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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.
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90: Shogun, ALF, and Okinawa at Ootoya
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) try out their new wireless mics live from an Ootoya restaurant in Tokyo.
Conversation topics include
The Finale of Shogun
The upcoming Blu-ray of Message From Space
Patrick's upcoming trip to Okinawa
Family restaurants in Japan
(And last but not least) Cameo.com!
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89: 3 Million Tourists Can't Be Wrong, Snakes on a Train, Shibuya Shootings and Earthquakes!
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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88: Akihabara Hangover, Biden x Kishida, The Swinging Sounds of Hiroyuki Sanada
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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87: Hideaki Anno x Yamato, Trouble for Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sayonara Studio Alta
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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86: Anime on Disney+, Godzilla Director Goes Hollywood, the 1990s War on Video Games!
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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85: Translating Akira Toriyama! The Alexander O. Smith Interview!
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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