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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA

379 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 days ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratings

A podcast where Jared Clemons and Dr. Anne Ladyem McDivitt discuss their thoughts on video games, anime, and manga.

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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #378 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

March 23, 2024 16:00 - 58 minutes - 43.5 MB

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) are now ready to talk about the latest entry in the remake of Final Fantasy VII. We discuss all those new mini-games, the new ways they imagine this story, and that ending.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #377 - Norn9: Var Commons

March 16, 2024 16:00 - 41 minutes - 29.5 MB

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss a decade old otome game where AL learned about ships, time travelling to World War I, and a dude named Ron.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #376 - Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis

March 09, 2024 17:00 - 28 minutes - 22.4 MB

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to talk about more Final Fantasy 7, but not that new release quite yet. We discuss the mobile game Ever Crisis that will eventually cover all of Final Fantasy 7 and whether or not we will actually see all of that, the immense grind the game has, and how it is as a gacha game.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #375 - Persona 3 Reload

March 02, 2024 17:00 - 48 minutes - 37.6 MB

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of Persona 3 with the recent remake of the game. While we don’t go over the story again, we discuss how the remake enhanced the game, the new changes added to Reload, and why we hope The Answer gets this treatment as well.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #374 - Nintendo Direct (February 2024)

February 24, 2024 17:00 - 30 minutes - 24.4 MB

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) talk about the latest Nintendo Direct that focused on third party games such as some Xbox games coming to the Switch.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #373 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth

February 17, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour - 67 MB

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) dive into the lengthy next entry in the Like a Dragon series to see what’s up with Ichiban and all his pals. We talk about the many side activities, the story, and the surprising deuteragonist situation the game takes.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #372 - My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! ~Pirates of the Disturbance~

February 10, 2024 17:00 - 44 minutes - 30.4 MB

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of otome with a side story from the My Next Life as a Villainess series to see if there was a second good otome game to come out in 2023 or if it continues the trend of bad otome from last year.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #371 - Love Live! School Idol Festival 2 Debacle & Sony State of Play

February 03, 2024 17:00 - 45 minutes - 36.6 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #370 - Anonymous;Code

January 27, 2024 17:00 - 35 minutes - 27.5 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #369 - Master Detective Archives: Rain Code

January 20, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #368 - Virche Evermore -ErroR: Salvation-

January 13, 2024 17:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #367 - Marvel's Spider-Man 2

January 06, 2024 17:00 - 43 minutes - 34.4 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #366 - 2023 Game of the Year

December 30, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 62.6 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #365 - KAGUYA-SAMA: LOVE IS WAR -The First Kiss That Never Ends

December 23, 2023 17:00 - 30 minutes - 24.7 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #364 - 2024 Preview

December 16, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 48.5 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #363 - Scott Pilgrim Takes Off

December 09, 2023 17:00 - 45 minutes - 35.4 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #362 - YOHANE THE PARHELION: BLAZE in the DEEPBLUE

December 02, 2023 17:00 - 32 minutes - 27.1 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #361 - Like A Dragon Gaiden: The Man Who Erased His Name

November 25, 2023 17:00 - 51 minutes - 41.1 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #360 - AL Experiences Metal Gear Solid 2

November 18, 2023 17:00 - 57 minutes - 43.5 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #359 - Alan Wake 2

November 11, 2023 17:00 - 59 minutes - 47.7 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #358 - Charade Maniacs

November 04, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #357 - Super Mario Wonder

October 28, 2023 16:00 - 45 minutes - 36.1 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #356 - Starfield & Goodbye Volcano High

October 21, 2023 16:00 - 36 minutes - 29.2 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #355 - The Dark Pictures Anthology: The Devil in Me

October 14, 2023 16:00 - 43 minutes - 33.1 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #354 - Resident Evil 4 Separate Ways (2023)

October 07, 2023 16:00 - 34 minutes - 25.9 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #353 - Rohan at the Louvre (Live Action)

September 30, 2023 16:00 - 56 minutes - 46.4 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #352 - Nintendo Direct and Sony State of Play (September 2023)

September 23, 2023 16:00 - 53 minutes - 41.3 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #351 - Jack Jeanne

September 16, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 66.5 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #350 - Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon

September 09, 2023 16:00 - 36 minutes - 30.7 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #349 - AL's First Year of Streaming

September 02, 2023 16:00 - 49 minutes - 35.9 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #348 - Radiant Tale

August 26, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #347 - Grab Bag (Trek to Yomi, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, A Space for the Unbound)

August 19, 2023 16:00 - 29 minutes - 24.3 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #346 - The Super Mario Bros. Movie

August 12, 2023 16:00 - 47 minutes - 35.8 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #345 - Resident Evil Death Island

August 05, 2023 16:00 - 34 minutes - 26.5 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #344 - The Legend of Heroes: Trails into Reverie

July 29, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 67.9 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #343 - Love Live! Nijigasaki High School Idol Club NEXT SKY

July 22, 2023 16:00 - 27 minutes - 22.2 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #342 - Final Fantasy XVI

July 15, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 66.6 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #341 - Rest of 2023 Preview

July 08, 2023 16:00 - 54 minutes - 42.2 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #340 - Winter's Wish: Spirits of Edo

July 01, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 49 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #339 - Nintendo Direct (6/21/23)

June 24, 2023 16:00 - 34 minutes - 27.1 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #338 - Summer Game Fest 2023

June 17, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 63 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #337 - Final Fantasy XV DLC

June 10, 2023 16:00 - 35 minutes - 28.1 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #336 - PlayStation Showcase 2023

June 03, 2023 16:00 - 41 minutes - 33.7 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #335 - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom

May 27, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 78.5 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #334 - The Legend of Zelda: The Minish Cap

May 20, 2023 16:00 - 40 minutes - 30.1 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #333 - Saying Goodbye to Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars

May 13, 2023 16:00 - 38 minutes - 28.5 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #332 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed

May 06, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 49.8 MB

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%.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #331 - Birushana: Rising Flower of Genpei

April 29, 2023 16:00 - 39 minutes - 26.5 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #330 - The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure

April 22, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 60.8 MB

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.

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #329 - Resident Evil 4 (2023)

April 15, 2023 16:00 - 47 minutes - 35.5 MB

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.

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