Crystal Lake has dropped to mixed reviews (spoilers; Fanfare), but many horror-themed shows began streaming in 2026, e.g. Widow's Bay (14 Emmys; Fanfare); Carrie (episode 1; Fanfare); The Boroughs; Something Very Bad is Going to Happen (Fanfare); The Beauty (Fanfare); Below (Fanfare); The Shards; and Coven Academy. Animation in English includes The Doomies, Among Us (based on the game; Fanfare), and Stranger Things: Tales from '85. Also streaming in the US in languages other than English: Human Vapor (Japan; based on the classic film), My Sad Dead (Argentina; based on stories by Mariana Enriquez), I Would Rather Die (Mexico), City of Blood (Germany), shows in Korean like Spooky in Love, The East Palace, & If Wishes Could Kill (Fanfare), and a lot of supernatural anime. See also 2025, 2024, and 2023 including Junji Ito shows (previously).

Pokémon is a global phenomenon. I'm absolutely convinced that if the world suffered an apocalypse tomorrow, the following day the global currency would be Pokémon cards. Pokémon cards are beating the S&P 500 by 3,000 percent. Emanating from Japan, it really took hold around the world in the late '90s and early 2000s. It then had a zenith moment and then a nadir moment, and ever since then, it's been on a parabolic growth curve. And that really has driven the international market expansion for trading cards.

Pokemon collecting and value, previously