A podcast where Jared Clemons and Dr. Anne Ladyem McDivitt discuss their thoughts on video games, anime, and manga.
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Hosts of the Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA, Jared and Anne Ladyem breakdown an episode of a show they are watching each week. We watch and we discuss.
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #394 - Final Fantasy XIV Dawntrail
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the latest expansion from Final Fantasy XIV and see how things come together with a brand-new story that takes inspiration from a popular anime/manga genre.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #131 - Episode #129: Chokyukai and the Abducted Bride
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see how Inuyasha and the gang (minus Kagome) learn about Journey to the West.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #393 - Rest of 2024 Preview
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at the second half of the year to see what will be awaiting us and what we’re exciting about.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #130 - Episode #128: Battle Against the Dried-Up Demons at the Cultural Festival
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see how Inuyasha and Kagome deal with the demons that have shown up at the cultural festival in a number of goofy scenarios.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #392 - Cupid Parasite: Sweet & Spicy Darling
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of Cupid Parasite to see what’s up with these boys now and learn about the impact of lobsterification.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #129 - Episode #127: Don't Boil It! The Terrifying Dried-Up Demon!
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) mostly return to filler as Kagome has to put in a lot of work for her school’s cultural festival.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #391 - Nintendo Direct June 2024
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) breakdown the latest Nintendo Direct that saw a new Mario & Luigi, Legend of Zelda, and the return of Metroid Prime 4.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #128 - Episode #126: Transform Heartache into Courage
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see Inuyasha and the gang make sure Kagome doesn’t fall under the influence of Infant.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #390 - Summer Game Fest 2024
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) talk about a good chunk of games that were talked about during the Summer Game Fest, the Xbox Showcase, and Ubisoft as it’s summer and it’s time to announce games.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #127 - Episode #125: The Darkness in Kagome's Heart
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see Inuyasha be real sad and a baby attach itself to Kagome.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #389 - Sony State of Play & Dragon Ball Z Kakarot
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) breakdown the announcements from Sony’s recent State of Play before we dive into Dragon Ball Z Kakarot and learn how AL feels about the series now that she’s finally experienced it in full.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #126 - Episode #124: Farewell Kikyo, My Beloved
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see Sesshomaru be a big troll and Kikyo makes her final appearance on the show and will never be seen again. Right?By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #388 - Love Live! School idol festival 2 MIRACLE LIVE!
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) finally get to talk about one of the weirdest and controversial game releases of 2024 in the sequel to School idol festival now that it’s officially shut down. We talk about how the game is compared to its predecessors, how the shutdown caused the game to come out earlier than expected globally, and why it was…
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #125 - Episode #123: Beyond the Darkness - Naraku Reborn!
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see the formal return of Naraku as he tries to take out Inuyasha and the gang once and for all.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #387 - Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan Live Action Season 4
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of the live-action adaptation of Thus Spoke Kishibe Rohan where it is adapting some stories featuring our favorite Italian chef. We talk about how this episode did adapting an episode from Diamond is Unbreakable and a story from the manga, the excellent cinematography, and why this series c…
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #124 - Episode #122: The Power of Banryu: Duel to the Death on Mt. Hakurei
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see the end of the Inuyasha and Bankotsu fight and then the mountain turns into flesh.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #386 - Princess Peach: Showtime!
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss Peach’s return to the role as a main protagonist for the first time in nearly 20 years. We talk about if this return is able to live up to its predecessor and other recent Mario platformers or if this unfortunately falls flat.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #123 - Episode #121: Final Battle: The Last and Strongest of the Band of Seven
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see Inuyasha and Bankotsu’s final fight begin that sees them fight with swords and their fists.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #385 - Golden Sun
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) dive into a GBA JRPG that AL has been wanting Jared to play for a very long time. We discuss its historical significance, how it holds up today, and how it splits its story into two games.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #122 - Episode #120: Fare Thee Well: Jakotsu's Requiem
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see the barrier of the mountain finally go down and two more members of the Band of Seven bite the dust.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #384 - Tengoku Struggle -strayside-
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of otome and this time we got some boys from Hell to deal with. Will 2024 continue to be decent for otome or will we see our first dud of the year?By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #121 - Episode #119: Divine Malice of the Saint
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see Miroku and Sango fight a living mummy and Inuyasha isn’t nerfed for very long.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #383 - Final Fantasy VII Remake Trace of Two Pasts
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) take a look at a novel that came out a little bit after Final Fantasy VII Remake that provides some backstory for Tifa and Aerith that has some stuff that is brought up again in Rebirth and also has info that is contradicted in Rebirth.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #120 - Episode #118: Into the Depths of Mt. Hakurei
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see Miroku suck up some bees and Inuyasha gets nerfed.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #382 - Yohane the Parhelion: NUMAZU in the MIRAGE
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) attempt to believe in the heart of the cards as we take a look at the second Yohane the Parhelion game, but this time, it’s a deck builder. We talk about the game’s story, how the gameplay manages to change through each run, and whether this ends up being better than BLAZE in the DEEPBLUE.…
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #119 - Episode #117: Vanished in a River of Flames
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see Renkotsu try to set everyone on fire and we get a surprise return at the end.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #381 - Sympathy Kiss
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) kick off 2024 otome with a game about making an app. AL walks us through all the boys and whether or not this continues the less than stellar quality of 2023 otome or if things seems to be improving.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #118 - Episode #116: The Exposed Face of Truth
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see Suikotsu take an arrow to the neck and now his adventuring days are done.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #380 - The Legend of Zelda: A Link Between Worlds
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the last new original 2D style Zelda game that was released that’s also a quasi-sequel to A Link to the Past. With Jared having finally played it, we dive into the game and what makes it good as a nostalgia piece, but also its own game, how ALTTP randomizer made Jared better at this game, and why we bo…
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #117 - Episode #115: Lured by the Black Light
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see a lot of people walk around, Sesshomaru does a little bit of a fight, and Suikotsu pulls a fast one on everyone.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #379 - Love Live! Character Madness
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) present our annual March Madness episode as this year we put 64 characters from the Love Live! franchise into a bracket and see who comes out on top. If you’d like to fill out your own bracket to see who you’d pick as the best of the best, you can do so by clicking here!…
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #116 - Episode #114: Koga's Solitary Battle
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see Koga have to fight a battle throughout the entirety of the episode that’s broken up by some weird attempts at comedy.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #378 - Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) are now ready to talk about the latest entry in the remake of Final Fantasy VII. We discuss all those new mini-games, the new ways they imagine this story, and that ending.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #115 - Episode #113: The Sacred Vajra and the Mystery of the Living Buddha
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see the end of Inuyasha and Bankotsu’s fight while afterwards we see how everyone is planning for what’s to come.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #377 - Norn9: Var Commons
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss a decade old otome game where AL learned about ships, time travelling to World War I, and a dude named Ron.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #114 - Episode #112: Afloat on the Lake Surface: The Barrier of Hijiri Island
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) head to an island that has Bankotsu hanging out on it waiting to fight Inuyasha again.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #376 - Final Fantasy VII Ever Crisis
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to talk about more Final Fantasy 7, but not that new release quite yet. We discuss the mobile game Ever Crisis that will eventually cover all of Final Fantasy 7 and whether or not we will actually see all of that, the immense grind the game has, and how it is as a gacha game.…
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #113 - Episode #111: The Big Clash: Banryu versus The Wind Scar
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) sees a lot of fighting this episode and we get a little hint as to what Naraku has been up to.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #375 - Persona 3 Reload
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of Persona 3 with the recent remake of the game. While we don’t go over the story again, we discuss how the remake enhanced the game, the new changes added to Reload, and why we hope The Answer gets this treatment as well.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #112 - Episode #110: Enter Bankotsu, The Leader of the Band of Seven
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) meet Bankotsu finally and see how he gets his big sword back.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #374 - Nintendo Direct (February 2024)
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) talk about the latest Nintendo Direct that focused on third party games such as some Xbox games coming to the Switch.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #111 - Episode #109: Hidden in the Mist: Onward to Mt. Hakurei
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see the conclusion of this battle with the Band of Seven and Kikyo causes problems between Inuyasha and Kagome.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #373 - Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) dive into the lengthy next entry in the Like a Dragon series to see what’s up with Ichiban and all his pals. We talk about the many side activities, the story, and the surprising deuteragonist situation the game takes.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #110 - Episode #108: The Secret of the Pure Light
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see a tank show up and Suikotsu reveals his true colors.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #372 - My Next Life as a Villainess: All Routes Lead to Doom! ~Pirates of the Disturbance~
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of otome with a side story from the My Next Life as a Villainess series to see if there was a second good otome game to come out in 2023 or if it continues the trend of bad otome from last year.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #109 - Episode #107: Inuyasha Shows His Tears For The First Time
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see Inuyasha have to figure out toxic masculinity and Myoga isn’t a coward for once.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #371 - Love Live! School Idol Festival 2 Debacle & Sony State of Play
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) discuss the absurdity of Love Live! School Idol Festival 2’s global release and end of service of announcement in the same breath while providing context on how all of this happened. We also talk about the January Sony State of Play to see what’s coming soon to the PlayStation.…
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #108 - Episode #106: Kagome, Miroku, and Sango: Desperate Situation
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see Inuyasha continue his fights against the Band of Seven as Kagome, Miroku, and Sango remain poisoned.By Jared Clemons
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Seasonal Anime Checkup OVA Episode #370 - Anonymous;Code
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) return to the world of Science Adventure games to see what it means to be a hacker and how saving and loading can become an interesting gameplay mechanic.By Jared Clemons
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Jared and AL Watch Inuyasha #107 - Episode #105: The Ghastly Steel Machine
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Jared and Anne Ladyem (anneladyem.com) see Inuyasha go up against Ginkotsu and his weapons that definitely wouldn’t be available to him.By Jared Clemons
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