The Fall 2025 anime season included several exciting shows on Crunchyroll, but one, A Wild Last Boss Appeared!, didn’t get as much attention from isekai fans despite offering a unique spin on the genre. The first season proved to be full of secrets and built to a thrilling climax. Now, a second season has been announced, and we’re getting a first glimpse of what’s to come.
As a DC fan, I’ve always found Prime a fascinating character. He first showed up during the epic Crisis on Infinite Earths event – basically, he was the Superman from our Earth, the ‘real’ world, and they used him to tell the story of Superboy’s history. He played a key role in defeating the Anti-Monitor, but then faded into obscurity for a while. But everything changed with Infinite Crisis. That’s when DC started building the character we know today. Honestly, Superboy-Prime has gone through a huge transformation since then, and it all really stems from what I think is the best DC event of the 21st century.
Look, as a huge animation fan, everyone always raves about Batman: The Animated Series – and rightfully so, it’s incredible and really set the bar for how to do Batman. But it often overshadows other fantastic DC animated shows. I wanted to highlight five seriously good series that don’t get nearly the attention they deserve.
Although a game starring Tetra from The Wind Waker or Sheik from Ocarina of Time would be interesting, Zelda is too central to the Legend of Zelda series to be included here. The characters we’re focusing on are beloved variations of familiar types or popular figures, and each one is strong enough to carry their own game set in Hyrule. Here are five standout supporting characters who deserve their own spin-off adventure.
Nihon Falcom, the company behind the Trails series, consistently releases new games – whether they’re completely new stories, updated versions, or remakes – roughly every five or six months. In 2025, they provided an ideal starting point for new players with the release of Trails in the Sky 1st Chapter. This well-crafted release appealed to both longtime fans and those just discovering the series.
The One Piece Card Game launched in 2022, bringing the characters from the popular series to life as collectible cards for competitive play. Mackenyu, who plays Zoro in the live-action adaptation, has become a big fan and a skilled player. Jacob Romero Gibson, who plays Usopp, previously mentioned that Mackenyu often played the game with Eiichiro Oda’s assistants. Recently, at a One Piece Card Game event, Mackenyu impressively ranked eighth out of 366 players, proving his dedication to the franchise. He shared the exciting news with his fans on social media.
As a fan, it’s a little frustrating to see Rise of the Ronin get lost in the shuffle. It feels like bad timing and a few mistakes really hurt it. Everyone was already so hyped for Ghost of Yotei, and honestly, a lot of us thought Team Ninja’s take on the samurai world wasn’t quite as polished as Ghost of Tsushima. But the biggest issue, for me and a lot of other players, was the graphics. They just didn’t feel up to par with what we expect from games these days. It all added up, and I think a lot of people missed out on what could have been a really great game.
First aired across four episodes beginning December 30, 1972, “The Three Doctors” united William Hartnell, Patrick Troughton, and Jon Pertwee – each having played the Doctor – in a battle against Omega. This marked the first time different versions of the Doctor appeared together in Doctor Who, and it set the stage for many more multi-Doctor stories. In this adventure, the First, Second, and Third Doctors team up to stop Omega, the inventor of Time Lord time travel, from stealing the universe’s energy, ultimately launching a tradition of popular multi-Doctor episodes.
Released in 2016, Medici: Masters of Florence received negative reviews from critics (with a 50% score on Rotten Tomatoes), but proved popular with viewers (earning an 83% audience score on Popcornmeter). Starring Richard Madden and Dennis Hoffman, the series tells the story of the powerful Medici family. It begins in 1429, with the death of family patriarch Giovanni de’ Medici (Hoffman). His son, Cosimo (Madden), then steps into his father’s role as head of the family bank—the wealthiest in Europe—and struggles to maintain the family’s influence in Florence.
After a two-year run of creative programming on Adult Swim, the ‘Checkered Past’ block has returned for the new year. Adult Swim is making some changes to its lineup, both canceling and bringing back shows, and one of those returns is ‘Checkered Past,’ with ‘Dexter’s Laboratory’ kicking things off (as noted by @Swimpedia on X).