Pure TokyoScope Podcast 115: Parents Against Anime and Manga!

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) recall a recent nightwalk in Tokyo and reminisce about how anime and manga went from public enemy to pop culture darling!

Show Notes!

At the Mikado Game Center in Takadanobaba Tokyo

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Dancing Eyes game by Namco (1996)

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Parodius (Parody Gradius video game)

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4K Shin Okubo Nightwalk

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Japan to Launch National Center for Manga and Anime Preservation

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Harenchi Gakuen (Shameless School) by Go Nagai, 1968-1972

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R.A.T.S. (Robot Anti Terror Squad) by TOMY

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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