Pure TokyoScope Podcast 111: Voltron vs Henry Cavill! RIP Doraemon! Tokyo Mario Kart Madness!
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) consider Henry Cavill's role in the upcoming Voltron movie, mourn the loss of the voice of robot cat Doraemon, and declare war on the Tokyo Mario Karts!
SHOW NOTES!n
Matt’s article on The Japanese Joy of Clutter
Henry Cavill to Star in ‘Voltron’ for Amazon MGM
Voltes V Legacy Movie Trailer
Oyama Nobuyo, the voice of Doraemon, dies at 90
Tokyo go-kart rental company charged for renting to foreign tourists “without driver’s licenses”
Space Mice from Voltron
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: