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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FULL EPISODE! This time on the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, author Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) talks to home video producer Justin Sevakis of MediaOCD about his work with labels such as Discotek Media, AnimEigo, and his new interview serie…
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128: Ambassador Godzilla! Shogun vs Shogun! RIP Mr. Kaiyodo!
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126: Spoiler Free Gundam GQuuuuuuX Anime Review! Winter Wonderfest and the Dealer Dash!
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35:29FULL EPISODE! This time on the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (M…
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125 (Preview): The Fuji TV Scandal! Sayonara Shakey's! Otaku Power in Ikebukuro!
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10:58In this preview episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast,authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo…
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124: The Macross DYRL 5K Review! Sony Kills Blu-ray and Mini-Discs! Chogokin Returns!
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41:19FULL EPISODE! This time on the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mond…
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Preview of Episode 123: Popeye in Japan! Nintendo Switch 2! Gundam on the Moon!
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11:09In this preview episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast,authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (MondoTok…
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122: The Shogun's Three-Body Problem with Crane Games!
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41:27In this episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispa…
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121: Anime Tourism! Evangelion x McDonald's! Shakey's Strikes Back!
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27:54In this episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches …
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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: Dispatch…
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119: Nakano Broadway, the Hard Way! An Otaku Coffee Break!
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25:27In this episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches …
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118: Manga Banned in the USA! New Gundam Anime! Pizza!
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39:16In this episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches fro…
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117: Will Sony Buy Kadokawa? The Future of Anime Is at Stake!
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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 Sec…
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115: Parents Against Anime and Manga! One Night in Shin Okubo!
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114: RIP Manga Legend Kazuo Umezu + Godzilla Day 2024!
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28:07In 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 Ja…
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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 Ja…
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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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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…
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108: Shogun Sweeps the Emmys, New Patlabor Anime, So Long Shinjuku MyLord
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30:22In 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…
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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…
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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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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 …
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102: Tokyo Summer Heat, the Best of WonderFest, Beat Takeshi's Face
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37:29In 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 beatin…
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101: The Macross Movie 40th Anniversary Party with Renato Rivera!
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41:16In 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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34:11For 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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39:25In 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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45:39In 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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30:55In 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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31:39In 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…
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95: VIDEO - Cuckoo for Toy Hunting at Mandarake CoCoo!
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16:47The 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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14:26Oh! 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)…
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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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35:52In 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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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 …
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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) try out their new wireless mics live from an Ootoya restaurant…
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89: 3 Million Tourists Can't Be Wrong, Snakes on a Train, Shibuya Shootings and Earthquakes!
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32:58In 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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38:59In 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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37:41In 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 headli…
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86: Anime on Disney+, Godzilla Director Goes Hollywood, the 1990s War on Video Games!
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33:18In 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 Japane…
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85: Translating Akira Toriyama! The Alexander O. Smith Interview!
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35:00In 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 …
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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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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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12:24NEWSFLASH! 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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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…
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