Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look at how Illumination adapted the Mario series into a feature film and whether or not it was a successful venture or not.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) check out the newest Resident Evil CG film that continues from the story of Vendetta and sees Chris in a Hawaiian shirt.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) check out the tenth trails game to see how many characters they can fit into one game and how Reverie wraps up both the Crossbell and Erebonia storylines.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) reconvene with the gals from Nijigasaki to see how they show a girl from London around and Shioriko struggles with confidence issues in the first OVA from the series.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) return to the world of mainline Final Fantasy with the sixteenth entry. We talk about the characters, the new action gameplay, and why the story feels like it falls off a cliff in the final third of the game.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) take a look and refresh themselves about what all is coming out in the world of video games and anime for the rest of 2023.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) break down another otome game that features dudes that are also inanimate objects, somehow skirts the lines of a teen rating, and the dangers of syphilis.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) chit chat about the latest Nintendo Direct which featured a surprising SNES remake and a new weird 2D Mario game.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) discuss a bunch of games that got unveiled in the last week by talking about the Summer Game Fest, Xbox/Bethesda Showcase, Ubisoft, and Capcom’s presentations.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) discuss the DLC’s from Final Fantasy XV after Jared decided to play through the actual game for the first time. We talk about what’s up with the DLCs they released and also the ones they eventually cancelled.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) discuss what Sony had to discuss with an hour’s worth of game trailers and why it felt like a weirdly paced presentation.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) are finally able to talk about the sequel to Breath of the Wild. We discuss what’s different, what we enjoyed from Tears of the Kingdom, and where we see the Zelda franchise going next.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) get together to talk about a Zelda game. No, not that one. We chat about The Minish Cap and how Capcom finally made a good handheld Zelda game and the shocking revelation that this came out after the release of the Nintendo DS in North America.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) have to once again say goodbye to a Love Live! mobile game as the shocking announcement of All Stars shutting down in June caught them off guard. We talk about our favorite memories of the game and why we are still mad at people hating on the second season of the story.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) see how the final chapter of Xenoblade Chronicles 3 wraps up with some returning faces and why AL enjoyed 80% of the DLC before feeling it began to fall off in the final 20%.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) return to the land of otome where we’ve now found a brand new milestone for AL’s Ranking of Otome.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) finally get to dive into the final chapter of the Crossbell arc of the Trails games. We discuss how bombastic and wild the end of the game gets and how this has made us more excited to play Reverie later this year.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) return to the world of Resident Evil 4 with the remake of the game to see what’s changed and what remains the same. We talk about if the remake retains the spirit of the original game, the new gameplay, and how we feel about Resident Evil 4 now as a whole.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) discuss the short-form anime spinoff of Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club in Nijiyon and how these short episodes show off the girls’ goofier sides and still maintains being a heartwarming series.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) finally get together to talk about Persona 4 after somehow not doing so for nearly six years. We talk about bits of the story and characterizations, but mostly about how we feel about the game after returning to it after quite a few years since our last playthroughs.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) put a bunch of characters from Kotaro Uchikoshi games into a bracket and see which character stands out above all the rest. We get into some debates and talk about some very good characters in our annual March tradition. If you’d like to fill out your own bracket and see which character you think is the best, you can do so right here !

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) dive into the prequel to Final Fantasy VII to see if it’s still worth playing after its recent re-release. We discuss the gameplay, story, and what parts we’d like to see carry over to the new FF7 remake games.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) discuss the shut down of Love Live! School Idol Festival and the difficulties of preserving digital games in the mobile space.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) travel back to 19th century Japan to see how a Yakuza story could fit into to this time period. We talk about how wild it is this game finally got localized, how historically accurate the game tries to be, and how this stacks up to other games in the franchise.

Jared and Anne Ladyem ( anneladyem.com ) return to a series that has been freshly rebooted to see if starting new with the Saints Row franchise was the right decision or the wrong one. We talk about the story, how it plays, whether it’s still as divisive as it was at launch, and if we think there will be more to come from Saints Row in the future or not.