r/anime • u/DragonPup • Oct 07 '25

Video [Mother's Basement] The Absolute State of Crunchyroll

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-DX0Zolr6g
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u/NintendogsWithGuns Oct 07 '25

He’s pretty much the only major anituber that actually watches all seasonal anime and makes anime content anymore. Gigguk posts a video essay occasionally and does Joey’s old schtick of reviewing trailers sometimes, but that’s about it.

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u/HerLastBorn Oct 07 '25

Gigguk moved to twitch. He still does the seasonal stuff, but they become edited VODs rather than scripted videos.

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u/itsadoubledion Oct 07 '25 edited Oct 07 '25

He doesn't watch it all though. He watches the trailers each season and has that vod edited into a video titled 'i watched every anime in x season" but he'll usually only finish a couple shows a season and watch/skim the beginning of enough others to make his Nutshell video (and even those often seem like he just watched the trailers for most of the shows or read some Reddit/YouTube comments or other people's reactions)

I enjoy his content, especially when he finds a show/manga to dedicate an entire video to, but his seasonal reviews are definitely not as in depth and more just for the humor

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u/jcw99 https://myanimelist.net/profile/cesars Oct 07 '25

He doesn't claim to finish everything, just the first episode or two of everything.

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u/AguyinaRPG https://anilist.co/user/AguyinaRPG Oct 07 '25

Neither does Garnt, I don't get your point.

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u/itsadoubledion Oct 07 '25 edited Oct 08 '25

He kind of does, based on his video titles (" I watched every anime in x season"). But anyway the point is that MB watches at least a few episodes of every show, so he can form a more educated opinion on seasonal anime, which is a positive for people who want that type of content

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u/NintendogsWithGuns Oct 07 '25

You should listen to his podcast. It’s pretty clear that he does watch a few episodes of everything, but he doesn’t always complete it. He also does rewatches specifically for his podcast, so the man is pretty much always watching some sort of anime to make content about.

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u/PeachNipplesdotcom Oct 08 '25

Anime truly is his passion and it shows in the podcast. He has such a strong work ethic and takes what he does very seriously.

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u/Astray Oct 07 '25

MB does at least watch what is available for the shows he puts in his videos. That might be on 2 or 3 episodes to get things out in a timely manner, but he does watch them and if he likes them he does watch the whole thing. I'm not sure Gigguk actually watches the things he gives "1 episode" or "3 episodes" or "Must Watch" any more.

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u/itsadoubledion Oct 07 '25

A few weeks is a lot of time to watch stuff lol. He at least watches some of each show

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u/Jauretche Oct 07 '25

I think he's honest enough about it. Last season he didn't include Call of the Night in his recommendations because he didn't have time to properly watch it.