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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA

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

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01:19:04

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #112 - Wotakoi:...

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2019/02/02

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss an anime that AL got Jared to finally watch after having read the manga initially. We talk about the anime’s entire run thus far, what makes it fun and enjoyable, the joys of having adult characters, how it’s relatable, and the bummer of anime adaptations that barely touch upon a manga’s story.

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01:03:39

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #111 - Tales of...

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2019/01/26

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) travel back to 2008 to talk about a JRPG that was a XBOX 360 exclusive for a long time until just recently. We discuss our initial time with the game, what’s new in the definitive edition, how one of the costumes made Jared be incredibly shocked, and how Patty is a great new addition to the game.

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01:01:16

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #110 - Is Manga...

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2019/01/19

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) celebrate Jared’s birthday by discussing his recent senior seminar project from college that he did where he created a course on manga. We talk about the structure of the course, how manga is treated in academia, what manga the course would use, and why a course such as this is important.

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00:53:06

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #109 - Pop Team Epic

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2019/01/12

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) finished watching Pop Team Epic back in September of last year, but there’s no better time than now to discuss the series. We talk about the anime’s run, our favorite gags and jokes, and how much we really want to see an actual version of Hoshiiro Girldrop.

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01:22:28

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #108 - The Legend...

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2019/01/05

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) dove deep into a lengthy JRPG series in the Trails of Cold Steel games as we played through the first game. We talk about all the wild twists and turns and how much we ended up enjoying this game with it getting us very excited to play more of the series.

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01:11:42

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #107 - 2018 Game...

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2018/12/29

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) have tallied everything up and are ready to present their Game of the Year awards! Who walks away as the Best Game of 2018? Who gets one of the coveted supplemental awards that we will give out? What’s our favorite anime of the year? These questions are all answered in our final episode of 2018.

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00:56:17

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #106 - Gundam...

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2018/12/22

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) ring in the holidays with another anime film that takes place during Christmas in Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz. AL has never watched anything Gundam related so she went into this extremely confused and left extremely confused, but we discuss the film, Gundam Wing’s rise in North America, and some of the interesting marketing techniques for the series in Japan.

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00:53:48

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #105 - Super Smash...

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2018/12/15

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) are prepared for everyone to be here as we discuss the latest iteration of Smash Bros. We talk about what parts we enjoyed, what parts we absolutely did not enjoy [looking at you unlock system], and what’s up with World of Light.

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01:00:07

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #104 - The 2019...

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2018/12/08

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) look ahead to the future (zura) and see what video games and anime that are coming out in 2019 they are excited about. We go through a lot of different games that have at least some form of release date or are rumored to come out in 2019 and also some anime that will come out next year as well. Like last year, we recorded this before the awards shows that happened this week so those announcements are not represented here.

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00:55:05

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #103 - JoJo's...

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2018/12/01

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the bizarre adventures as we recently played through JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Eyes of Heaven. We talk about the wild story that unites all the Joestars, our favorite characters and teams to play as, and everyone getting burritos.

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00:44:36

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #102 - The Quiet Man

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2018/11/24

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take things down an octave as we discuss one of the most interesting games to come out this year, The Quiet Man. We discuss our own original story we came up with during the first playthrough, how the second playthrough isn’t great when you learn the actual story, and just what the heck is The Quiet Man. We also talk about some good things we’ve played recently to offset the bad of the shush shush man.

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01:08:59

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #101 - Luigi's...

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2018/11/17

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return with two recent releases (well, one a re-release) to discuss. AL talks about the 3DS re-release of Luigi’s Mansion and how it holds up to its original release in 2001. Jared dives into the cowboy world of Red Dead Redemption 2 to see if all the hype was worth it.

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01:25:55

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #100 - Ranking The...

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2018/11/10

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) have reached 100 episodes of the Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA and decided that the only way to celebrate was to figure out what was the best out of all the anime, video games, and conceptual ideas we’ve had. So we did just that. It’s time to figure out what’s the best of the best and have some controversy along the way.

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01:10:18

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #99 - Life is...

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2018/11/03

Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) and Jared return to the world of Life is Strange with AL having just finished Before the Storm. We take a deeper dive than previous episodes where we have talked about this game into the entirety of the game and whether or not if the game works as a whole or if there are parts that were completely unnecessary.

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00:54:04

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #98 - The MISSING:...

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2018/10/27

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) continue with their spooky October theme by talking about two games that fit in that space. First, Jared talks about the latest Swery game in The MISSING and its incredibly surprising themes and story. After that, we go into Symphony of the Night after AL got Jared to play it for the first time and some of the goofiness of Alucard.

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01:25:58

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #97 - Video Game...

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2018/10/20

Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) and Jared get into the Halloween spirit by talking about some of the more famous urban legends in video games. We talk about stories like Ben Drowned, was Pokemon causing kids to die?, Polybius, Shin Megami Tensei’s spooky boot message, the Madden curse, and the Atari landfill. It’s time to get spooky.

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01:24:45

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #96 - What Is A...

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2018/10/13

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) get a bit philosophical and theoretical as they attempt to answer the question of what is a masterpiece in terms of video games. We talk about our criteria, how we differentiate masterpieces from our favorite games, the difficulties with answering a question such as this, and look at a list of “best games” and give our opinions on if those games are masterpieces or not.

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01:28:22

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #95 - Love Live!...

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2018/10/06

Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) talk about idols and yakuza in this action packed episode. We begin the episode by talking about the great Love Live! School Idol Festival mobile game and why we enjoy it so much for a gacha style game. Afterward, Jared dives deep into Yakuza Kiwami 2 and its wacky and serious nature.

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01:25:59

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #94 - Nintendo...

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2018/09/29

Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) and Jared breakdown a couple of items including the launch of Nintendo Switch Online and its new NES library with online play. AL gives a detailed breakdown of the Xenoblade Chronicles 2 DLC expansion pack, its story, and how much time she put it into it.

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01:07:24

Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #93 - Grab Bag...

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2018/09/22

Jared’s a bit under the weather so it’s time for him and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) to do reach deep into the grab bag and talk about multiple topics. We discuss the latest Nintendo Direct and the announcements associated with that. Jared and AL went through Final Fantasy XV Pocket Edition HD because Jared thought it might be a good way to play that game. It wasn’t. Finally, Jared played through Marvel’s Spider-Man and wanted to talk heavily about swinging, the story, and the strange relationship

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