Pure TokyoScope
Sports & Recreation Podcasts
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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Sports & Recreation Podcasts
Description:
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
Language:
English
Website:
https://www.tokyoscope.com/
Episodes
89: 3 Million Tourists Can't Be Wrong, Snakes on a Train, Shibuya Shootings and Earthquakes!
4/26/2024
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, including...
Foreign visitors to Japan top 3 mil. in March, single-month record
Snakes on a train: Discovery of serpent delays Tokyo-Nagoya shinkansen
Police officer fires at man in Tokyo's Shibuya district
Unusually High Earthquake Threat in Tokyo?
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Duration:00:32:58
88: Akihabara Hangover, Biden x Kishida, The Swinging Sounds of Hiroyuki Sanada
4/19/2024
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 visit to the White House, and groove to the sounds of singing idol Hiroyuki Sanada of Shogun fame!
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Duration:00:38:59
87: Hideaki Anno x Yamato, Trouble for Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sayonara Studio Alta
4/12/2024
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) are off to outer space and wrap their heads around some recent news headlines shaking the planets of Japanese pop culture, including....
Evangelion creator Hideaki Anno to lead Space Battleship Yamato's 50th Anniversary project
Foreign residents prohibited from participating in Yu-Gi-Oh Japan Championship
Suspect at large after theft of 'Yu-Gi-Oh!' card worth ¥5 million
Shinjuku Alta Commercial Facility to Close in February Next Year
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Duration:00:37:41
86: Anime on Disney+, Godzilla Director Goes Hollywood, the 1990s War on Video Games!
4/5/2024
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) wrap their heads around some recent news headlines shaking the walls of Japanese pop culture, including....
Macross Finally Lands Streaming Home at Disney+
‘Godzilla Minus One’ Filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki Signs With CAA
Joe Lieberman, Longtime Senator and Anti-Video Game Crusader, Dies at 82
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Duration:00:33:18
85: Translating Akira Toriyama! The Alexander O. Smith Interview!
3/29/2024
In this episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias are joined by translator, writer, and game industry veteran Alexander O. Smith who talks about his experience translating the late Akira Toriyama's classic manga DR. SLUMP for the US market!
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Duration:00:35:00
84: Fear & Pinball in the HUB British Pub!
3/22/2024
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 rants and in-jokes about Gunhed, Osamu Tezuka, and nachos made using Doritos.
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Duration:00:29:05
#83: MONDO TOKYO and RIP Akira Toriyama!
3/15/2024
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 Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan on sale now!
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Duration:00:35:30
BONUS Episode! Godzilla and Miyazaki Win Big at the Oscars!
3/11/2024
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 (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) try to make sense of these momentous events and what they might portend for Japan, the movies, and MERCHANDISE!
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Duration:00:12:24
82: The SHOGUN episode!
3/8/2024
In the latest 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 all things SHOGUN, from James Clavell's original novel, to the 1980 mini-series, and dive into the all-new 2024 version!
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Duration:00:45:38
81: NEWS - McDonald's Anime vs Tomorrow's Joe!
3/1/2024
In the latest 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 burgers, boxing manga, and deadly temperatures in Japan!
NEWS
Preparing for the hottest year Japan has ever seen
Welcome to WcDonald's: McDonald's Brings Anime Fans' Favorite Fictional Restaurant to Life
Ashita no Joe manga to be published in English
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Duration:00:34:03
80: Sora OpenAI Takes Aim at Japan!
2/23/2024
In the latest 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 the VIRTUAL INSANITY surrounding the Japan-themed videos created by OpenAI's SORA software!
Also, we get into some news from Japan including...
Japan just lost its crown as the world’s third-largest economy
Gundam SEED FREEDOM Sets Box Office Records
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Duration:00:36:34
79: NEWS - Wonderfest, Warning from Space, Taylor Swift Invades Japan
2/16/2024
In the latest 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) race through some recent headlines from the wild world of Japanese pop culture including...
The Best of Japanese modeling and hobby show Wonderfest
Martin Scorsese's Superbowl Squarespace Commercial Has Aliens from Warning From Space
The 30th anniversary of Dragon Quest 3
Barbaric Behavior at Tokyo Taylor Swift Concert
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Duration:00:37:41
78: NEWS - Godzilla's Oscar Race, Digital Nomad Visas, Strong Zeroes 4 Strong Heroes
2/9/2024
In the latest 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) race through some recent headlines from the wild world of Japanese pop culture including...
Godzilla Nominated for Academy Award for Visual Effects
Hideaki Anno to release the Mighty Jack book the world has been demanding
Japan is launching a "digital nomad" visa that allows people to work remotely from Japan for up to six months
Strong Chu-Hi, Asahi Beer will not be released in the future...Sales are reduced due to health risk concerns
Prices for Hibiki, Yamazaki and Hakushu whiskies will more than double in April
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Duration:00:40:51
77: W. David Marx Interview - A Brief History of the 21st Century
2/2/2024
In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) conclude their 2-part conversation with author W. David Marx with a whole bunch of topics including over-tourism and getting food in post-Pandemic Tokyo, the truth about Japanese TV, and we get a sneak peek at Marx's next book: a history of the 21st century!
David just released an updated version of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style!
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Duration:00:29:32
76: W. David Marx Interview: Digital Life in an Analog Japan
1/26/2024
In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) talk to their buddy W. David Marx about his book Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style and riff on a whole bunch of topics including weeb and vintage fashion, the origins of the word "otaku", analog vs digital culture, and the secret origins of the Pure TokyoScope theme song!
David just released an updated version of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style!
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Duration:00:31:21
75: Raiders of the Hokkaido Toy Ark!
1/19/2024
In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) go over some recent news in the world of Japanese pop culture and Matt spills the beans about his recent trip to a vintage toy wonderland in Japan's Hokkaido region!
VIDEO
Japanese Toys that Changed the Game | Nintendo, Godzilla, Transformers, Ultraman
NEWS
Johnny Somali Verdict is in: Got slap on the wrist fine ($1400) and banned from Japan
Beckett Collectibles announced a new service to "professionally" grade Manga
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Duration:00:37:40
74: Miyazaki Wins the Golden Globe! Robot Statues in Japan! Listener Feedback!
1/12/2024
In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) go over some recent events in Japanese pop culture and even tackle some listener questions and feedback!
NEWS
Hayao Miyazaki wins Golden Globe for The Boy and the Heron
Outpouring of Love After Iconic Manga Creator's Museum Burns Down
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Duration:00:26:21
73: Japanese Pop Culture Strikes Back! Big Earthquake! Airplane Trouble!
1/5/2024
In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) try to make sense of the recent dramatic events that greeted Japan at the dawn of 2024 including...
2023: The Year Japan's Sun Rose Again
Japan earthquake: death toll rises to 62 amid warnings of landslides and aftershocks
Japan Airlines: Hundreds survive after plane bursts into flames on Tokyo runway
Woman arrested after slashing 4 men in train at Tokyo's Akihabara station
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Duration:00:33:39
72: NEWS - Godzilla vs McDonald's! Return of the Shogun Warriors!
12/27/2023
In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion)power through some recent headlines in the realm of Japanese pop culture, including...
Godzilla vs McDonald's x BE@RBRICK commercial
RIP Godzilla Suit Actor Kenpachiro Satsuma
Bandai Reissues the Jumbo Machinders
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Duration:00:27:37
71: NEWS - Anime Industry Blues! Oppenheimer Comes to Japan! Shibuya Bans New Year's Eve!
12/15/2023
In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) catch up with some recent headlines in the realm of Japanese pop culture, including...
Oppenheimer to Finally Open in Japan
17 percent of anime workers in survey have/have possibly had depression, other mental issues
Tokyo’s Shibuya district bans public drinking on New Year’s Eve, cancels countdown celebration
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Duration:00:29:36