Pure TokyoScope Podcast 110: Fifty Years of Yamato! The Dragon Quest 3 Controversy!

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) and Patrick Macias (⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠) take a look back at 50 years of the Yamato anime (and the new Hideaki Anno announcement of a new version), the live-action Voltron, and the Dragon Quest 3 controversy!

SHOW NOTES!

Hideaki Anno (l) announces new Yamato anime at 50th anniversay event

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50th anniversary “Space Battleship Yamato” video

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Voltron 2 / Albegas Toys (1984)

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Voltron Hip-Hop Sprite Soda Commercials (1998)

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Voltron Coffin of Darkness Toy (1984)

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Voltron Coffins TV Commercial (1984)

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Dragon Quest 3 Character Redesign - Original at Left, Redesign at Right

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Matt’s video about the Dragon Quest 3 Controversy

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BONUS! Patrick’s new interview on the Stone Bridge Press Podcast!

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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

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Mondo Tokyo - Dispatches From a Secret Japan

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