Pure TokyoScope

By jaPRESS

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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How many episodes does Pure TokyoScope have?

The podcast currently has 158 episodes available.

Pure TokyoScope episodes:

November 16, 2022 26: Our Marvelous STAN LEE Interviews!
Face front, True Believers! This episode, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) rewind the clock back to the year 2008 to revisit a pair of audio interviews with none other than Stan “The Man” Lee! Topics include manga vs comics, Japanese Spider-Man, Godzilla, assorted Secret Origins, and lots more! Pow! You won’t want to miss it! Excelsior!

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How Marvel Comics Changed Tokusatsu & Japan Forever ft Gene & Ted Pelc (Guest Host, Matt Alt) via Krewe of Japan

INFO
Pure TokyoScope on YouTube
Pure TokyoScope on Twitter
Matt Alt on Twitter
Patrick Macias on Twitter
Visit www.tokyoscope.com for merch
Visit TokyoScope on Patreon for bonus episodes and content
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
...more
36min
November 09, 2022 25: Happy Birthday, GODZILLA! + Word of the Year Nominees, Twitter and SNS in Japan
FEATURE
As the Big G turns 68 years old, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) pay tribute to the King of the Monsters, GODZILLA, with a chat about the best films, the craziest collectables, and what the future may have in store for the Lizard King with a new film now in production in Japan!
NEWS
Japan’s Word of the Year Candidates
The newest Godzilla movie is coming in November 2023, but fans are concerned it won’t be any good
INFO
Pure TokyoScope on YouTube
Pure TokyoScope on Twitter
Matt Alt on Twitter
Patrick Macias on Twitter
Visit www.tokyoscope.comfor merch
Visit TokyoScope on Patreon for bonus episodes and content
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
...more
43min
November 02, 2022 24: THE LAST UNICORN 40TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY (with Caro Buermann)!
Unicorns are real and they’ve taken over the podcast! This time, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) welcome special guest Caro Buermann of Sweet Streets to talk about the 40th anniversary of the 1982 film THE LAST UNICORN produced and directed by Rankin/Bass and animated by Japanese studio Topcraft.
Caro Buermann is producing and curating a series of screenings and events dedicated to The Last Unicorn, including an exhibition of original and new art at the Corey Helford Gallery on Saturday, December 17, 2022.
For more info, visit www.thelastunicorn40th.com/events

INFO
Pure TokyoScope on YouTube
Pure TokyoScope on Twitter
Matt Alt on Twitter
Patrick Macias on Twitter
Visit www.tokyoscope.comfor merch
Visit TokyoScope on Patreon for bonus episodes and content
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
...more
42min
October 26, 2022 23: Japanese Movie Theater Memories! + Halloween Booze Ban & Gangster Brawl
FEATURE
As the 69 year old Shibuya Toei cinema is set to close it’s doors, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) laugh and reminiscence about movie theaters and movie going in Japan from the lowdown grindhouse, to the super deluxe big screens. Hear our war-cry: NO MORE EIGA DOROBO!

NEWS
Shibuya once again prohibits street drinking for Halloween
Organized crime-linked group of 100 brawl at Tokyo skyscraper restaurant
Shibuya Toei Movie Theater to Close After 69 Years

INFO
Pure TokyoScope on YouTube
Pure TokyoScope on Twitter
Matt Alt on Twitter
Patrick Macias on Twitter
Visit www.tokyoscope.comfor merch
Visit TokyoScope on Patreon for bonus episodes and content
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
...more
32min
October 19, 2022 22: The 2022 X-BOMBER Expo! + Tokyo Mascots Caught in Scandal! Urusei Yatsura Returns!
FEATURE
Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) visit the first-ever event dedicated to the 1980-1981 Japanese puppet science fiction series X-BOMBER, which was televised in the UK as STAR FLEET!
STAR FLEET episodes at Archive.org
Music video for STAR FLEET PROJECT - Brian May & Friends

NEWS
Even mascot toy sales get caught up in Tokyo 2020 bribery scandal
Japan Fans Use Beta Max and VCRs to Watch New Urusei Yatsura Authentically

INFO
Pure TokyoScope on YouTube
Pure TokyoScope on Twitter
Matt Alt on Twitter
Patrick Macias on Twitter
Visit www.tokyoscope.comfor merch
Visit TokyoScope on Patreon for bonus episodes and content
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
...more
36min
October 12, 2022 21: The MACROSS 40th Anniversary Party!
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 Twitter
Patrick Macias on Twitter
Visit www.tokyoscope.comfor merch
Visit TokyoScope on Patreon for bonus episodes and content
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
...more
41min
October 05, 2022 20: Live From the All-Japan Model & Hobby Show! Plus RIP Antonio Inoki + More Q&A!
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 YouTube
Pure TokyoScope on Twitter
Matt Alt on Twitter
Patrick Macias on Twitter
Visit www.tokyoscope.comfor merch
Visit TokyoScope on Patreon for bonus episodes and content
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
...more
34min
September 28, 2022 19: Ultra Questions and Answers! Japan reopens the borders, Mario Karts return, Abe's funeral
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' car from anime 'Speed Racer' joins police patrol in Japan
Japan's funeral for divisive slain PM Shinzo Abe fuels backlash

INFO
Pure TokyoScope on YouTube
Pure TokyoScope on Twitter
Matt Alt on Twitter
Patrick Macias on Twitter
Visit www.tokyoscope.comfor merch
Visit TokyoScope on Patreon for bonus episodes and content
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
...more
37min
September 21, 2022 18: When We Were Tourists - Our First Time in Japan
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 the yen near the cheapest level in decades, Japan is set to reopen its borders

INFO
Pure TokyoScope on YouTube
Pure TokyoScope on Twitter
Matt Alt on Twitter
Patrick Macias on Twitter
Visit www.tokyoscope.comfor merch
Visit TokyoScope on Patreon for bonus episodes and content
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
...more
31min
September 12, 2022 17: RYUHEI KITAMURA Speaks! Godzilla: Final Wars & New Films + Hackers Attack Japan, Olympic Bribery Arrests
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. canned cocktail push as young Japanese shun booze

LINKS:
Pure TokyoScope on YouTube
Pure TokyoScope on Twitter
Matt Alt on Twitter
Patrick Macias on Twitter
Visit www.tokyoscope.comfor merch
Visit TokyoScope on Patreon for bonus episodes and content
The podcast is produced by jaPRESS LLC©, and engineered and edited by Patrick Macias
Theme song by Marxy
...more
36min

FAQs about Pure TokyoScope:

How many episodes does Pure TokyoScope have?

The podcast currently has 158 episodes available.

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