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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) celebrate 150 episodes of podcasting with a visit to Jimbocho, recently voted The World’s Coolest Neighborhood by Time Out.
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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) discussthe $13 billion dollar plan to export Japanese-style 7-Eleven convenience stores to the United States. Also included: spoiler-free reviews of the new hit films Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle and Exit 8!
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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) face the rise of “kidult” collectors in Japan, who are helping the toy industry reach new heights of fun and profits! Also, Cheap Trick returns to Tokyo Budokan for a farewell concert!
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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) discuss Matt’s New Yorker article about going behind the scenes of Japan’s most popular manga magazine Shōnen Jump! Also a look at Anime NYC and rants about the state of US-Japan postal relations!
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Theme song by Marxy
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) examine the box office smash anime that is Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle and the impact it is having on the theater-going experience inJapan! Also, One Piece becomes a symbol of resistance in Indonesia and Pocky sweet treats get a 3-D trademark!
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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) run amok through a mental mindfield of Japanese conspiracy theories past, present, and future running the gamut from mind-control, urban legends, and how the lunatic fringe is setting up shop in the political arena!
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Theme song by Marxy
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) face the rise of the Sanseito political party in Japan who have anime and manga on their right-wing agenda. Also, we say goodbye to Ozzy, Hulk Hogan, and a legendary movie theater in Tokyo. And did we mention Pac-Man?
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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) dive into the data suggesting massive viewership numbers for anime on streaming platforms. Also, a look back at anime in 1983, Jumbo Machinder scams, and sleeping in theconbini parking lot!
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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) dive into a new consumer study with some big insights into the current state of the anime biz. Plus, how we survived several big disasters including a massive manga-predicted earthquake that didn’t happen, the Great Robot War and a Backstreet Boy at Anime Expo!
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Theme song by Marxy
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) wrestle with Rock Lords and the problem of Overtourism in Japan. Also, the closing of a historic KFC in Tokyo, and the return of otaku dining hot spot Anna Miller’s!
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