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Pure TokyoScope

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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00:40:41

21: The MACROSS 40th Anniversary Party!

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2022/10/12

FEATURE Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) take time out from their busy schedules to celebrate four decades of the legendary anime series Super Dimension Fortress Macross (better known in the west as Robotech: The Macross Saga). To aid them in this task, special guest Macross maniac Renato Rusca Rivera joins the battle. WE WILL WIN! INFO Pure TokyoScope on YouTube Pure TokyoScope on Twitter Matt Alt on

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00:33:18

20: Live From the All-Japan Model & Hobby Show! Plus...

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2022/10/05

FEATURE Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) finally leave their otaku-strewn bedrooms and make for the All-Japan Model and Hobby Show to bring you a report from the field! NEWS For many, it was business as usual in Tokyo on Abe’s funeral day Antonio Inoki, pro wrestler who went into politics, is dead Kappa Sushi president arrested on suspicion of obtaining data from rival chain INFO Pure TokyoScope on

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00:36:42

19: Ultra Questions and Answers! Japan reopens the...

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2022/09/28

FEATURE In the show's first ever open Q&A, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) answer YOUR burning questions about the best toy stores in Tokyo, the forgotten Japanese Animation Archives, and take the Voight-Kampff to try and determine who is a Rock Lord! NEWS Japan to reopen to independent travelers and lift daily arrival cap The "Mario-like" go carting experience is up and running again Copy of 'Mach 5'

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00:30:14

18: When We Were Tourists - Our First Time in Japan

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2022/09/21

FEATURE As Japan plans to reopen the borders to tourists again, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) look back the first times they ever set foot in the Land of the Rising Fun. Don’t shoot up in the ramen restaurant and don’t lose your passport! NEWS Nintendo's Splatoon 3 hits Japan sales record, beats Animal Crossing Major publishing company Kadokawa’s chairman arrested in Tokyo Games-related bribery case With

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00:35:28

17: RYUHEI KITAMURA Speaks! Godzilla: Final Wars &...

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2022/09/12

This week writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) conclude their interview with Japanese filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura and talk about his two new films THE PRICE WE PAY and THREE SISTERS OF TENMASOU and look back at his 2004 title Godzilla: Final Wars! NEWS Top Kadokawa execs arrested in widening Tokyo Olympics bribery scandal Japan metro websites hit, apparently by pro-Russia hacker group Suntory eyes U.S

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00:38:43

16: RYUHEI KITAMURA Interview! Village of Doom + The...

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2022/09/05

This week writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) talk to Japanese filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, Azumi, Godzilla: Final Wars) about his recent release of the soundtrack to the 1983 film VILLAGE OF DOOM, inspired by the true events of the 1938 Tsuyama shotgun massacre in Okayama Prefecture Village Of Doom (1983) Director: Noboru Tanaka Cast: Masato Furuoya, Misako Tanaka, Kumiko Ohba Music: Masanori

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00:33:23

15: YOKAI ATTACK 2022! + Japan Returns to Nuclear...

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2022/08/29

Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN! NEWS: Rigid rules at Japan PM's office require officials to come in person for 'online' meetings Japan PM Kishida orders new nuclear power plant construction Godzilla Disaster Drill Posters Matsuya Ends Free Miso Soup Service, Citing Rising

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00:46:41

14: OTAKU Past, Present, and Future + Japan Urges...

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2022/08/22

Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN! NEWS: Japan launches nationwide competition to boost alcohol consumption Ex-Olympic organizing committee director, 3 others arrested FEATURE: MY LORD! The streets of Tokyo are empty, and the tourists have all run away! Matt Alt and Patrick Macias use

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00:37:05

13: Tales From Team Ninja + Pac Man the Movie, One...

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2022/08/15

Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN! NEWS: Live-Action Pac-Man Movie in Works at Bandai Namco, Wayfarer Studios One Piece Screenings in France Almost Turn Into a Riot Japan population falls by record 726,342 to 125.93 mil. in 2021 amid COVID Japanese fashion designer Issey Miyake dies at

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00:36:01

12: Making Video Games in Japan: The Andrew Szymanski...

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2022/08/08

Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN! NEWS: Crunchyroll Merges With Anime Store, Right Stuf Heavy rain hits northeastern, central Japan, 100,000 told to evacuate Japan says five Chinese ballistic missiles landed inside EEZ near Okinawa FEATURE: Andrew Szymanski is a Japanese game industry

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00:30:51

11: The 2008 Akihabara Massacre + Volcanos, Monkeys,...

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2022/08/01

1 and 1 we're having some fun! It's time for Episode 11 of the Pure TokyoScope podcast! Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN! NEWS: Sakurajima volcano erupts, triggering highest alert Japan's first case of monkeypox confirmed Golden Globe Award-winning Japanese actress Yoko Shimada dies at

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00:31:59

10: 2022 is 1982: Japanese Anime, Games, and Movies...

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2022/07/25

Double digits! It's time for Episode 10 of the Pure TokyoScope podcast! Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN! NEWS: Tokyo's COVID-19 cases top 30,000 Cases of people getting unwanted crabs skyrocketing in Japan; salmon too 252 inbound [tourist] visitors in June; future visitors to Japan also

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00:32:55

09: The Problem With Machine Translation + Japan...

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2022/07/18

News: More Shinzo Abe, Japan Election Results, Ken Akamatsu, and Golgo 13 Feature: The Argument Against Machine Translation Number Nine, Number Nine, Number Nine… it’s time for Episode 9 of the Pure TokyoScope podcast! Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN! NEWS: How Abe and Japan became

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08: RIP Shinzo Abe + Godzilla, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Gobots

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2022/07/11

Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN! IN THIS SPECIAL ALL-NEWS EPISODE Shinzo Abe: Ex-Prime Minister of Japan assassinated while giving speech Godzilla Special Effects Director Teruyoshi Nakano Passes Away Yu-Gi-Oh! Creator Kazuki Takahashi Passes Away at 60 Akihabara landmark Toranoana is

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00:37:44

07: “The World Needs Anime” – The Vince Shortino...

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2022/07/04

BEHOLD! It's time for episode (ultra) seven of PURE TOKYOSCOPE! Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN! In this episode: NEWS: Japan swelters in its worst heatwave ever recorded FEATURE: Pat and Matt talk to Vince Shortino, the former general manager of Crunchyroll Japan and the founder of

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00:29:39

06: The End of Cool Japan? + How to Survive Being on...

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2022/06/27

Hello from The Big Mikan! It's episode 6 of PURE TOKYOSCOPE! Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN! In this episode: NEWS: Cool Japan Fund may be merged, eliminated if it does not improve FEATURE: Don’t touch that dial! Pat and Matt share their experiences (both good and bad) appearing on

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00:25:54

Bonus Episode: The Shin Godzilla Review

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2022/06/23

SLAM into overdrive! It's a Bonus Episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast! Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN! In this bonus episode: We present a 2016 conversation between Matt and Pat all about the movie SHIN GODZILLA, directed by Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi, starring the King of the

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00:30:12

05: Gundam - Doan's Island Review + Japanese Singles...

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2022/06/20

SLAM into overdrive! It's episode 5 of PURE TOKYOSCOPE! Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN! In this episode: NEWS: Japanese government survey shows 1 in 4 singles in 30s not willing to marry Anna Miller’s, American diner known for tasty pies and iconic uniform, to close last branch in

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00:36:22

04: Birth Rate Blues + Our Favorite Books About Japan

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2022/06/13

HARK! It’s time for Episode 4 of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE podcast! Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN! NEWS: The guys have an update about tourism in Japan (spoilers: it doesn’t sound like much fun) and then share thoughts on the recent Washington Post article titled Japan records its largest

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00:32:25

03: Fukushima's Forbidden Zone + TokyoScope: The...

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2022/06/06

Prepare thyself for Episode 3 of PURE TOKYOSCOPE podcast! Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and pop culture direct from the Land of the Rising FUN! In this episode: NEWS: Matt Alt talks about his recent visit to the radiation and earthquake afflicted Forbidden Zone in Fukushima, Japan. FEATURE: Patrick Macias discusses his 2001 book

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