Oh my! This looks like an amazing game coming early next year for all platforms, including the OG #Nintendo #Switch. This in-house minidoc explains the basics. #videogames youtu.be/_BoP0f2tR…

The BEST Anime of Fall 2025 - Ones To Watch Master List | Mother's Basement

It’s that time again!? Wow! Got caught off guard and I’m a few days late. Also, tinnitus sucks, and that’s on top of my skeleton slowing falling apart. But hey, there’s animation to appreciate! Watch below and let’s dive in:

Geoff’s Choice

  • My Status as an Assassin Obviously Exceeds the Hero’s (CR)
  • May I Ask for One Final Thing? (CR)
  • Tojima Wants to Be a Kamen Rider (CR)
  • Yano-Kun’s Ordinary Life (CR)
  • A Star Brighter Than the Sun (Prime)
  • This Monster Wants to Eat Me (CR)
  • Digimon BeatBreak (CR)
  • Shabake (CR)
  • Ninja vs. Gokudo (Prime)
  • Wandance the Animation (Disney+)
  • With You, Our Love Will Make it Through (CR)
  • Sanda (Prime)
  • Dusk Beyond the End of the World (HiDive)

Bargain Bin

  • A Wild Last Call Boss Appeared! (CR)
  • Let’s Play (CR)
  • Pass the Monster Meat, Milady (CR)
  • SI-VIS: The Sound of Heroes (CR)
  • The Banished Court Magician Aims to Become the Strongest (CR)
  • The Dark History of the Reincarnated Villainess (CR)
  • Chitose is in the Ramune Bottle (CR)
  • The Fated Magical Princess: Who Made Me a Princess (CR)
  • Plus Sized Misadventures in Love (CR)
  • Gnosia (CR)
  • A Mangaka’s Weirdly Wonderful Workplace (CR)
  • Touring After the Apocalypes (CR)

If it looks like everything is on Crunchyroll and wonder why I bother labeling them, you’re mostly right. Out of the 25 recommendations only four aren’t on CR. I bothered because it didn’t occur to me to consider that CR has sucked up most of it’s competition and what that might portend.

Oh well. Enjoy the list :)

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#SatoshiKon is one of my favorite filmmakers of all time. His medium just happened to be #animation. #PerfectBlue. #TokyoGodfathers. #Paprika. #ParanoiaAgent. And, of course, the topic for this video, #MillenniumActress. Pancreatic cancer took him at age 46. youtu.be/1R1rOH4ws…

I believe this is the DVD sleeve art for Millennium Actress. The art features protagonist Chiyoko Fujiwara as herself surrounded by her in various roles she has played throughout her storied acting career. Here is a collection of panels illustrating director Satoshi Kon’s storyboarding technique. The style is very detailed and looks more like manga panels that just need a bit more polish as opposed to the rougher work typical of storyboards.

If you’ve never heard of “Wakfu” and enjoy animated series, then you might want to watch this #YouTube video about the #French series. If you know #Wakfu, then you’ll be pleased to know a fifth season has been funded. #animation www.youtube.com/watch

Oh, this is right up my #animation alley. Very funny … and weird … and nigh incomprehensible … and awesome AF. #action #short www.youtube.com/watch

I see a lot going on here and I’m liking it a lot. As one might expect, a lot of references made to those things of the #90s they’re paying homage to with #BulletTime #animation #shorts #SDCC www.youtube.com/watch

Episode 3 of #MECHWEST is the best yet. Definitely subscribe and share to show your support and help them make more episodes. This kind of indie #animation work takes of lot of dedication. www.youtube.com/watch

Hottest Trash Anime Master List - Spring 2025

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It’s that time again! Every three months, or “cour” as seems to be the preferred terminology, Geoff Thew puts out his guides for Best and Worst #anime of said season. This round is for the freshest trash for Spring 2025. Make sure to watch along… youtu.be/PCNT1xSW3…

Trashpettizers

  • Rock is a Lady’s Modesty
  • From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman
  • The Shiunji Family Children
  • Can a Boy/Girl Friendship Survive
  • Classic Star Stars
  • Please Put Them On, Takamine-san
  • Yandere Dark Elf: She Chased Me All the Way From Another World

Fantasy & Isekai

  • The Beginning After the End
  • The Brilliant Healers New Life in Shadow
  • Unaware Atelier Master
  • The Too Perfect Saint Tossed Aside by My Fiancé and Sold to Another Kingdom †
  • The Gorilla Gods Go-To Girl

The Hottestest Hot Trash

  • I’m the Evil Lord of a Galactic Empire

† Longest title award for the Spring 2025 Trashies.

Two legendary #scifi icons, each with their own legendary maneuver, face off against the other in an epic showdown. Who will prevail? We may never know. The top keeps spinning… #sttng #startrek #animation www.youtube.com/watch

The WORST Anime of ALL TIME - 10th Anniversary: The Complete List

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Part of the payment I must make to Satan to save my soul from eternal damnation is to prepare a detailed listing of all anime that Geoff lists in his Mother’s Basement videos on YouTube. Just kidding. I do it because I love it and want to help peeps retain the font of knowledge that Geoff shares with us in his various videos. Today’s video is a comprehensive breakdown of the ten worst anime of all time. Yes, the worst of the worst or the animated equivalent of emotional torture.

NOTE: This is a list of anime series to AVOID. These shows are NOT like the Hottest Trash which you can watch because sometimes bad == good. So, please don’t watch these, unless you’re a sadist… or a masochist who wishes to inflict emotional pain on unsuspecting victims. Knowing, according to G.I. Joe, is half the battle. Be kind. Spare your mind.

Now for the list. I’m sorry:

  1. Rent-A-Girlfriend or How to make your entire cast unlikeable
  2. The Promised Neverland Season 2 which never happened and makes people really mad
  3. Conception: How to make babies then use them to fight wars
  4. Seven Deadly Sins … “Really, I blow away mountains for breakfast.” - a mountain. Oof.
  5. My Life as Inukai-san’s Dog which is about… um, “animal husbandry” but borderline illegal?
  6. The Happy Science Collection: Religious cults, brainwashing, & propaganda for children!
  7. The Irresponsible Galaxy Tylor. I’ve never been more ashamed, and now consider it misspelled.
  8. Hand Shakers or Motion Sickness: The Animation, now with more sexual perversion!

For the coup de gras Geoff combines the two worst into a Mega Worst, both of which just happen to be Crunchyroll Originals:

2 (and 1). Ex-Arm - All the Don’ts and None of the Do’s of Anime & Visual Storytelling 1 (and 2). Gibiate - Mind control agitprop films for insane people being held at CIA blacksites

Once again I feel the need to remind you of the psychological damage that you can incur from viewings of the above listed media. Please take this list as a warning and keep this guide handy when reviewing new series to add to your watchlist in order to avoid accidental damage to the psyches of you or those you care for.

For additional details, please refer to the original source: www.youtube.com/watch