Pure TokyoScope Podcast 119: Nakano Broadway, the Hard Way! An Otaku Coffee Break!

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

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 coffee break at otaku hotspot Nakano Broadway for a wide-ranging talk about the loss of pioneering anime personality Jan Scott-Frazier, the rising cost of vintage anime tees, and much more!

Show Notes!

Patrick’s anime cell from Jack & The Beanstalk

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Jack & The Beanstalk (English dub, 1976)

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Rattlers TV trailer (1976)

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Anime Veteran Jan Scott-Frazier Has Passed Away After Health Issues

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Vintage Ghost in the Shell T-shirt on sale at Nakano Broadway (USD$605.90)

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Kimono My House TV commercial (1980s)

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Change the Style - Son of Bazerk (1991)

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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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