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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Pure TokyoScope Podcast 96: NEWS - Japan's Hyper-Aged Society! Gainax Goes Bankrupt! Monster Customers at the Conbini!
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In 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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The 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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Oh! 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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93: The Trouble with AI Manga Translation!
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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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In 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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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…
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88: Akihabara Hangover, Biden x Kishida, The Swinging Sounds of Hiroyuki Sanada
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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) 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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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 headli…
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86: Anime on Disney+, Godzilla Director Goes Hollywood, the 1990s War on Video Games!
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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) 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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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 …
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84: Fear & Pinball in the HUB British Pub!
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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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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 (…
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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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81: NEWS - McDonald's Anime vs Tomorrow's Joe!
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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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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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79: NEWS - Wonderfest, Warning from Space, Taylor Swift Invades Japan
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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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78: NEWS - Godzilla's Oscar Race, Digital Nomad Visas, Strong Zeroes 4 Strong Heroes
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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) race thr…
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77: W. David Marx Interview - A Brief History of the 21st Century
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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 (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) conclude th…
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76: W. David Marx Interview: Digital Life in an Analog Japan
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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 (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) talk to their b…
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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 (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) go over some recent…
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74: Miyazaki Wins the Golden Globe! Robot Statues in Japan! Listener Feedback!
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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 (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) go over some recent eve…
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73: Japanese Pop Culture Strikes Back! Big Earthquake! Airplane Trouble!
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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 (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) try to make sense of the re…
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72: NEWS - Godzilla vs McDonald's! Return of the Shogun Warriors!
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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 (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion)power through some recent headli…
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71: NEWS - Anime Industry Blues! Oppenheimer Comes to Japan! Shibuya Bans New Year's Eve!
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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 (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) catch up with some recent headlines…
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70: Gamera Day + More Godzilla Minus One!
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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) make it a kaiju double feature as they dis…
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#69: Patrick's New Book - A KID'S GUIDE TO ANIME & MANGA!
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In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) grill sand Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) about his new book, co-written by Samuel Sat…
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In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) get a blast from the past while revisiting the very first i…
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67: Pure TokyoScope Podcast #67: Japan's Problem with Nuisance and Vigilante Streamers!
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In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) discuss the recent wave of nuisance streamers and vigilante str…
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66: GODZILLA MINUS ONE! Spoiler Free Review!
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In the new episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) take a *spoiler-free* look at the kaiju movie event of the year: GODZI…
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65: Godzilla! The Original Novels Reviewed!
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In the new episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) dissect the new English edition of Godzilla and Godzilla Raids Again trans…
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#64: The History of SHIBUYA HALLOWEEN HAVOC!
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It’s a spooky bone-chilling new episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast as Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) recount the terrifying decades-long events that have le…
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63: 2023 is 1973! The Oil Shock's Impact on Japanese Pop Culture!
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In our latest episode, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) look back at how the global oil crisis that kicked off in October 1973 radically changed the path of Japanese …
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62: Patrick's New Book - THE ESSENTIAL ANIME GUIDE! + Haruki Murakami News
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In our latest episode, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) grills Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) over his brand new book The Essential Anime Guide: 50 Iconic Films, Standout Series, and Cult Masterpieces, on …
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61: NEWS - Ghibli Sells Out! Big Mac Attack! Gunpla Robberies in Japan!
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In our latest episode, Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) put on their reporter hats, shuffle paper, and ruminate on some recent shocking NEWS items that have shaken Japan to i…
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60: The Japanese Music That Made Me! - Patrick Macias Edition!
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In our latest episode Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) wrap up their two-part chat about their favorite JAPANESE MUSIC that made them, including song clips, personal anecdotes, p…
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SPECIAL REPORT: RIP Space COBRA Creator BUICHI TERASAWA!
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In our latest episode Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) discuss the life and legacy of the late BUICHI TERASAWA, the anime + manga creator of such pioneering Japanese pop culture clas…
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59: The Japanese Music That Made Me! - Matt Alt Edition!
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In our latest episode Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) tells Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) about some of his favorite music to ever come out of Japan, including techno, new wave, and gaming favorites! There's also so…
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58: The Secret History of BARBIE in JAPAN!
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Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) and Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) share a chat about the history of all things BARBIE in Japan, from the very beginnings in the late 1950s to the recent movie, which was decidedly not a…
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Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) flips out and tells Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) are off this week salvaging the remains of Super-X, so we are presenting a 2020 conversation about OTAKU culture from our pre-Pure Toky…
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56: The Japanese Movies That Made Me! - Patrick Macias Edition!
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In our latest episode Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) flips out and tells Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) about the top five Japanese movies that blew his mind and opened his cinematic horizons beyond the realms of anime an…
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55: The Japanese Movies That Made Me! - Matt Alt Edition!
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In our latest episode Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) goes nuts and tells Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) about the top five Japanese movies that blew his mind and opened his cinematic horizons beyond the realms of anime and gian…
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Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) bang their heads together to discuss the past, present, and possible futures of Tokyo's dazzling, dizzying SHIBUYA ward! Is it heaven, hell, or the worst of both? …
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53: IPPEI KURI, Speed Racer, and the Dawn of Anime!
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Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) celebrate the life and work of IPPEI KURI, one of the founders of Japan’s Tatsunoko Productions, a powerhouse of globally loved anime since 1963. Ippei Kuri was also one…
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52: New Miyazaki Anime Review + Godzilla Minus One Trailer Reaction!
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Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) are sneakin' in the movies for a SPOILER FREE review of the latest film from anime master Hayao Miyazaki, How Do You Live? (aka The Boy and the Heron). Then they guys geek o…
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Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) discuss OLDTAKU! What is life like for aging fans of Anime and Japanese pop culture and what does the future hold? (hint: a super robot walking cane...) FOLLOW THE TOKYOSCOPE …
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50: The Crowdfunding of Jet Jaguar! + Expats Bash Tokyo! + Bandai Invades the UK!
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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 and riff a lot on Godzilla vs Megalon as their 50th episode of the podcast unfolds! NEWS: Wealthy expats reject ‘unfriendly’ Tokyo for onerous wo…
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49: The Anime That Made Me! Pat Edition SHOWA MADNESS
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In this episode, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) continue their epic multi-part series on the THE ANIME THAT MADE THEM. Finally, Patrick takes the captain's chair and reveals his top 5 anime picks from Japan's…
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