Endless 08 endless08

Sports anime Bamboo Blade is an AIC ASTA production about a high school girls kendo team and the deadbeat teacher who supervises them and occasionally gambles on their success. BJ and Duffo watch the first 13 episodes and discuss what goes into scoring an ippon, using kendo as an outlet for your secret violent side, and cheating in sports by giving one of your players a fake Power Rangers-sona.
 
Apologies for the audio, which is a little rougher than usual!
 
Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.

We enter the Frankenstein division for the first time, meeting our first two multi-show monstrosities: a Death Note AMV that cannibalises five other shows, and a King of Fighters, Guilty Gear and Need For Speed dream game combo.
 
Watch the contestants here:
The Conspiracy of Law - Artofeel
Midnight Carnival - De29v101L
 
Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.

ChäoS;HEAd, better known today as the Science Adventure installment that came before Steins;Gate, is a psychological thriller anime from Madhouse that follows a mentally unwell otaku who stumbles into a violent conspiracy with serial killers, brain manipulating radio waves, and people whose delusions allow them to overwrite reality. BJ and Duffo discuss the history of denpa fiction, whether the show acts as effective bait and switch from the typical harem show, and go through the supposed science of Gigalomaniacs realbooting DI-swords.
Content warnings for discussions of suicide, mental illness and torture.
Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.
 

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.
 
Watch the contestants here:
Macabre Serenade - Ileia
Ouran POP - JadeCharm
 
Our theme song is Endless 808 by I.K.