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Pure TokyoScope is a weekly podcast hosted by writers Matt Alt and Patrick Macias featuring news, views, and pop culture direct from Japan. Visit www.tokyoscope.com for merchandise. Visit https://www.patreon.com/TokyoScopePodcast for bonus episodes and content
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113: A New Cool Japan Proposal!
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112: Anime Industry - Boom or Bust? RIP Godzilla Suit Maker!
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111: Voltron vs Henry Cavill! RIP Doraemon! Tokyo Mario Kart Madness!
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110: 50 Years of Yamato! The Dragon Quest 3 Controversy!
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109: Japan's New Otaku Prime Minister?
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108: Shogun Sweeps the Emmys, New Patlabor Anime, So Long Shinjuku MyLord
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107: A Toy-tastic Trip to Taiwan!
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106: 7-11 Japan & the Conbini Wars! Shibuya Street Drinking Ban!
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105: The ANIME NYC Report! Yokai! Manga! And More!
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104: Worried About Japan's Megaquake, B-Girl Ami Breakdancing Gold
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102: Tokyo Summer Heat, the Best of WonderFest, Beat Takeshi's Face
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101: The Macross Movie 40th Anniversary Party with Renato Rivera!
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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) welcome guest Rent…
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100: Live from Shakey's! The History of Pizza in Japan!
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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 buc…
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99: The Japanese Toys That Made Me! MATT ALT Edition
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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) begin a two part series on The…
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98: Tokyo's Insane Election, 50 Years of 7-11, No More Street Drinking in Shibuya!
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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 wra…
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97: VIDEO Godzilla Projection Mapping and Tokyo Night Walk!
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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 g…
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Pure TokyoScope Podcast 96: NEWS - Japan's Hyper-Aged Society! Gainax Goes Bankrupt! Monster Customers at the Conbini!
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95: VIDEO - Cuckoo for Toy Hunting at Mandarake CoCoo!
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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: Dispatc…
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94: VIDEO - Live from the CHOGOKIN 50th Anniversary Expo!
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93: The Trouble with AI Manga Translation!
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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 int…
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92: RIP Roger Corman! Sayonara Shakey's! Pokémon Yakuza!
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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 cu…
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91: Live from Super Festival 88!
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90: Shogun, ALF, and Okinawa at Ootoya
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89: 3 Million Tourists Can't Be Wrong, Snakes on a Train, Shibuya Shootings and Earthquakes!
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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) sift through the wreckage of this week's news headlines from Japan…
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88: Akihabara Hangover, Biden x Kishida, The Swinging Sounds of Hiroyuki Sanada
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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) recover from an Akihabara hangover, review Japan PM Kishida's recent v…
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87: Hideaki Anno x Yamato, Trouble for Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sayonara Studio Alta
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86: Anime on Disney+, Godzilla Director Goes Hollywood, the 1990s War on Video Games!
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85: Translating Akira Toriyama! The Alexander O. Smith Interview!
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84: Fear & Pinball in the HUB British Pub!
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It's a mad, mad, mad episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast as authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias sit around and babble over drinks at the HUB British Pub waiting for the local pinball arcade to open. Expect ran…
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#83: MONDO TOKYO and RIP Akira Toriyama!
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In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias mourn the loss of manga and anime legend AKIRA TORIYAMA and get hyped for the release of Patrick's new book …
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BONUS Episode! Godzilla and Miyazaki Win Big at the Oscars!
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NEWSFLASH! Godzilla Minus One and The Boy and the Heron both took home the gold at today's Academy Awards! On this Very Special Episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (…
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82: The SHOGUN episode!
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81: NEWS - McDonald's Anime vs Tomorrow's Joe!
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80: Sora OpenAI Takes Aim at Japan!
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79: NEWS - Wonderfest, Warning from Space, Taylor Swift Invades Japan
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78: NEWS - Godzilla's Oscar Race, Digital Nomad Visas, Strong Zeroes 4 Strong Heroes
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77: W. David Marx Interview - A Brief History of the 21st Century
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76: W. David Marx Interview: Digital Life in an Analog Japan
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75: Raiders of the Hokkaido Toy Ark!
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74: Miyazaki Wins the Golden Globe! Robot Statues in Japan! Listener Feedback!
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73: Japanese Pop Culture Strikes Back! Big Earthquake! Airplane Trouble!
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72: NEWS - Godzilla vs McDonald's! Return of the Shogun Warriors!
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71: NEWS - Anime Industry Blues! Oppenheimer Comes to Japan! Shibuya Bans New Year's Eve!
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70: Gamera Day + More Godzilla Minus One!
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#69: Patrick's New Book - A KID'S GUIDE TO ANIME & MANGA!
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In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) grill sand Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) about his new book, co-written by Samuel Sat…
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68: Hot Tears of Shame 2009 Redux!
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67: Pure TokyoScope Podcast #67: Japan's Problem with Nuisance and Vigilante Streamers!
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66: GODZILLA MINUS ONE! Spoiler Free Review!
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In the new episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) take a *spoiler-free* look at the kaiju movie event of the year: GODZI…
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65: Godzilla! The Original Novels Reviewed!
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