Pure TokyoScope Podcast 105: The ANIME NYC Report! Yokai! Manga! And More!

Patrick Macias and Matt Alt bring you pop culture from Japan!

In this episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, author Matt Alt (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) tells Patrick Macias (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) all about his recent trip to the Big Apple for the Anime NYC convention for a full course of yokai, manga, and Creepy Nuts!

SHOW NOTES!

Fred Schodt and Matt Alt: From Manga! Manga! to Pure Invention at AnimeNYC 2024

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Anime NYC 2024 | The Ultimate Yokai Panel

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I went to AnimeNYC 2024! Matt Alt's Pure Invention reports on NYC's biggest anime convention

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What is the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast? Well… Author and fellow Substack writer Matt Alt and I have been recording together for over 100 episodes.

Our show is a mix of Japanese pop culture news and features and some of our best episodes to date have been:

• An Interview with filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura

• The Last Unicorn 40th Anniversary Celebration

• Our Favorite Books About Japan

New Book from the Author and Editor of TokyoScope Blog!

Mondo Tokyo - Dispatches From a Secret Japan

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