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FULL EPISODE! This time on the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) go over some big headlines coming out of the Land of the Rising Sun including the fate of the Cool Japan Fund, the White House’s unfortunate dabbling in anime, and the Voltron Skull Tank!
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Theme song by Marxy, v.o. by RInRin Doll
PREVIEW EPISODE! This time on the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) forget about the news for a while and talk about a recent visit into the dark heart of a Japanese hostess club! Plus, a look back at the 1977 men in rubber suits film The Last Dinosaur!
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FULL EPISODE! This time on the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) leap back from a short hiatus with a handful of recent pop culture headlines to jaw about, including Japan’s new entertainment stock index, a mind-boggling Macross toy, and the Women of Robotech!
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC© and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy, v.o. by RInRin Doll
PREVIEW EPISODE! This time on the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) explore the sudden rush to enter the game market from players like Toei and Sanrio as part of a bigger government push to increase Japanese pop culture exports! Can you dig it?
You can hear the full episode by joining the Pure TokyoScope Patreon! You’ll get access to full episodes, bonus content, our Discord server, and an archive of past episodes. Head over to Pure TokyoScope Patreon to subscribe today!
FULL EPISODE! This time on the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) sit around in a cafe near Nakano Broadway and discuss the Japanese singing career of Emmanuel Lewis (aka TV’s “Webster”) and the early 1970s toy sensation known as Capsule Robo G! Consider yourselves… warned!
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You’ll get access to full episodes, bonus content, our Discord server, and an archive of past episodes. Head over to Pure TokyoScope Patreon to subscribe today!
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC© and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy, v.o. by RInRin Doll
PREVIEW EPISODE! This time on the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) race through a slew of recent headlines in the Japanese pop culture space, from anime economics, to dead department stores, grindhouse theaters, and even a ray of hope for a legendary Tokyo toy store!
You can hear the full episode by joining the Pure TokyoScope Patreon! You’ll get access to full episodes, bonus content, our Discord server, and an archive of past episodes. Head over to Pure TokyoScope Patreon to subscribe today!
FULL EPISODE! This time on the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) look back, and maybe even forward, at Japan’s oil shock energy crisis of the 1970s. Also, they say goodbye to the voice actor and music composer who helped make Galaxy Express 999 so memorable.
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You’ll get access to full episodes, bonus content, our Discord server, and an archive of past episodes. Head over to Pure TokyoScope Patreon to subscribe today!
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Pure TokyoScope on YouTube
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC© and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy, v.o. by RInRin Doll
FULL EPISODE! This time on the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) go through a grab bag of recent news items related to Japanese pop culture (and fast food), including Evangelion, the egg sando, vintage toys, and the Hamburglar.
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You’ll get access to full episodes, bonus content, our Discord server, and an archive of past episodes. Head over to Pure TokyoScope Patreon to subscribe today!
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Pure TokyoScope on YouTube
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC© and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy, v.o. by RInRin Doll
PREVIEW EPISODE! This time on the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) come face to face with the wild rise of generative AI in Japan. From dead wrestlers, to political parties, to manga piracy, no one is innocent… but some are more guilty than others!
You can hear the full episode by joining the Pure TokyoScope Patreon! You’ll get access to full episodes, bonus content, our Discord server, and an archive of past episodes. Head over to Pure TokyoScope Patreon to subscribe today!
DO NOT ADJUST YOUR SETS! We are controlling transmission! In this shocking display of video voodoo, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) run amok through the recent MEGA BULLMARK TOY EXHIBITION held in Tokyo.
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You’ll get access to full episodes, bonus content, our Discord server, and an archive of past episodes. Head over to Pure TokyoScope Patreon to subscribe today!
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC© and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy, v.o. by RInRin Doll
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