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Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) visit the first-ever event dedicated to the 1980-1981 Japanese puppet science fiction series X-BOMBER, which was televised in the UK as STAR FLEET!
STAR FLEET episodes at Archive.org
Music video for STAR FLEET PROJECT - Brian May & Friends
NEWS
Even mascot toy sales get caught up in Tokyo 2020 bribery scandal
Japan Fans Use Beta Max and VCRs to Watch New Urusei Yatsura Authentically
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Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) take time out from their busy schedules to celebrate four decades of the legendary anime series Super Dimension Fortress Macross (better known in the west as Robotech: The Macross Saga). To aid them in this task, special guest Macross maniac Renato Rusca Rivera joins the battle. WE WILL WIN!
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Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) finally leave their otaku-strewn bedrooms and make for the All-Japan Model and Hobby Show to bring you a report from the field!
NEWS
For many, it was business as usual in Tokyo on Abe’s funeral day
Antonio Inoki, pro wrestler who went into politics, is dead
Kappa Sushi president arrested on suspicion of obtaining data from rival chain
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In the show's first ever open Q&A, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) answer YOUR burning questions about the best toy stores in Tokyo, the forgotten Japanese Animation Archives, and take the Voight-Kampff to try and determine who is a Rock Lord!
NEWS
Japan to reopen to independent travelers and lift daily arrival cap
The "Mario-like" go carting experience is up and running again
Copy of 'Mach 5' car from anime 'Speed Racer' joins police patrol in Japan
Japan's funeral for divisive slain PM Shinzo Abe fuels backlash
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As Japan plans to reopen the borders to tourists again, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) look back the first times they ever set foot in the Land of the Rising Fun. Don’t shoot up in the ramen restaurant and don’t lose your passport!
NEWS
Nintendo's Splatoon 3 hits Japan sales record, beats Animal Crossing
Major publishing company Kadokawa’s chairman arrested in Tokyo Games-related bribery case
With the yen near the cheapest level in decades, Japan is set to reopen its borders
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This week writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) conclude their interview with Japanese filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura and talk about his two new films THE PRICE WE PAY and THREE SISTERS OF TENMASOU and look back at his 2004 title Godzilla: Final Wars!
NEWS
Top Kadokawa execs arrested in widening Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal
Japan metro websites hit, apparently by pro-Russia hacker group
Suntory eyes U.S. canned cocktail push as young Japanese shun booze
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
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This week writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) talk to Japanese filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, Azumi, Godzilla: Final Wars) about his recent release of the soundtrack to the 1983 film VILLAGE OF DOOM, inspired by the true events of the 1938 Tsuyama shotgun massacre in Okayama Prefecture
Village Of Doom (1983)
Director: Noboru Tanaka
Cast: Masato Furuoya, Misako Tanaka, Kumiko Ohba
Music: Masanori Sasaji
Soundtrack available from XROSSCOUNTER
Wikipedia article on the Tsuyama Massacre
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
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Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN!
NEWS:
Rigid rules at Japan PM's office require officials to come in person for 'online' meetings
Japan PM Kishida orders new nuclear power plant construction
Godzilla Disaster Drill Posters
Matsuya Ends Free Miso Soup Service, Citing Rising Costs
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Matt and Pat make it a traditional spooky summer by taking some time to talk about YOKAI, Japan's traditional supernatural creatures and creepy crawlies with a discussion of Yokai films, key texts, and come face to face with the burning question: is Cookie Monster a Yokai? Should he be?
Conversation inspired by the book
Yokai Attack! The Japanese Monster Survival Guide by Hiroko Yoda and Matt Alt
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN!
NEWS:
Japan launches nationwide competition to boost alcohol consumption
Ex-Olympic organizing committee director, 3 others arrested
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MY LORD! The streets of Tokyo are empty, and the tourists have all run away! Matt Alt and Patrick Macias use this dramatic pause in the space-time continuum to ponder the past, present, and future of otaku culture (DO YOU KNOW?), from the very beginnings, to the mainstreaming of Akihabara, otaku crime, Train Main, the interwebs, and finally… your mom in a Star Wars shirt!
LINKS:
Visit www.tokyoscope.comfor merch
Visit TokyoScope on Patreon for bonus episodes and content
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN!
NEWS:
Live-Action Pac-Man Movie in Works at Bandai Namco, Wayfarer Studios
One Piece Screenings in France Almost Turn Into a Riot
Japan population falls by record 726,342 to 125.93 mil. in 2021 amid COVID
Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake dies at 84
Japanese actor Kiyoshi Kobayashi, known for voicing Lupin's Daisuke Jigen, dead at 89
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Andrew Szymanski is a Japanese game industry veteran whose experience includes producing titles for Tecmo, Capcom, DeNa, and more! In part 2 of our interview, Andrew takes us deep inside the secretive lair of Team Ninja to reveal what it was like working with the legendary game designer Tomonobu Itagaki (Dead or Alive, Ninja Gaiden).
LINKS:
Visit www.tokyoscope.comfor merch
Visit TokyoScope on Patreon for bonus episodes and content
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
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