Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) discuss the absurdity of Love Live! School Idol Festival 2’s global release and end of service of announcement in the same breath while providing context on how all of this happened. We also talk about the January Sony State of Play to see what’s coming soon to the PlayStation.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) return to the world of Science Adventure games to see what it means to be a hacker and how saving and loading can become an interesting gameplay mechanic.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) do their best to be detectives in the latest game from the team behind Danganronpa. We talk about the wild and intriguing story, how it compares to Danganronpa, and why this being on the Switch lets this game down.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) continue to clean up games they played in 2023 as AL lets us return to the world of otome in a game that made her absolutely suffer.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) see what’s going on with the two Spider-Mans with Peter and Miles now teaming up together in third game in the PlayStation series. We discuss the story, whether the gameplay is still good, and of course, Sasuke.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) end 2023 by looking at what they thought were the best video games of the year. We give out some supplemental awards first, induct a new game into the Seasonal Anime Checkup Hall of Fame, and then dive straight into our top ten games of the year. You can read both our thoughts on our lists with mine here and AL’s here .

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) dive into our annual holiday episode by taking a look at the Kaguya-sama film, The First Kiss That Never Ends. We talk about the weird and goofy Christmas aspects of the film, how the romantic aspects work incredibly well, and why taking a deep dive into the characters is one of the best things they were able to do.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) look ahead to next year to see what all is coming out with regards to the world of video games and anime.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) hope the third time’s the charm with Scott Pilgrim as they dive into the anime “adaptation” of the graphic novel. We discuss our previous feelings on the franchise and what this version does differently and if it finally is the version we’ve been hoping for.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) put their expert caps on to discuss the latest Love Live video game in the metroidvania based off of YOHANE THE PARHELION -SUNSHINE in the MIRROR-. We discuss the game itself, how its rooted in the series’ history of April Fools jokes, and why the price point is not great.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) hang out with this new fellow named Joryu and see what his mission was during the events of Yakuza 7. We also get to talk about the Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth demo that’s included with the game and see what’s going to be new with that game.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) see AL experience yet another Hideo Kojima game with Metal Gear Solid 2 and Jared playing through the game for her. We discuss the historical implications of the game, how the ending was changed, and what AL ended up thinking about the game.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) finally return to the world of Alan Wake to see what’s been going on with this writer. We discuss new protagonist Saga, that musical sequence, if this sequel is able to live up to 13 years of anticipation, and why for now the ending falls a little flat.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) return to the land of otome where AL has to otome her way through more characters than normal and a less than stellar story.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) jump into the latest 2D Mario game with Super Mario Wonder. We talk about how this is quite possibly the best 2D Mario game since Super Mario World, why everything works so well, and drugs.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) chat about two games Jared recently played. We begin with Starfield and if Bethesda was able to recapture the magic of their previous games. After that we dive into Goodbye Volcano High to see how dinosaurs would handle the end of the world in an age of social media.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) continue discussing scary games this month as we dive into the season 1 finale of The Dark Pictures Anthology with The Devil in Me. We discuss the historical connections with this game, how it was kind of buggy for us, and how we managed to keep our survivor average basically the same.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) return to the world of the Resident Evil 4 remake to see what Ada was up to during the story with the Separate Ways DLC.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) return to the live action adaptation of Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe as we check out the film Rohan at the Louvre. We talk about the movie itself, how it differs from the original manga, and why this adaptation continues to be great.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) talk about both the recent Nintendo Direct and Sony State of Play that happened this month. We run down all the video games announced and also get a live reaction to the date for Like A Dragon 8.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) return to the world of otome where it also is a rhythm game. AL describes why this has become one of her favorite otome games of the year and what could be a top pick overall.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) head to the world of big mechs to see what Jared thought of his first Armored Core game and why he decided to play through it three times in quick succession.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) have a conversation about AL’s first full year of being a fishing minigame streamer discussing what’s evolved with the streams, how she feels about the past year, and what’s been most surprising.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) go to the CIRCUS to see how AL is gonna date some circus boys where one of them is actually a dragon, because that’s just otome things.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) see Jared give AL a break for this week as he dives into three very different games that he’s played through recently in Trek to Yomi, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, and A Space for the Unbound.