Endless 08 Podcast
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Endless 08 Podcast
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A time loop anime podcast where we watch and discuss the anime of 2008. Hosted by Duffo (he/him) and BJ (they/them).
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Endless 08 is an anime podcast trapped in time: it's 2008, and we're watching and discussing 2008 shows only! From big hitters like Toradora and Vampire Knight to the bizarre B-sides, we're covering them all.

Hosts BJ (they/them) and Duffo (he/him) post an episode every 2 weeks.

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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.
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Hero Tales brings the signature art of Hiromu Arakawa to a Chinese martial arts setting, with an adventure story about a collapsing empire and the star warriors destined to clash.
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Hero Tales, Part 1 | Endless 08
From the ill-fated Studio Flag with character design from Fullmetal Alchemists's Hiromu Arakawa, the wuxia inspired action series Hero Tales follows a group of warriors brought into conflict due to a ...
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April 7, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Rental Magica is the latest of the many modern day paranormal shows from 2008, and this one wants to stand out from the crowd by doing unique things with the episode broadcast order. From Celtic witches and Solomonic magic to Shinto gods, how wild will we get?

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Rental Magica, Part 1 | Endless 08
Rental Magica is a paranormal action show from Zexcs about a teenager with a cursed eye who inherits his father's wizard-for-hire business with zero qualifications or even knowledge about how magic wo...
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February 24, 2025 at 10:59 PM
ef: A Tale of Melodies is our first Shaft anime of 2008 and it’s about as intense as you might expect. Join us for a tale of angst, death, loss, and a replica Japanese city built in our very own Australia.
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ef: A Tale of Melodies. | Endless 08
Shaft's romance drama ef: A Tale of Melodies is 2008's most challenging watch yet - the visuals are intense, death hangs over all of the characters, and the narrative is spread across 15 years in two ...
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February 11, 2025 at 5:00 AM
If you’ve been enjoying the podcast and also like TTRPGs, why not check out this anime themed Kickstarter campaign from Duffo?
The Kickstarter campaign for isekai fantasy TTRPG This World Summons Too Many Heroes!! is now live! The definitive edition of the game comes with the core rules and all three expansions in digital and print format with new cover art and a fresh new layout.
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This World Summons Too Many Heroes!!
An isekai power fantasy TTRPG where new heroes and demon lords get reincarnated every day!
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January 27, 2025 at 10:49 PM
Angelique is back for a second season with a little less otome and a lot more church intrigue. Can our perfect princess ascend to perfect goddess with the help of a robot and a weapons manufacturing company?

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Neo Angelique Abyss: Second Age | Endless 08
The second season of Yumeta Company's otome fantasy Neo Angelique Abyss picks up six months after the original, with Angelique waking out of her coma to find that their house has burned down, everyone...
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January 27, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Join us… for the end of our vampire night. With Vampire Knight Guilty, Studio Deen’s paranormal romance show that somehow keeps getting worse.
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Vampire Knight Guilty | Endless 08
Charlie and Shamus from Real Fantasy Encounters join us for another bite of Studio Deen's Vampire Knight franchise, where the drama, violence and incest (uh oh) are all ratcheting up. BJ, Duffo and th...
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January 14, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Shakugan no Shana is J.C. Staff’s take on fantasy action meets high school romance, and because of the dumb rules of our podcast we’re starting it from season two. We’re looking forward to learning what a Supreme Throne and a Midnight Lost Child are!
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Shakugan no Shana II (Second), Part 1 | Endless 08
J.C. Staff’s Shakugan no Shana combines supernatural action with slice of life as it follows a group of teenagers drawn into a world of demons and magical hunters fighting a shadowy war. BJ and Duffo ...
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December 26, 2024 at 1:00 PM
Shikabane Hime is an action horror anime from Gainax and feel. featuring the “corpse princesses” who fight the undead and the Buddhist warrior monks they are bonded to.
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Shikabane Hime: Corpse Princess | Endless 08
Studios Gainax and feel. collaborate to present Shikabane Hime, an action horror anime about a boy who stumbles into a world of Buddhist monks and undead girls fighting cursed entities from beyond the...
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December 10, 2024 at 1:19 AM
Haruka Nogizaka’s Secret is a romcom that asks “what if the prettiest girl in class liked anime in secret, but her dad hated anime so much that he’s willing to get his private military involved?”

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Haruka Nogizaka's Secret | Endless 08
Romantic comedy Haruka Nogizaka's Secret is a Diomedéa production following the relationship between an average teenage boy and his rich heiress classmate who accidentally reveals her anime fangirl si...
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November 26, 2024 at 12:24 AM
Been really enjoying this show! Similar to what we’re doing, but with way more years to choose from (smart). Hosts are entertaining and they bring good commentary to the table.
AnimEighties: Neon Genesis Evangelion Full Series Watchthrough - New episodes every other Thursday! linktr.ee/AnimEighties
November 25, 2024 at 10:02 AM
Code Geass R2 draws to big conclusion after big conclusion as we uncover a reality bending human instrumentality project, contend with the invention of the nuclear warhead, and kill a hell of a lot of people.

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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, Part 2 | Endless 08
The war between Britannia and the Black Knights comes to a dramatic conclusion, with nuclear warheads, new geass magic, and the power of God all on the table. BJ and Duffo watch from episode 13 to the...
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November 12, 2024 at 2:24 AM
Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2 is Sunrise’s continuation of a mech drama where Japan finds themselves subjugated by the Britannians and must fight back with the aid of an exiled prince with the power of Geass, a mystic ability that lets him command others.

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Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion R2, Part 1 | Endless 08
The sequel to Sunrise's mecha action political drama Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion follows the exiled prince Lelouch as he once again assumes his masked identity as the Japanese freedom fighter...
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November 4, 2024 at 11:37 PM
Coming soon…
CODE GEASS R2
November 4, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Yozakura Quartet is our 2008 anime for this week, following a Life Counselling Office as they do their daily business of helping the local yokai citizens and also sometimes blasting them into another plane of existence.

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Yozakura Quartet | Endless 08
Nomad's supernatural action series Yozakura Quartet brings us to the city of Sakurashin, where yōkai and humans live alongside each other in an unsteady peace mediated by a handful of teenagers workin...
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October 22, 2024 at 3:23 AM
J.C. Staff’s 2008 fantasy anime Slayers Revolution picks up where the 1997 series left off, with more bandit explosions and towns destroyed through slapstick comedy.

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Slayers Revolution | Endless 08
90s fantasy sensation Lina Inverse, the teenage sorceress known for terrorising bandits with her explosion magic, returns to screens in 2008 for J.C. Staff's Slayers Revolution. BJ and Duffo discuss L...
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September 24, 2024 at 2:12 AM
We’ve now watched 15 shows from 2008, so we’re taking some time to recap and rank the anime we have watched so far. A good starting place for getting into our backlog!

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Endless 08 Recap: Gunslinger Girl to Soul Eater | Endless 08
The Endless 08 project has now been through 15 shows, and it’s time for a retrospective episode to sort out the good, the bad, and the completely average. BJ and Duffo place the anime they have watche...
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September 2, 2024 at 11:33 AM
Police procedural are all the rage in 2008, so why wouldn’t they be in anime as well? E08 watches Top Secret: The Revelation, a Madhouse show where detectives scan the brains of the deceased to find clues to solve their murders.
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Top Secret: The Revelation, Part 1 | Endless 08
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...
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April 23, 2024 at 12:20 AM
Endless 08 enjoys some objectively great anime for a change as they pick up Imagin’s medieval merchant drama Spice and Wolf.
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Spice and Wolf | Endless 08
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 ...
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April 16, 2024 at 2:53 AM
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Listen to "Fucking Tree Spirit - Winter 2024 Part 2" by Let's Anime.
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April 7, 2024 at 6:07 AM
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SPICE AND WOLF CAME BACK
LETS FUCKING GOOOO
April 1, 2024 at 6:19 PM
The comedy AMVs are here, and the Elimination Tournament sees our first heated match between Ghostbusters and Jim Carrey.

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AMV Elimination Tournament 04: Bustin vs Chicky-Chicky-Boom! | Endless 08
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.   Watch the contestants here: Bustin - DriftRoo...
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April 2, 2024 at 2:52 AM
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I used this episode as a chance to talk about the founding of Funimation a bit. Some very bizarre stuff from the early days!
March 26, 2024 at 1:50 AM
J.C. Staff’s action series A Certain Magical Index seems to have a grip on 2008 Japan with its modern mix of sci-fi and urban fantasy. Will these iconic characters win us over?

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A Certain Magical Index, Part 1 | Endless 08
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 - 1...
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March 26, 2024 at 1:48 AM
Guest host @ettin.bsky.social joins the podcast to discuss Gonzo’s dungeon fantasy The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk. How many bath scenes will it take for him to crack?
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The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk | Endless 08
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. Discuss...
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March 19, 2024 at 2:34 AM
The Elimination Tournament has its first Naruto AMV, plus our first Spanish language entry
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AMV Elimination Tournament 03: Hit The Floor vs Conversational Spanish | Endless 08
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.   Watch the contestants here: ...
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March 19, 2024 at 12:06 AM