If you’ve gotten your fill of trash, Geoff has also posted his picks for the best new shows of the Spring cour of 2025 on his main channel, Mother’s Basement. This is a list of all the shows he mentions. Print it out and use it as a crib sheet to track what you’re interested in screening whilst you watch the episode. The main list follows, with additional lists for honorable mentions and the bargain bin. Enjoy all of your lost time!

The BEST Anime of Spring 2025 - Ones To Watch / Mother’s Basement

  • My Hero Academia: Vigilantes
  • To Be Hero X
  • Anne Shirley
  • Yaiba: Samurai Legend
  • From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman
  • Uma Musume: Cinderella Gray
  • Apocalypse Hotel
  • Rock is a Lady’s Modesty
  • Mobile Suit Gundam: GQuuuuuuX (pronounced Gee-Kwaks)
  • Lazarus

Honorable Mentions

  • Kowloon Generic Romance
  • Witch Watch (cut from video)
  • Once Upon a Witch’s Death
  • A Ninja and Assassin Under One Roof
  • Sword of the Demon Hunter
  • Summer Pockets
  • Food For the Soul
  • mono
  • Zatsutabi: That’s Journey
  • Please Put Them On, Takamine-san
  • Moonrise

Bargain Bin

  • The Gorilla God’s Go-To Girl (Gal?)
  • I’m the Evil Lord of an Intergalactic Empire
  • Can a Boy-Girl Friendship Survive
  • Dinner Table Detective
  • Muumuu the Extraterrestrial
  • Maebashi Witches
  • Teogonia