Mother's Basement Hottest Trash Anime of 2022
Anime
This is a compilation of the hottest trash anime of 2022, as proclaimed by the Mother's Basement YouTube channel. This is "gaaarbaage" served fresh by "shaaay gaaarbaaage". You'll get the idea if you watch the videos or maybe you can figure it out from the shows stacked here.
"I enjoy watching trashy anime because so often it's able to surprise and delight me in ways that good anime would never even dare." -- Geoff Thew
The rating system involves waste receptacles of various sizes with various contents, usually on fire. You can decide for yourself if a dumpster fire is better or worse than a wastepaper basket fire.
There isn't a particular order or implied rank in the presentation but I'll try to keep them listed here in the order they appear.
You can find the YouTube videos in this blog post: https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=900535. There are chapter markers to help you get to specific portions of each video, though sometimes the titles are a bit cryptic.
"I enjoy watching trashy anime because so often it's able to surprise and delight me in ways that good anime would never even dare." -- Geoff Thew
The rating system involves waste receptacles of various sizes with various contents, usually on fire. You can decide for yourself if a dumpster fire is better or worse than a wastepaper basket fire.
There isn't a particular order or implied rank in the presentation but I'll try to keep them listed here in the order they appear.
You can find the YouTube videos in this blog post: https://myanimelist.net/blog.php?eid=900535. There are chapter markers to help you get to specific portions of each video, though sometimes the titles are a bit cryptic.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:6
Winter.
"Luckily, the story side of the production hasn't lost even an ounce of its shameless wish-fulfillment juice."
"Even at four members, this harem clearly still has the potential for exponential growth."
"On the whole, season 2's action has been considerably more competent that it was before."
Rating: ... still earns itself four high school dumpsters full of all the notebook doodles that you would totally murder most people if they ever laid eyes on them, on fire naturally, because you set the fire, but then one of your drawings slipped out into the breeze and your crush picked it up and it was an extra spicy drawing so now you also are on fire because you set the fire ..." [these rating rants are more amusing when you hear GT deliver them. -ed.]
"Luckily, the story side of the production hasn't lost even an ounce of its shameless wish-fulfillment juice."
"Even at four members, this harem clearly still has the potential for exponential growth."
"On the whole, season 2's action has been considerably more competent that it was before."
Rating: ... still earns itself four high school dumpsters full of all the notebook doodles that you would totally murder most people if they ever laid eyes on them, on fire naturally, because you set the fire, but then one of your drawings slipped out into the breeze and your crush picked it up and it was an extra spicy drawing so now you also are on fire because you set the fire ..." [these rating rants are more amusing when you hear GT deliver them. -ed.]
TV, 2022,
11 eps
Me:-
Author:5
Winter.
"... an extremely explicit escapist fantasy for every dude who's ever heard the words, 'not if you were the last man on earth.'"
"That promise ring is fcckin' welded to this boy's finger and he is going to deliver his virginity to its intended recipient, even if it means reducing the genetic variability of the entire global human population by twenty percent."
Rating: I give this anime three wastepaper baskets full of crumpled tissues that are *not* on fire, and you know exactly why.
"... an extremely explicit escapist fantasy for every dude who's ever heard the words, 'not if you were the last man on earth.'"
"That promise ring is fcckin' welded to this boy's finger and he is going to deliver his virginity to its intended recipient, even if it means reducing the genetic variability of the entire global human population by twenty percent."
Rating: I give this anime three wastepaper baskets full of crumpled tissues that are *not* on fire, and you know exactly why.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:6
Winter.
"The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest is the sorta isekai-adjacent fantasy anime that you get when a writer designs a magic system and... that's it."
[Interesting discussion of magic systems that's worth watching if you care about such things. -ed.]
Rating: I give it two back alley bins full of soggy, slightly stale crackers and white bread, plus a few stat tables torn out of a Final Fantasy strategy guide.
"The Strongest Sage with the Weakest Crest is the sorta isekai-adjacent fantasy anime that you get when a writer designs a magic system and... that's it."
[Interesting discussion of magic systems that's worth watching if you care about such things. -ed.]
Rating: I give it two back alley bins full of soggy, slightly stale crackers and white bread, plus a few stat tables torn out of a Final Fantasy strategy guide.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Winter.
"Unfortunately, the first thing that you'll probably notice about its anime adaptation is that it's not, uh, actually animated most of the time?"
Rating: I'm giving Orient one standard issue steel trash can full of bent-up fake katanas from your local night market.
"Unfortunately, the first thing that you'll probably notice about its anime adaptation is that it's not, uh, actually animated most of the time?"
Rating: I'm giving Orient one standard issue steel trash can full of bent-up fake katanas from your local night market.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Winter.
"... this show is literally nothing but tropes."
Rating: I give it one standard issue steel trash can full of bent-up fake Chinese broadswords from your local night market.
"... this show is literally nothing but tropes."
Rating: I give it one standard issue steel trash can full of bent-up fake Chinese broadswords from your local night market.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Winter.
"But... uh... Ok, let me level with ya. This is pure garbage."
[Worth watching the video just for the savagery of this roast. -ed.]
Rating: I give Rusted Armors three Walmart dumpsters full of unsold Power Rangers Ninjastorm toys and those DVDs that try to trick old people into thinking they are whatever Dreamworks or Pixar thing their grandkids actually wanted for Christmas, blazing hot and belching out toxic black smoke.
"But... uh... Ok, let me level with ya. This is pure garbage."
[Worth watching the video just for the savagery of this roast. -ed.]
Rating: I give Rusted Armors three Walmart dumpsters full of unsold Power Rangers Ninjastorm toys and those DVDs that try to trick old people into thinking they are whatever Dreamworks or Pixar thing their grandkids actually wanted for Christmas, blazing hot and belching out toxic black smoke.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:5
Winter.
"The first episode ... has gotta be one of the most tremendous betrayals of basic storytelling principals I've seen in my entire life."
"Pupil of the Wise Man also bears the dishonorable distinction of creating quite possibly the least funny horny reaction character in the entire history of anime." [might be worth watching just to witness this... or not. -ed.]
Rating: I give... four dumpsters full of manga and anime with very large disclaimers on the back declaring that all of the characters in them are totally over 18 plus a mountain of old MMO free trial CDs, all burning bright like it's the fourth of July.
"The first episode ... has gotta be one of the most tremendous betrayals of basic storytelling principals I've seen in my entire life."
"Pupil of the Wise Man also bears the dishonorable distinction of creating quite possibly the least funny horny reaction character in the entire history of anime." [might be worth watching just to witness this... or not. -ed.]
Rating: I give... four dumpsters full of manga and anime with very large disclaimers on the back declaring that all of the characters in them are totally over 18 plus a mountain of old MMO free trial CDs, all burning bright like it's the fourth of July.
TV, 2022,
24 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Spring.
"It's an utterly ludicrous concept, even by harem anime standards, but the comedy of errors that ensues from it all is fairly entertaining."
Rating: I give it three dumpsters full of D-grade dating sims and Kentucky law books, lightly smoldering.
"It's an utterly ludicrous concept, even by harem anime standards, but the comedy of errors that ensues from it all is fairly entertaining."
Rating: I give it three dumpsters full of D-grade dating sims and Kentucky law books, lightly smoldering.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:7
Spring.
"It's quite self-indulgent and wish-fulfilly harem adjacent stuff."
"Honestly, I'm not even sure it's right to call it trash. But it does have enough ttttie to qualify. It's seriously a good time."
Rating: I give this anime one dumpster full of Gunpla kits and fancy tea bags with flames erupting five feet from its mouth! And emitting an oddly pleasant smelling smoke.
"It's quite self-indulgent and wish-fulfilly harem adjacent stuff."
"Honestly, I'm not even sure it's right to call it trash. But it does have enough ttttie to qualify. It's seriously a good time."
Rating: I give this anime one dumpster full of Gunpla kits and fancy tea bags with flames erupting five feet from its mouth! And emitting an oddly pleasant smelling smoke.
TV, 2022,
13 eps
Me:-
Author:6
Spring.
"... they took something that was once merely tedious and transformed it into a nigh unwatchable jumble of fast-forward info dumps and quarter-assed fight scenes."
Rating: If the first season of Shield Hero was three dumpsters full of flaming Bud Light boxes, then season 2 is all that plus one budget fur suit trash-compacted into a small, inert cube of dull gray aluminum and then placed inside an equally dull gray aluminum trash can.
"... they took something that was once merely tedious and transformed it into a nigh unwatchable jumble of fast-forward info dumps and quarter-assed fight scenes."
Rating: If the first season of Shield Hero was three dumpsters full of flaming Bud Light boxes, then season 2 is all that plus one budget fur suit trash-compacted into a small, inert cube of dull gray aluminum and then placed inside an equally dull gray aluminum trash can.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:5
Spring.
"You know what, this whole anime's stupid. It's just a dumber, hornier, exponentially boringer Misfit of Demon King Academy."
Rating: I give it four industrial waste skips full of a complete printed list in 8 point font of all the things what would have been a better use of my time, lightly smoldering.
"You know what, this whole anime's stupid. It's just a dumber, hornier, exponentially boringer Misfit of Demon King Academy."
Rating: I give it four industrial waste skips full of a complete printed list in 8 point font of all the things what would have been a better use of my time, lightly smoldering.
TV, 2022,
3 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Spring.
"So if you're concerned that you'd be confused jumping into a sequel instead of starting with the original, you are absolutely right to be."
"The story here is pretty much irrelevant, but for what it's worth, it is also hilariously over the top."
Rating: I give Shin Ikkitousen four wastepaper baskets full of crumpled, blood-stained tissues and panties, burning with an aura of ferocious fighting intensity, but no actual fire because there are waaay to many fluids in there for that to be physically possible.
"So if you're concerned that you'd be confused jumping into a sequel instead of starting with the original, you are absolutely right to be."
"The story here is pretty much irrelevant, but for what it's worth, it is also hilariously over the top."
Rating: I give Shin Ikkitousen four wastepaper baskets full of crumpled, blood-stained tissues and panties, burning with an aura of ferocious fighting intensity, but no actual fire because there are waaay to many fluids in there for that to be physically possible.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Summer.
"But inccst chicken? That's new. That's the kind of innovation I come to trashy animation to see. And I just can't help feelin' let down to find it so watered down."
"It's still fairly entertaining by virtue of how most of the cast is straight up certifiable and the premise is, you know, still pretty crazy even if they do water it down, but it could have been so much more."
Rating: I give it three sizable servings of tofu-based inccst chicken substitute, frying atop three trash can grills that have had more than a little too much oil splashed on them."
"But inccst chicken? That's new. That's the kind of innovation I come to trashy animation to see. And I just can't help feelin' let down to find it so watered down."
"It's still fairly entertaining by virtue of how most of the cast is straight up certifiable and the premise is, you know, still pretty crazy even if they do water it down, but it could have been so much more."
Rating: I give it three sizable servings of tofu-based inccst chicken substitute, frying atop three trash can grills that have had more than a little too much oil splashed on them."
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Summer.
"Far and away the largest lump of trash on this season's buffet table ..."
"I made the healthy choice for myself to stop watching and reading this. Forever."
Rating: I give Rent-a-Girlfriend season 2 five entire dumpsters full of that one page from JoJo where Rohan's all like, "I refuse.", which might be on fire, or might not, I don't know, do you want me to check?
"Far and away the largest lump of trash on this season's buffet table ..."
"I made the healthy choice for myself to stop watching and reading this. Forever."
Rating: I give Rent-a-Girlfriend season 2 five entire dumpsters full of that one page from JoJo where Rohan's all like, "I refuse.", which might be on fire, or might not, I don't know, do you want me to check?
TV, 2022,
24 eps
Me:-
Author:5
Summer.
[This show is also included in the Mother's Basement Worst Anime of 2022 as the #1 and #2 worst of the year. MB really seems to want to hate on this anime and bemoan the fact that the mangaka for the source material for this show, Satoshi Mizukami, is so poorly served by this adaptation. -ed.]
"Mizukami is seriously a genius among geniuses and one of mankind's greatest living storytellers, and if you read his manga, they will actually, for real, change your life."
Rating: Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer gets, the bullet.
[This show is also included in the Mother's Basement Worst Anime of 2022 as the #1 and #2 worst of the year. MB really seems to want to hate on this anime and bemoan the fact that the mangaka for the source material for this show, Satoshi Mizukami, is so poorly served by this adaptation. -ed.]
"Mizukami is seriously a genius among geniuses and one of mankind's greatest living storytellers, and if you read his manga, they will actually, for real, change your life."
Rating: Lucifer and the Biscuit Hammer gets, the bullet.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Summer.
[Practically all one long run on sentence I can't begin to quote. The gist seems to be the story is even more nonsensical than usual. -ed.]
Rating: I give it three locker room trash cans full of smoldering foam hands with idol glow sticks sort of taped on the pointer finger
[Practically all one long run on sentence I can't begin to quote. The gist seems to be the story is even more nonsensical than usual. -ed.]
Rating: I give it three locker room trash cans full of smoldering foam hands with idol glow sticks sort of taped on the pointer finger
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:6
Summer.
"You've heard of rent-a-girlfriend. Well now try buy-a-girlfriend."
"If you squint and pretend it's all just BDSM role-play, that's fine. It's fine. This is fine."
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but Sllve Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World has a rare, intimate, pastoral feel about its fantasy."
Rating: I give ... four ye olde village garbage piles full of plague corpses and rotting fantasy flora plus scraps here and there of ye olde hand-drawn prnnngraphy, burning bright in a nauseating yet authentically gritty sorta way.
"You've heard of rent-a-girlfriend. Well now try buy-a-girlfriend."
"If you squint and pretend it's all just BDSM role-play, that's fine. It's fine. This is fine."
"I can't believe I'm saying this, but Sllve Harem in the Labyrinth of Another World has a rare, intimate, pastoral feel about its fantasy."
Rating: I give ... four ye olde village garbage piles full of plague corpses and rotting fantasy flora plus scraps here and there of ye olde hand-drawn prnnngraphy, burning bright in a nauseating yet authentically gritty sorta way.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:6
Summer.
[Roasted, I mean reviewed, together with My Isekai Life. Both shows have very similar look and feel. -ed.]
"So, different shows, I'm pretty sure. Right? Or, uh, wait a minute. In both, or is it just the one, the MCs first monster is a surprisingly OP blue slime with a real cute boisterous personality, so maybe not?"
"If you have a penchant for quipy dialog and characters with big personalities, Black Summoner will probably be more your thing."
Rating: I give these isekais or isekai, one dumpster full of slightly expired Coke cans and one dumpster full of slightly expired Pepsi cans, both still in their respective boxes and slightly on fire.
[Roasted, I mean reviewed, together with My Isekai Life. Both shows have very similar look and feel. -ed.]
"So, different shows, I'm pretty sure. Right? Or, uh, wait a minute. In both, or is it just the one, the MCs first monster is a surprisingly OP blue slime with a real cute boisterous personality, so maybe not?"
"If you have a penchant for quipy dialog and characters with big personalities, Black Summoner will probably be more your thing."
Rating: I give these isekais or isekai, one dumpster full of slightly expired Coke cans and one dumpster full of slightly expired Pepsi cans, both still in their respective boxes and slightly on fire.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:6
Summer.
[Roasted, I mean reviewed, together with Black Summoner. Both shows have very similar look and feel. -ed.]
"So, different shows, I'm pretty sure. Right? Or, uh, wait a minute. In both, or is it just the one, the MCs first monster is a surprisingly OP blue slime with a real cute boisterous personality, so maybe not?"
"My Isekai Life will please those of you who crave creatively efficient visual direction, fun animation, and strong, dynamic action scenes."
Rating: I give these isekais or isekai, one dumpster full of slightly expired Coke cans and one dumpster full of slightly expired Pepsi cans, both still in their respective boxes and slightly on fire.
[Roasted, I mean reviewed, together with Black Summoner. Both shows have very similar look and feel. -ed.]
"So, different shows, I'm pretty sure. Right? Or, uh, wait a minute. In both, or is it just the one, the MCs first monster is a surprisingly OP blue slime with a real cute boisterous personality, so maybe not?"
"My Isekai Life will please those of you who crave creatively efficient visual direction, fun animation, and strong, dynamic action scenes."
Rating: I give these isekais or isekai, one dumpster full of slightly expired Coke cans and one dumpster full of slightly expired Pepsi cans, both still in their respective boxes and slightly on fire.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Fall.
"It's one of them anime where you can tell the clothes are only still on because the audience is into that."
"If you've ever wondered, 'what if Konosuba but only Darkness', you have a sick, sick mind."
Rating: Futoku no Guild gets three spirit Halloween dumpsters full of unsold sexy DnD costumes that are just completely soaked in gasoline plus some of those recalled Papa Troll fire helmets with their ironically faulty flash lights turned on.
"It's one of them anime where you can tell the clothes are only still on because the audience is into that."
"If you've ever wondered, 'what if Konosuba but only Darkness', you have a sick, sick mind."
Rating: Futoku no Guild gets three spirit Halloween dumpsters full of unsold sexy DnD costumes that are just completely soaked in gasoline plus some of those recalled Papa Troll fire helmets with their ironically faulty flash lights turned on.
TV, 2022,
13 eps
Me:-
Author:6
Fall.
"Yeah, Rein immediately lands in a new party full of badass beast girl supermodels whose favorite hobby is validating him and gets better stats than all the bullies at schoo... in his old party."
"It's waifus may not be that naked but at the end of the day, Beast Tamer is still just as much of a juvenile male power fantasy as any half-baked battle harem you can name."
Rating: I award Beast Tamer one Build-a-Bear bin full of fire retardant fluff and kitty cat plushies with a gap the exact size and shape of your body in the fetal position right in the middle of the pile.
"Yeah, Rein immediately lands in a new party full of badass beast girl supermodels whose favorite hobby is validating him and gets better stats than all the bullies at schoo... in his old party."
"It's waifus may not be that naked but at the end of the day, Beast Tamer is still just as much of a juvenile male power fantasy as any half-baked battle harem you can name."
Rating: I award Beast Tamer one Build-a-Bear bin full of fire retardant fluff and kitty cat plushies with a gap the exact size and shape of your body in the fetal position right in the middle of the pile.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:6
Fall.
"The characters are blandly enjoyable in a classic Lays potato chip sorta way."
"So if you're looking for some mindless shonen action fun, you could do worse."
Rating: I give Shinobi no Ittoki one business park dumpster full of ninja W-2s and ninja fax machines which might start some sort of ninja electrical fire at some point but right now it really doesn't seem likely.
"The characters are blandly enjoyable in a classic Lays potato chip sorta way."
"So if you're looking for some mindless shonen action fun, you could do worse."
Rating: I give Shinobi no Ittoki one business park dumpster full of ninja W-2s and ninja fax machines which might start some sort of ninja electrical fire at some point but right now it really doesn't seem likely.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Fall.
"... a harem anime that is so over the top that a lot of viewers are convinced the protagonist is secretly trapped in some sort of simulation."
"[unending litany of ridiculous stuff...] and if you think that's a convoluted jumble of anime tropes, wait 'till you meet his other suitors."
"This is one of those anime comedies that aims to leave you thinking, 'wow, I can't believe they went there.' by the end of every episode. And, that's not always a good thing."
Rating: Love Flops is nothing less than a full blown five alarm dumpster fire.
"... a harem anime that is so over the top that a lot of viewers are convinced the protagonist is secretly trapped in some sort of simulation."
"[unending litany of ridiculous stuff...] and if you think that's a convoluted jumble of anime tropes, wait 'till you meet his other suitors."
"This is one of those anime comedies that aims to leave you thinking, 'wow, I can't believe they went there.' by the end of every episode. And, that's not always a good thing."
Rating: Love Flops is nothing less than a full blown five alarm dumpster fire.
TV, 2022,
20 eps
Me:-
Author:-
Fall.
[Trash? Really? Trash of the finest sort, I guess. -ed.]
"... undeniably excellent on a ton of levels: strong atmosphere, great action scenes, consistently fun animation; it's a solid production through and through with a ton of obvious talent and passion behind it."
"All of Cid's chuuni delusions have come true and he's the only one who doesn't know it. What a great comedic premise."
Rating: I give The Eminence in Shadow three golden garbage cans full of Haruhi fan fics and bottle rockets with a flaming truck-kun on a direct collision course.
[Trash? Really? Trash of the finest sort, I guess. -ed.]
"... undeniably excellent on a ton of levels: strong atmosphere, great action scenes, consistently fun animation; it's a solid production through and through with a ton of obvious talent and passion behind it."
"All of Cid's chuuni delusions have come true and he's the only one who doesn't know it. What a great comedic premise."
Rating: I give The Eminence in Shadow three golden garbage cans full of Haruhi fan fics and bottle rockets with a flaming truck-kun on a direct collision course.
TV, 2022,
12 eps
Me:-
Author:9
Fall.
"Akiba Maid War. A title that promises so, so much, attached to an anime that delivers even more."
"If you want to watch ridiculous people die in ridiculous ways for even more ridiculous reasons... wait, what do I mean if? We're anime fans. That's what we live for."
Rating: I give Akiba Maid War four golden dumpsters full of enough ammunition to kill every bull elephant and enough maid cafe flyer kindling to ensure it all goes off once the surprisingly kawaii molotov cocktails that are arcing toward it in slow motion make contact.
"Akiba Maid War. A title that promises so, so much, attached to an anime that delivers even more."
"If you want to watch ridiculous people die in ridiculous ways for even more ridiculous reasons... wait, what do I mean if? We're anime fans. That's what we live for."
Rating: I give Akiba Maid War four golden dumpsters full of enough ammunition to kill every bull elephant and enough maid cafe flyer kindling to ensure it all goes off once the surprisingly kawaii molotov cocktails that are arcing toward it in slow motion make contact.
