Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look back at the year in video games and celebrate their favorites by giving out our annual Game of the Year awards. We have multiple supplementary awards to dish out first before Jared dives into his top 10 and AL dives into her top 7.

You can find Jared’s write up here and AL’s write up here!

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) spend Christmas watching the most chaotic episode of Persona 4 The Golden Animation where Naoto thinks everyone is going to murder her on Christmas Eve, the other girls think Yu is inviting them out on a date, and Yu just wants to have a fun Christmas Party with the Investigation Team.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) get ready to close out the end of the year by checking out what’s going to be coming out in 2022 and beyond with regards to video games and anime.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of Life is Strange to discuss the latest mainline entry in the series with True Colors. We talk about the characters, what parts of the story worked and which parts didn’t, how it stacks up to other titles in the series, and the DLC prequel.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) breakdown the controversial live action adaptation of Cowboy Bebop by discussing the few things it does right, but the whole lot of stuff it seems to miss the boat on or get wrong completely.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of otome where AL takes into a world of a class system, Japanese mythology, and dudes who want to get really lewd with the main character in a lot of the routes.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) cover a wide swath of video game genres this week as we cover racing, shooting, and scares. Jared talks about his time with Forza Horizon 5 and gathering a ton of anime liveries for his cars. He also talks about his brief time with the Halo Infinite multiplayer beta that had just come out. After that we both discuss what happens when you mix a horror game with a vtuber in Evil God Korone.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) revisit a game from the early 2010s that recently got remastered to see if it still holds up with how they remember it, or if time has caused our view on the game to change. We talk about the storytelling, the gameplay, and how we hope a true sequel comes out finally gets made.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) do a bit of catch up on recent games they’ve played. First they briefly talk about the Persona x Love Live! School Idol Festival collaboration. AL talks about her time with Tales of Arise and Warioware: Get It Together. After that, Jared discusses Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance and The Good Life.

CONTENT WARNING: This episode contains discussions about suicide, bullying, and sexual assault.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) took a bit of time, but are finally to dive deep into the world of Lost Judgment and everything it has to offer. We discuss the new additions to the game, how it compares to its predecessor, and the dark story that it decides to tell.