FULL EPISODE! This time on 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) share their thoughts on the new AI assisted 5K transfer of the Macross movie. Also, Sony puts an end to Blu-ray and Mini-Disc (!!!) production and Bandai brings back the Spirit of Chogokin toys!
Show Notes
The Macross Conversion Kit is helping us convert to Patreon
Tom Vu tells us we deserve to be broke
Official Trailer for the 5K / 4K restoration of Macross: Do You Remember Love
Mari Iijima - Angel Paints (ending song from the 1984 Macross movie)
The Women of Robotech TV commercials (1985)
Sony Discontinues Blu-ray and Mini-Disc Production in February 2025
New Chogokin revival line from Bandai Spirits
Mattel Shogun Warriors Diecast Collection Commercial (1970s)
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