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In this episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, author Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) take a look back at 50 years of the Yamato anime (and the new Hideaki Anno announcement of a new version), the live-action Voltron, and the Dragon Quest 3 controversy!
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In this episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, author Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) review the otaku credential of Japan's newest Prime Minister. Also some vintage toy talk and anxiety over the price raise of a beloved Japanese kid's snack!
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
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In this episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, author Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) contemplate SHOGUN's 18 Emmy wins, ponder the new PATLABOR anime annoucement, and cry over the closure of the Shinjuku MYLORD building!
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
In this episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, author Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) regales Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) with tails of his fantastic toy-tastic trip to Taiwan where the Deformers dwell!
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
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In this episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, author Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) tells Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) take a look at the recent 7-11 Japan takeover bid and ponder the future of street drinking in Tokyo as Shibuya prepares a ban!
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
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In this episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, author Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) tells Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) all about his recent trip to the Big Apple for the Anime NYC convention for a full course of yokai, manga, and more!
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
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In this episode of 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) worry about the possibility of a Mega Thrust Quake recently predicted in Japan, and celebrate Kanagawa’s own B-Girl Ami’s big win for Japanese breakdancing at the 2024 Olympics!
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Visit www.tokyoscope.com for merch
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
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In this episode of 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) peel back the curtain on how they approach writing their many books and articles about Japanese pop culture: the research, the editing, the procrastination!
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Visit www.tokyoscope.com for merch
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
In this episode of 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 beating the summer heat in Japan, some highlights of the WonderFest hobby show, and take some time out from their busy schedules to ponder Beat Takeshi's face.
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Visit www.tokyoscope.com for merch
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
In this episode of 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) welcome guest Rentao Rivera to the show to celebrate the 40th anniversary of The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love?released in Japan in July, 1984.
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Visit www.tokyoscope.com for merch
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
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