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Even as the Nintendo Entertainment System was picking up momentum for home consoles after the video game crash of 1983, arcades were still popular in 1988. Now competing with a resurgent home console market and the growing proliferation of personal computers, arcade titles had to pull out all the stops. Established franchises were revamped significantly…

One Piece continued its epic narrative in 2026, yet three other series still managed to rank above it according to fans. Eiichiro Oda’s manga has consistently released new chapters for more than a decade, continuing to engage longtime fans and attract new readers every year. It has also become the highest-selling comic of all time,…

Some TV shows that got better after their first season simply needed time to figure out what they wanted to be. A new television series has to introduce its characters, establish its world, find the right tone, and convince an audience to keep watching, often while the people making the show are still figuring out…

One of the most celebrated shonen anime movies of all time is available to stream on Crunchyroll, giving American subscribers another reason to revisit a beloved franchise. Released in Japanese theaters in 2021, Gintama: The Very Final has secured an impressive position on Letterboxd’s highest-rated anime films list, placing above theatrical releases from Dragon Ball…

As we’ve covered here on TVLine before, pilots are a tricky beast, trying to both sell a show and make a good first impression. For a variety of genres, we’ve talked about the shows that started with their best foot forward, like the best sitcom pilots of all time. But now we’re talking about the…