Endless 08
The year is 2008. We are watching new anime from 2008. Join us as we discuss 2008, the year it is, and the anime that is from this year.
Episodes
The Class Clown bracket psychically hurts our hosts this week as another Ouran High School Host Club AMV comes up against a Koizumi x Kyon shipping AMV for The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.
Watch the contestants here:
Ouran High School Never Ends - Melichan923
The Harassment of Kyon - MysteriousRyder
Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
In the back half of Top Secret: The Revelation, the revelations keep coming and the secrets keep getting more scandalous. BJ and Duffo discuss directing a movie with your post-mortem brain, calling in romantic bomb threats to the local theme park, and a disturbing hostage situation that requires the team to delve into the world of dreams.
Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
The Class Clown bracket brings us some decidedly un-clowny picks, pairing up the chaotic metal-jazz sounds of Dog Fashion Disco with a boy band themed Ouran High School Host Club AMV.
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Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
Madhouse's speculative crime drama Top Secret: The Revelation takes us to a future where police have the technology to look into the brains of the deceased and see the world through their eyes. BJ and Duffo discuss how it compares to American police procedurals, the bold move of murdering the president in the second episode, and the ethics of picking through the dark secrets of murder victims.
Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K...
Imagin's pastoral merchant fantasy Spice and Wolf is a rare era-defining work from 2008 (the year that it is), following the journeys of a trader and a charming wolf goddess. BJ and Duffo discuss old fashioned Japanese dialects, FX trading with Trenni silver coins, and have a disagreement about the amount of implied wolf sex. Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
Endless 08 continues with J.C. Staff's A Certain Magical Index, watching from episode 15 onwards. BJ and Duffo discuss the power of feng shui to dethrone angels, curriculum failures in Academy City, and imaginary students from the esper dimension.
Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
The Class Clown bracket represents a change of pace for the tournament, as a Ghostbusters FFVII parody competes with Jim Carrey comedy done anime style.
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Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
J.C. Staff brings us another light novel adaptation, this time featuring a cold war between nuns, psychics and sorcerers in the action series A Certain Magical Index. BJ and Duffo watch episodes 1 - 14 and discuss pro basketballer sized 14 year olds, how to Google search actual magicians, and try to figure out what a vector actually is. Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
BJ and Duffo are joined by guest host Ettin (Breakfast Cult, Hard Wired Island) as they attempt to scale the early dungeon tower fantasy that is Gonzo's The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk. Discussions include reflections on 80s arcade cabinet culture, the birth of anime simulcasting, and how many bath scenes is too many bath scenes.
Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
The Linkin Park Vegeta division moves on with two rock-heavy entries, as a Bullet For My Valentine Naruto AMV competes with an obscure cut from the 90s set to Rammstein.
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Conversational Spanish - Ileia
Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
A.C.G.T.'s ecchi comedy They Are My Noble Masters brings us into a world of maids and butlers, but the humour being plated up is somewhat past its expiry date. BJ and Duffo discuss Family Guy style reference humour, high intensity teapot training, and staffing your mansion with the most traumatised servants you can find. Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
Continuing on with the Vegeta Linkin Park division, another Death Note AMV squares up against a tribute to the samurai manga Vagabond.
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Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
Endless 08 moves to a late night programming block for Xebec and Genco's erotic mystery thriller RIN: Daughters of Mnemosyne. BJ and Duffo discuss Japan's approach to nudity and censorship, untangle a complex assassination plot involving rare stamps, Soviets and angel hackers, and visit a torture castle that sucks.
Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
Endless 08 launches their first recurring segment: a bracket elimination tournament designed to find the best anime music video of 2008. In the first match up, a handful of hyperactive anime girls go up against a Death Note AU set in a famous horror franchise.
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Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
The supernatural AIC Spirits and asread. collaboration Ga-Rei: Zero is an action series about two teenage girls drawn into a world of exorcists, with one heading down the path of light and the other heading down a path of darkness. BJ and Duffo discuss strange novelty weapons, African twins who love to say their own names, and the Marvel screenwriter with huge ambitions for the Ga-Rei franchise.
Our theme song is Endless 808 by I...
BJ and Duffo bring in guest hosts Charlie and Shamus (Real Fantasy Encounters) to help them unpack the first season of Studio DEEN's supernatural romance Vampire Knight. Discussions include hashing out Team Kaname vs Team Zero, trashy stage musical adaptations, and the wide range of wizard powers that apparently come with being a vampire.
Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
In a blockbuster length episode, Endless 08 returns to the second half of J.C. Staff's Toradora! to watch from episode 14 onwards. BJ and Duffo discuss their own Kitamura style rebellious hairstyles, the strangest alternate endings in the spin-off game, and the challenge of translating the shiritori game from Japanese to English.
Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
Endless 08 has its first big hitter with Toradora!, a J.C. Staff odd couple romantic comedy about two high schoolers with crushes on each other's best friends. BJ and Duffo watch episodes 1 - 13 and discuss the tsundere archetype, the teenage inability to deal with problems normally, and staging a wrestling show to make fun of your teacher's love life.
Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
J.C. Staff's supernatural drama series Shigofumi: Letters From The Departed is an ambitious story about a spectral mail carrier who delivers letters from the dead to the living, but does it deliver a good anime? BJ and Duffo discuss kira kira names, controversial retracted episodes, and surprisingly decent depictions of Dissociative Identity Disorder.
Content warning for discussions of suicide and CSA.
In the first episode of their anime time loop, BJ and Duffo take a trip to the theatre with Artland’s moe political thriller Gunslinger Girl: Il Teatrino. We discuss anime’s idea of what Italy is like, the ethics of using 12 year old girls as indentured government killers, and giving stupid names to your adopted son who you hate.
Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
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