Interview - Aftermath

Kensuke Ushio Dove Deep Creating The Emotionally Devastating Score For Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc

The Chainsaw Man composer reveals how he built an orchestral soundtrack whose aura reverberates through ribcages and cinema halls alike.

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 8 Dec 2025

Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc still of a phone booth in the rain.

Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’

"I really don’t want this to happen to anyone else, because I feel like with the state of everything, it will absolutely happen to other people," says Drew Harrison

By Alyssa Mercante

/ 24 Nov 2025

Two Months After Firing Over Charlie Kirk Comments, Ghost Of Yotei Dev Blames Harassment Campaign, Not ‘Bad Joke’

Baki The Grappler, The Wildest Martial Arts Manga Of All Time, Still Wants The Smoke 35 Years Later

Manga editor Yuki Yokoi always believed Baki could thrive in the West. Now, they’re planning its next evolution

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 19 Nov 2025

Yujiro and Baki Hanma staring at each other in front of a mural of the first Baki The Grappler manga volumes.

A Dungeon Synth Album To Cope With An Age Without Magic

Dungeon synth artist Erang’s new album TOME ZERO contains ten melancholy tracks written while trying to process this age without magic.

By Gita Jackson

/ 18 Nov 2025

These Developers Are Bringing Canceled Game Concord Back To Life

How a group of hobbyist reverse engineers brought the troubled game back to life.

By Nicole Carpenter

/ 14 Nov 2025

These Developers Are Bringing Canceled Game Concord Back To Life

How Fortnite Friday Grew From A Bit Into An Institution That Could Pull Gavin Newsom

The unlikely rise of one of the internet's best talk shows

By Nathan Grayson

/ 11 Nov 2025

How Fortnite Friday Grew From A Bit Into An Institution That Could Pull Gavin Newsom

Criterion’s Mobile Closet Wasn’t About The Van—It Was About IRL Friendships We Made Along The (Five-Hour) Way

Fifteen years ago, when director Guillermo del Toro was scheduled to drop by Criterion’s New York office for a project, a casual email from the social media team sparked

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 20 Oct 2025

Me, my partner, and our new friends Dan and Kato inside the Criterion Closet.

100 Meters Director On Capturing The Art And Agony Of Track And Field Through Rotoscope Animation

In a short period since partnering with Toho, GKids has established itself as the anime equivalent of the Criterion Collection. Through its theatrical rereleases of deep-cut cult-classic films from yesteryear,

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 7 Oct 2025

100 Meters special film ticket illustration of Togashi and Komiya.

VTuber Mori Calliope’s Anime Dream Came Full Circle In Creating Gachiakuta’s New Theme Song

In anime, an opening theme isn’t just a vibe—it’s a thesis statement. Before a single line of dialogue hits viewers' ears, that song sets a tone,

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 6 Oct 2025

Mori Calliope posing inside a TV in Gachiakuta.

What Does It Sound Like To Slide Down A Breast Milk River? Ask Baby Steps Sound Designer Maxi Boch

Rhythm is important in Baby Steps. If you’re to get Nate—the playable man-child in Gabe Cuzzillo, Maxi Boch, and Bennett Foddy’s latest game—anywhere, you’re going

By Nicole Carpenter

/ 2 Oct 2025

A man in a onesie balancing on wooden beams

Inside The Soulframe Scene Where You Go Inside A Bear

What is Soulframe, exactly? It’s more than just fantasy Warframe, with an open overworld and more measured combat than the latter’s high-flying space ninja antics. It’s not

By Nathan Grayson

/ 24 Sep 2025

Inside The Soulframe Scene Where You Go Inside A Bear

What’s Harder To Draw: Horses Or Kisses? We Asked An Expert

As a fan of everything animation and an occasional doodler, I’ve seen my fair share of superb art, whether it’s the emotional climax of my favorite ship finally

By Isaiah Colbert

/ 16 Sep 2025

Collage featuring polarioids of Dan Da Dan and JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Steel Ball Run screencaped kiss and key art poster.