Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) watch another kdrama for the first time in four years as we talk about Forecasting Love and Weather. We talk about all of the fun characters the show brings, some surprising character development, and how it being an ensemble cast makes it work so much better.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at a lot of the mainline Mario titles and attempt to rank them from the best to the not so good. There are notable exceptions here such as Mario Kart, Mario Party, a lot of the RPGs, and other Mario series that would’ve made this list too long.

We’ve got a bit of an experimental episode this week as Jared helps Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) get situated in her first Animal Crossing game as she continues prepping for her eventual fishing streams project. We essentially just chit chat while playing the game so enjoy a very casual atmosphere.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the recent remaster of a somewhat controversial title in Chrono Cross. We discuss the release of Radical Dreamers, being available officially in English for the very first time and how it ties into Chrono Cross while also having a very tight development schedule. We then talk about the main game of Chrono Cross and why it might not have aged as well in the last twenty years.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at an anime series that on the surface, seems like something they might not be into, but after viewing it, does a lot of surprising things that neither were expecting. We discuss the main anime series and all of its arcs, and also the sequel movie and how they’re all interconnected.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) finally dive into the controversial Cyberpunk 2077 to see what’s exactly up with this game. We talk about all the pitfalls that the game went through at launch, how it seems over a year later, if the game is actually any good, and if it actually is a good representation of the cyberpunk genre.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see what’s going on with our favorite poyo boy, Kirby and why he’s decided to be in a strange dystopia in the latest game in the series. After that, we talk about the first story DLC in the Yakuza series with The Kaito Files from Lost Judgment and how it sets up some intriguing potentialities for where the Judgment series could go.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) finally dive into the world of CHAOS and edginess as we played Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin. We talk about the gameplay, the wild and weird story, and whether or not this is just a meme game or if there’s actually some substance here.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return with our annual March tradition as we put 64 characters from the Yakuza franchise into a bracket and figure out who is the best of the best. We’ve got a lot of main characters, a good amount of side characters, and some good goofy characters all battling it out for Yakuza character supremacy.

If you’d like to fill out your own bracket, you can do so right here!

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at the latest big otome release as AL walks us through how the game starts off with some promise at first, before crumbling apart by the time she reached the end of the true ending route.