
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

Trying to make a shorter One Piece adaptation misses the point of Eiichiro Oda's epic story
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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
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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
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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
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Opinion Opinion | Kohei Horikoshi is bringing his long-running story full circle

The 10 best manga to read right now
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Features From Akane-banashi to Vinland Saga by way of One Piece... 10 great ongoing manga to read now

A new anime adaptation of a beloved manga feels like a classic Marvel comic in the best way, and it may cure your superhero fatigue
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opinion OPINION | Tired of modern superhero movies? Maybe give new anime Kaiju No. 8 a try

One Piece delivers a rematch for the ages in Luffy versus Lucci - but Eiichiro Oda has always made it clear that the World Government agent doesn't stand a chance
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Opinion The Massacre Weapon has underestimated his opponent

The weirdest must-watch anime of spring 2024 is a trippy sci-fi story about girls taking a train through the post-apocalypse
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Features Anime fans - here's why you need to add Train to the End of the World to your watchlist

After 27 years, One Piece is finally going all-in on one of the manga's coolest ideas and a key part of Eiichiro Oda's unique approach to fantasy
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Opinion As giants become integral to One Piece, we look back at how they've always represented the series' fantasy

Behind the battles of the anime and manga, Dragon Ball proves that glory is worthless if you're not using it to make the world a better place
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Opinion Opinion | Akira Toriyama's masterwork Dragon Ball is about how much we need one another

As One Piece nears its end after almost 30 years, creator Eiichiro Oda is throwing out the rulebook on how to end a long-running manga
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Opinion Opinion | How Eiichiro Oda is defying expectations and thriving on chaos

Here's why Rogue One director Gareth Edwards could bring back that Steven Spielberg-like magic to the Jurassic Park series
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opinion OPINION | The Creator filmmaker has been assigned a tough gig with Jurassic World 4, but he's the man for the challenge

From the MCU to Knock at the Cabin, 2023 has been the year of Dave Bautista
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opinion OPINION | Dave Bautista has quietly become one of the best actors around, and 2023 proves it

If the Fallout TV show wants to succeed, it needs to lean into the games' trademark cynical humor
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Opinion To stand out, the Fallout series must embrace the games' beloved cartoonish aspects

There has never been a Batman comic quite as haunting as Arkham Asylum
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Features Looking back on Morrison and McKean's beautiful nightmare
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