Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA
383 episodes - English - Latest episode: 7 days ago - ★★★★ - 4 ratingsA podcast where Jared Clemons and Dr. Anne Ladyem McDivitt discuss their thoughts on video games, anime, and manga.
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Episodes
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #332 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed
May 06, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 49.8 MBJared 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 MBJared 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 MBJared 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 MBJared 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.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #328 - Nijiyon
April 08, 2023 16:00 - 25 minutes - 19.7 MBJared 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.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #327 - Persona 4
April 01, 2023 16:00 - 57 minutes - 42.3 MBJared 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.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #326 - Uchikoshi Character Madness
March 25, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 54.4 MBJared 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!
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #325 - Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII
March 18, 2023 16:00 - 1 hour - 52.9 MBJared 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.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #324 - Saying Goodbye to Love Live! School Idol Festival
March 11, 2023 17:00 - 33 minutes - 26.1 MBJared 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.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #323 - Like A Dragon: Ishin!
March 04, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 51 MBJared 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.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #322 - Saints Row
February 25, 2023 17:00 - 29 minutes - 23.4 MBJared 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.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #321 - Lover Pretend
February 18, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) dive back into the world of otome for the week of Valentine’s Day and try to find a protagonist’s father while working on a movie.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #320 - Nintendo Direct (2/8/23)
February 11, 2023 17:00 - 44 minutes - 33.2 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) check out what Nintendo has in store for the rest of the year and beyond with their latest Nintendo Direct and why charging seventy dollars for the next Zelda game is a real crappy situation.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #319 - Mythic Quest Season 3
February 04, 2023 17:00 - 47 minutes - 36 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of Mythic Quest to see how they pulled off doing another season after we thought the series had wrapped up on a good note with season 2 and what we enjoyed from new character pairings.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #318 - Bustafellows
January 28, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 55.6 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of otome with a game AL started playing in 2021, but for reasons didn’t get around to finishing until just recently. We talk about the wild twists and turns, and why it turns out to be a high ranking otome game on AL’s list.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #317 - JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean
January 21, 2023 17:00 - 57 minutes - 43.1 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) finally get to talk about the latest part of JoJo after a year of Netflix’s weird release schedule. We talk about the story, the weird and wacky parts, and where exactly we think it fits compared to the other parts in the series.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #316 - Paradigm Paradox
January 14, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 42.4 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of otome to find a game that even AL had a hard time finding a lot of positives in.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #315 - Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (Live Action Set 3)
January 07, 2023 17:00 - 47 minutes - 36.8 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see what happens when Rohan has to deal with the COVID-19 pandemic, being in VR, a new character not being designed to his standards, and playing high stakes rock-paper-scissors.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #314 - 2022 Game of the Year
December 31, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 64 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) come together to celebrate the best games of 2022. We go through our various supplemental awards, induct a new game into the Seasonal Anime Checkup Hall of Fame, and go through both of our top ten lists to see which game we thought was number one. You can read our write ups of our lists with Jared’s here and AL’s here!
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #313 - Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
December 24, 2022 17:00 - 47 minutes - 35.2 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) are here to spread the holiday cheer with their annual holiday episode and what better way to do that, than by talking about the horrors of war. We talk about the six-episode OVA series Gundam 0080 that showcases a different view of the One Year War and Jared also managed to get AL to watch more Gundam.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #312 - 2023 Preview
December 17, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 47 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) begin to wind down the year by taking a look at what video games and anime are going to be coming out in 2023 and beyond.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #311 - Resident Evil Village
December 10, 2022 17:00 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of Resident Evil to finally talk about the latest installment in the series, Village. We discuss why we found this game to be an improvement over 7, our favorite aspects of the game and story, and what we thought of the DLC Shadows of Rose.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #310 - Sonic Frontiers
December 03, 2022 17:00 - 52 minutes - 37.2 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see what happens when you take Sonic the Hedgehog and put him into the all new open zone genre and add in a mix of screamo into the soundtrack as well.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #309 - Mario + Rabbids: Sparks of Hope
November 26, 2022 17:00 - 34 minutes - 25.9 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see Mario get a gun again in the sequel to the surprising Mario + Rabbids: Kingdom Battle. We discuss the new improvements found in Sparks of Hope, how it does a lot of good with making the game more accessible for players of all kinds, and why the story left a lot to be desired.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #308 - Resident Evil 7: biohazard
November 19, 2022 17:00 - 49 minutes - 36.5 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at one of the few Resident Evil games neither had played up until this point in the game that made a stark change to the series formula. We discuss the story, why we were both left feeling disappointed with the game, and why one of the DLCs suddenly turned things around for both of us.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #307 - Elden Ring
November 12, 2022 17:00 - 34 minutes - 27.4 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss one of the most critically acclaimed games of the year in 2022 as Jared finally got a chance to play Elden Ring. He talks about the gameplay and what he found enjoyable, how it gave him very similar feelings to Breath of the Wild, and how he can’t tell you a thing about the story.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #306 - The Legend of Heroes: Trails from Zero
November 05, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) finally get to talk about the first game in the Trails Crossbell series after it has finally been released in English officially for the very first time. We discuss the game’s more low-key storytelling, the ways these characters are built up through the course of the game, and how this will all build up into the next game.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #305 - Resident Evil (Netflix)
October 29, 2022 16:00 - 50 minutes - 38.9 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) finish off spooky month by finally getting around to discussing Netflix’s Resident Evil television series. We talk about the first and only season of the show, the few highlights that are to be found, and what on Earth went wrong here.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #304 - The Dark Pictures Anthology: House of Ashes
October 22, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) get spooky this week as we take a look at the two Silent Hill and Resident Evil presentations that brought a lot of spooky news. After that, we dive into the third game in The Dark Pictures Anthology, House of Ashes and how they’re able to take the 2003 invasion of Iraq and make it also spooky. Mission Accomplished.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #303 - Piofiore: Episodio 1926
October 15, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 45.8 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to an otome series that AL has ranked very highly in the past. We discuss how she found this sequel, why it was inferior to the original, and what exactly went wrong.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #302 - Persona 5 Strikers
October 08, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 45.3 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) dive into the sequel of Persona 5 and why it’s musou-ish and not a Warriors game, the story being basically more Persona 5, and some of the fun moments we found in this game.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #301 - Return to Monkey Island
October 01, 2022 16:00 - 44 minutes - 32.1 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) go over the recent announcement of Love Live! School Idol Festival 2 and implications that has before AL dives into the latest entry into the Monkey Island series and why it’s left her feeling confused.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #300 - New Japan Pro Wrestling Wrestle Kingdom 14 Night 1
September 24, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 64.6 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) celebrate their 300th episode by of course, going a bit weird for a milestone episode. We watched some pro wrestling which was somewhat of a first for AL as she got to experience the full gambit of a pro wrestling event with some familiar faces and a whole lot of ow.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #299 - Nintendo Direct & Sony State of Play for 9/13/22
September 17, 2022 16:00 - 55 minutes - 43.2 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see all the new announcements that were dropped at once between the recent Nintendo Direct and the Sony State of Play that aired on the same day.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #298 - Live A Live
September 10, 2022 16:00 - 57 minutes - 44.2 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at the recently released Square JRPG that hadn’t been released outside of Japan until now. We discuss its short story narrative approach, the different fighting mechanics compared to other JRPGs of the time, and some of the more frustrating aspects of the ending.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #297 - Sonic the Hedgehog 2
September 03, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the cinematic universe of Sonic to see how the movie introduces new characters such as Tails and Knuckles, along with having Sonic make a LOT of references, and some interesting soundtrack choices.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #296 - Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan (Live Action Set 2)
August 27, 2022 16:00 - 38 minutes - 30.5 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the live action world of Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan to see the second set of episodes that were released late last year. Two of them are episodes that we’d already discussed when we talked about the anime adaptation, but we give our thoughts on how the two mediums adapt these episodes. The middle episode takes parts from Diamond is Unbreakable and puts them in this universe and makes it successful.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #295 - Xenoblade Chronicles 3
August 20, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 67.9 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of the Xenoblade Chronicles series as AL dropped over 100 hours to deliver us all the details about the latest release. We discuss the new combat mechanics, the story, and what ties everything together in the series.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #294 - Ghostwire: Tokyo
August 13, 2022 16:00 - 32 minutes - 26.2 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) get spooky in August as we discuss Ghostwire: Tokyo. We talk about the story that’s kind of just there, how the combat can be fun and is different, and why it’s pretty much the definition of a “fine” game.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #293 - Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars Season 3
August 06, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutes - 23.9 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) reflect on the latest season of Love Live! School Idol Festival All Stars’ story and how it was definitely a case of trying to pump the brakes on all the drama of the first two seasons. We discuss why that might have made it the weakest season thus far, and where the story could go next in the future.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #292 - Revisiting Our Previous Game of the Year Lists
July 30, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 54.1 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look back through the years and see what we thought the best games were from 2013-2020. We talk about our lists, what we think would get cut out and replaced, and how these have held up through the years.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #291 - Omori
July 23, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 43.4 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see AL getting a chance to settle down following a long drive and what better way to do that by talking about a game with some dark and heavy themes. AL discusses Omori and how its dark story comes together with some intriguing gameplay mechanics and why she’s good with getting the one ending she got.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #290 - AL Experiences Fortnite
July 16, 2022 16:00 - 27 minutes - 21.2 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) dive into the weird and wacky world of one of the most popular games in the world. We talk about AL’s experience since she’s not a battle royale game player, why she wanted to play the game, and some of the controversies of this game.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #289 - AI: The Somnium Files - nirvanA Initiative
July 09, 2022 16:00 - 1 hour - 61.4 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) excitedly get together to talk about the latest Kotaro Uchikoshi game and the sequel to AI: The Somnium Files. We discuss the new and wild story, how Uchikoshi flips things around on the player, the wild ending, and the fun references you get throughout.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #288 - Nintendo Direct Mini & Our Beloved Summer
July 02, 2022 16:00 - 59 minutes - 44.9 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) kick off the episode by talking about the third party focused Nintendo Direct Mini and its wide variety of intriguing announcements. After that, we talk about another Korean drama in Our Beloved Summer and try not to get too focused on certain product placement.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #287 - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge & Rest of 2022 Preview
June 25, 2022 16:00 - 59 minutes - 45.8 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) played through the new retro throwback Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles game that was a fun good time. After that, they talk about a bunch of games that are going to potentially come out in the rest of 2022.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #286 - Summer Game Fest 2022
June 18, 2022 16:00 - 58 minutes - 46.4 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) watched a lot of video game announcements over the last week or two and are ready to talk about them. We talk about Sony’s State of Play, the Summer Game Fest, the Xbox/Bethesda Briefing, and Capcom’s presentation.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #285 - Belle
June 11, 2022 16:00 - 53 minutes - 41.7 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss Mamoru Hosoda’s latest film that’s inspired by Beauty and the Beast and a film that Jared got to interview the composers of! We dive into the story, the music, and everything else surrounding it.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #284 - Resident Evil 3
June 04, 2022 16:00 - 30 minutes - 23.6 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) sped through the remake of Resident Evil 3, just like they sped through this podcast discussing the game, how it’s weird in a multitude of different ways, and why this version of Nemesis doesn’t seem to work as well.
Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #283 - Bubble
May 28, 2022 16:00 - 36 minutes - 26.7 MBJared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at Netflix’s recent anime film release, Bubble, and see how it uses The Little Mermaid as a big influence and mixes that with a dystopic version of Tokyo.