Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) check out the television adaptation of the Love Live! School Idol Musical stage play. We discuss where we think some of the differences are as we haven’t seen the stage play, how the series was overall in its six-episode run, and how it’s a prequel to the entire Love Live! series.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) discuss another otome from last year that AL got to date dead dudes, really enjoyed, and managed to be pretty high on the Ranking of Otome.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) kick off the new year by taking a look at AL’s Game of the Year in Metaphor: ReFantazio. We see what’s up with Atlus’ new JRPG, whether or not it continues the studio’s problematic elements found in previous games, and why it feels like a natural evolution from the Persona series.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) end the year by taking a look back at their favorite games of 2024. We go through out supplemental awards, induct a new entry into the Seasonal Anime Checkup Hall of Fame, and countdown our top ten games of the year. You can read AL’s write up here and my write up here .

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at some Love Live! holiday episodes with “Melody of the Heart” from Love Live! school idol project and “Awaken the power” from Love Live! Sunshine!!.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at video games and anime that’ll be coming out next year and beyond.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) chit chat about two games they talked about recently. Jared discusses the story mode of the recent WWE 2K game. AL rants about Mario & Luigi: Brothership and why it made her mad.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) go mobile with their otome this time as we dive into Tears of Themis and see how this mobile otome stacks up with others in the genre.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) return to the world of Trails for a new story arc in the 11th game of the series. We talk about the new characters, new story, and how we feel about this opening to the Calvard story.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) return to the world of Life Is Strange to see what’s up with Max Caulfield as she’s had to navigate the aftermath of the first game and all the trauma associated with that.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) watched through the television adaptation of the first Yakuza game and talk about where things went wrong with it.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) check out the final DLC for Alan Wake 2 that sets up what could be happening in Control 2.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) try to keep some youths alive in the original version of the horror game Until Dawn. We had AL doing all the choices so we see how she managed in trying to keep people alive and how this compares to the Dark Pictures games.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) discuss the latest Legend of Zelda game that finally features Zelda in the main role. We talk about the new style of gameplay, how we did puzzles differently, and just how much fun we had with the game.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) discuss the first SPY x FAMILY film that brings an original story that features a big sub plot about Anya having to poop.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) kick off the scariest month of the year by talking about an otome game. We discuss how there’s only 3 guys to date and everyone wants to hook up with everyone. A code for this game was provided by the publisher.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) breakdown the latest State of Play from Sony that was surprisingly decent.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) check out the remake of Persona 3 FES’ The Answer expansion with Episode Aigis. We talk about how this is a remake of that for better or for worse, how the fights are still a grind, and why there’s still a good story to be found within.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) are still pleasantly surprised that they made a new Famicom Detective Club game. We discuss how this game fares from its predecessors from over 30 years ago and how this is a very rare instance of an M-rated Nintendo game.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at nearly 40 years of video game console launch lineups and see which console started off on the best foot.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) discuss the latest Nintendo Direct that featured some true surprises and a familiar franchise coming to the Switch.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) celebrate 400 episodes of the SAC OVA by watching eight pro wrestling matches curated by Jared. We discuss their historical significance, how they differ from one another, and why they’re all fun to watch. Matches watched: Stone Cold Steve Austin vs. Bret Hart WWF WrestleMania 13 3/23/1997 Rey Mysterio Jr. vs. Eddie Guerrero © WCW Halloween Havoc 10/26/1997...

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) after many years finally talk about the final Shadow Hearts game and how its fresh start doesn’t let it live up to its predecessors.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) discuss the fan disc for Radiant Tale and how out of all the otome games, it sure is one of them.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) play a Zelda game that AL had yet to play yet in the first try at making a multiplayer Zelda game. We discuss how it came to be, why it worked as somewhat of a test, and where we would re-rank it.