Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at the first new console entry in the Katamari series since 2011. AL discusses why the game resonated with her so much and why it was a much-needed bit of respite last year.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) kick off the new year by taking a look back at an otome game from last year that features spirits, faes, and some very strange alternate endings.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) have reached the final episode of the year which means it’s time to take a look back at our favorite games of 2025. We give out our supplemental awards, induct a new game into the SAC HOF, and finally countdown our top ten games of the year. You can read the text version of this list here and AL’s list here.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at the latest entry in the Rascal Does Not Dream series for the holidays. We discuss this second TV season and where we think things potentially could go with the next movie that will air in 2026.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at various video games and anime that will be coming out in 2026 and beyond and give our thoughts on them.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) go back to 1960s Japan to see what’s up with the latest entry in the Silent Hill series and AL says “LADY” a lot.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at the Trails in the Sky remake to see what’s different with this new version of the game and how Jared thought of his first experience with the game.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at the announcements and new from Sony’s latest State of Play that was focused more on Japanese and Asian games.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) discuss one of their most anticipated games of the year with the sequel to PowerWash Simulator and one of their favorite recent co-op games. We discuss the new features, new jobs, new kitties, and what possibly could be in the licensed DLC coming later.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at the wild world of season 2 of DanDaDan and some of our favorite moments, the new characters introduced, and teases of what’s to come next.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at Jared’s different forays into various racing games. Some that are a little bit more on the simulation side of things with a lot of mod support and one that is a gacha game about horse girls.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) get a little cooperative and reminisce this week as we played through the co-op puzzle platformer Lego Voyager and AL played a bit of Banjo-Tooie and had some new thoughts on the game.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at the various pieces of Resident Evil media they’ve both experienced from games to movies to television shows. With a list of 18 entries, we rank them to see which is the best of the best.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at the latest entry in the live-action adaptation of the Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan series, this time adapting the At a Confessional chapter into a full-length movie. We discuss the new additions to the story and get very mad at the soundtrack that was made entirely with AI.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) discuss the announcement of Yakuza Kiwami 3 and everything that Sony announced at their latest State of Play.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) see Nintendo weirdly celebrate the 40th anniversary of Super Mario Bros. and also announce some other new games.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at Dont Nod’s latest narrative adventure game that lets you go back and forth between 1995 and 2022 with some supernatural elements and being able to record on a camcorder whenever.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at the latest game in the Donkey Kong franchise where you can destroy everything and dress up DK like a gremlin.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) discuss a strange direction for the Dynasty Warriors franchise as it shifted to an open world that really didn’t work, but did have the weirdest horse AI ever seen in a video game.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at the 2nd and 3rd Rascal Does Not Dream films and talk about the new story development in both films, which film is the better of the two, and the positive traits this series continues to push forward.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) dive into some somniums again as we check out the first spin-off game from AI: The Somnium Files. We talk about the shorter story, how it compares to the two main games, and how this is secretly a Zero Escape game.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at the latest Nintendo Direct that looked more at 3rd party games coming to both Switch and Switch 2 rather than 1st party games.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) return to the world of Bustafellows to see if one of AL’s top otome games continues to be a good series or if it will tumble like most otome sequels/fan discs have done on her list.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at the mystery series Shoshimin, written by the author of Hyouka. We mostly dive into the second season given how recently it came out and discuss the two story arcs that the season encompasses.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) see what’s up with our old buddy Sam Porter Bridges as we dive into doing a lot of deliveries and building roads in Death Stranding 2. We talk about how the game has improved over its predecessor and why it has a more coherent story than the first game.