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For the landmark 100th 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) throw a buckwild pizza party at a Shakey's in Kichijoji, Tokyo and reveal the secret history of Pizza in Japan! Mama Mia, that's a spicy podcast!
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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, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) begin a two part series on The Japanese Toys That Made Them starting with Matt's picks. Expect Micronauts, Shogun Warriors, and Macross!
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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) eat deep dish pizza and try to wrap their heads around Tokyo's insane election, 50 years of 7-11, and the Shibuya street drinking 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 ALL VIDEO installment 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) venture to Shinjuku to get a glimpse of the controversial new Godzilla Projection Mapping Show and then stumble back to Shinjuku Station in glorious 1K!
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
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In this installment 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) chill out in the lobby of a luxury high-rise hotel and look over some recent news headlines from Japan!
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
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The battle for the mind of Neo-Tokyo will be fought in the video arena! In this installment 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) run amok at the Mandarake CoCoo collector's store in Akihabara and make a pit stop at treasury of vinyl LP delights known as RECOfan!
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
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Oh! Have we got a video? YES WE'VE GOT A VIDEO! In the 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) visit the CHOGOKIN 50th Anniversary exhibition in Akihabara, Tokyo!
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
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In the 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) imbibe at a brewpub in Akihabara, Tokyo and dig into the meaty topic of the use of AI in manga translation and localization.
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
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In this News-driven 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) wrap their heads around some recent pop culture (and pizza) headlines from Japan, including the death of a B-movie king, the discovery of a lost anime, and gangsters who covet Pokémon cards!
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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, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) take a trip to Super Festival 88 in Japan and bring you a report live from the floor filled with toys, figures, and all manner of otaku madness!
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The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
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