Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) dive into a spooky mystery in World End Syndrome. We breakdown the story as a whole, all of the different routes you go through to get there, and how it’s very similar to 7’Scarlet. We also briefly talk about Final Fantasy VIII Remastered and give our incredibly accurate predictions for the latest Nintendo Direct.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the land of otome as AL discusses the latest big mobile otome release in Mr. Love. She breaks down the multiple features the game has, it’s ridiculous story, and then looks up some future releases for the game and is baffled.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) dive deep into multiple anime series! AL discusses Anohana and Violet Evergarden, where she liked one and disliked the other. We both discuss Kaguya-sama: Love Is War and the wild and wacky ways of that series. Finally, Jared finished up all 220 episodes of Naruto so he talks about that for a bit.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of Zero Escape as we discuss the final game in the trilogy. We breakdown each team, the wild ways this game ties into the previous ones, complex motives, and memes.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) tactically came together to see what’s up with the new Fire Emblem game. We discuss the one route we went through, the story, characters, and how AL really feels about the new game plus. Perhaps the one differing opinion on the game you will have heard thus far!

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) team up together to tackle the Nazi occupation of Paris in 1980 in the Wolfenstein spinoff. We talk about the strange gameplay changes, how the game doesn’t exactly know what it wants to be, the wild twists near the end that set up the next Wolfenstein, and how review bombs and people only playing for an hour don’t quite have the whole picture about this game.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) breakdown two different games this week. First, Jared discusses the latest game from the team behind the Yakuza series with Judgment. We dive deep into being a detective and sometimes attorney while punching folks in the face. After that, we speed through a discussion of Virtue’s Last Reward after we quickly made our way through the game, so it’s mostly a discussion about the wild endings.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) are back on the Resident Evil train as we cooperatively played through one of the last few mainline games we’ve yet to talk about in 5. We discuss why we were so disappointed with the game after enjoying it when we played it years ago, how it’s a strange bridge in gameplay between 4 and 6, and the allegations of the game being racist.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) find themselves in a wildly designed castle having to take out some demons as we played Bloodstained: Ritual of the Night. Does the game hold up with how it is a game meant to be a nostalgia trip and does it defeat the crowd funding curse? We also preview what else is coming out with regards to games in the second half of this year.

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at another Kyoto Animation film with the Sound Euphonium spinoff, Liz and the Blue Bird. We discuss the film’s story, how it relates to the original series it comes from, if the film is good enough on its own for people who haven’t seen Sound Euphonium, and how often Kyoto Animation flexes it’s ridiculous skills.