available wherever books are sold.
Latest articles by Daniel Dockery

The best Crunchyroll anime to watch right now
By Daniel Dockery last updated
Best List From Jujutsu Kaisen to Chainsaw Man, here's the best Crunchyroll anime to watch in 2025

32 years later, Jurassic Park's greatest legacy isn’t the Jurassic franchise, but the cultural overhaul of our idea of dinosaurs
By Daniel Dockery published
Opinion OPINION | Jurassic Park brought dinosaurs back to life onscreen and evolved our sense of imagination regarding them

King of the Hill is committed to the idea that everything changes – that's why I’m convinced it's the perfect show to bring back
By Daniel Dockery published
Opinion OPINION | While most animated shows are stuck in time, King of the Hill has always kept up with the changing world around us, which makes it prime reboot material

My Hero Academia: Vigilantes rejuvenates the series by making it weirder, and there's never been a better time to jump in
By Daniel Dockery published
Opinion OPINION | The My Hero Academia spin-off series feels more unpredictable than the mothership show has in years

8 years on, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild remains unlike any other open world game, and the industry is still playing catch up
By Daniel Dockery published
Opinion Opinion | The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild's shift to open world shook up the industry – making it one of the Nintendo Switch's definitive moments

The One Piece anime has only been back for 3 episodes, but it's already throwing us into Luffy's most anticipated fight in 25 years
By Daniel Dockery published
Opinion | Luffy's battle with Kizaru is about to put the Straw Hat Pirates' post-timeskip adventures into perspective

Dan Da Dan season 2: Everything we know so far about the hit anime's return
By Daniel Dockery last updated
Guide All the latest on one of the best new anime series around, Dan Da Dan season 2

How to watch One Piece in order (TV shows and movies)
By Daniel Dockery published
Guide Your complete guide to watching One Piece in order, right up to the ongoing Egghead Island arc

The Kingdom manga is finally getting an English translation almost 20 years after it first launched – and now anything is possible
By Daniel Dockery published
Kingdom’s North American release may signal the start of a whole wave of manga classics getting English translations

Absolute Batman is finally allowing one underrated villain to reach his full potential
By Daniel Dockery published
Opinion Opinion | Absolute Batman has made Black Mask an A List villain

Your Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man's genius twist on classic villain Norman Osborn is the culmination of decades of storytelling
By Daniel Dockery published
Opinion This fresh interpretation of classic Marvel baddie Norman Osborn has been a long time coming

James Gunn's DC show Creature Commandos featured plenty of fantastic characters, but that finale proved The Bride is the best of them
By Daniel Dockery published
Opinion Opinion | The Creature Commandos finale places The Bride as the new leader of the group, which is where she deserves to be

Absolute Batman innovates by presenting us with a Caped Crusader who is still a work in progress
By Daniel Dockery published
Opinion Opinion | There's more to the Absolute Batman than just muscles...

One of 2024's best anime shows subverts all expectations, but that's its biggest strength
By Daniel Dockery published
Opinion Opinion | Dan Da Dan goes the distance rather than settling for the familiar

The 25 best comics of 2024
By William Salmon, George Marston, Daniel Dockery, Alex Zalben, Stephen Jewell published

Justice League Unlimited #1 is the perfect way in to one of the most complicated universes in comics
By Daniel Dockery published
Opinion Opinion | Justice League Unlimited is a great introduction to DC's perennial superteam

DC's Absolute Batman, Superman, and Wonder Woman titles are perfect examples of the comic book reboot done right
By Daniel Dockery published
Opinion Opinion | All three are an ideal blend of the old and the new

For 40 years, Dragon Ball has subverted anime expectations – so it makes perfect sense for Dragon Ball: Daima to continue the trend
By Daniel Dockery published
opinion OPINION | Dragon Ball: Daima takes the classic anime into the fantasy genre, but Dragon Ball has always been about reinventing itself

Dino Crisis is finally getting the resurrection it deserves – and it's still a blast
By Daniel Dockery published
Opinion Opinion | The game many fans thought was extinct will soon be coming to PlayStation Plus

Trying to make a shorter One Piece adaptation misses the point of Eiichiro Oda's epic story
By Daniel Dockery published
Opinion Opinion | The length of Luffy's adventure can seem daunting to newcomers, but cutting down on decades of worldbuilding isn't the answer

After 10 years of My Hero Academia and that satisfying final chapter, it's clear the heart of the manga was always the rivalries between heroes like Deku and Bakugo
By Daniel Dockery published
Opinion The villains were always less interesting than the heroes

Batman: Caped Crusader captures the lurid horror feel of the Dark Knight's earliest adventures
By Daniel Dockery published
Features How the new show explores the horror history of Batman's foes

As the My Hero Academia manga comes to a close after 10 years, Kohei Horikoshi shows what it means to write a superhero story with a definitive ending
By Daniel Dockery published
Opinion Opinion | Kohei Horikoshi is bringing his long-running story full circle
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