Pure TokyoScope Podcast #142: New Study Reveals Global Anime Boom!
Patrick Macias and Matt Alt bring you pop culture direct from Japan!
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) dive into a new consumer study with some big insights into the current state of the anime biz. Plus, how we survived several big disasters including a massive manga-predicted earthquake that didn’t happen, the Great Robot War and a Backstreet Boy at Anime Expo!
Show Notes!
Manga-Based Doomsday Earthquake Prediction in Japan Turns Out to Be False Alarm
The Fat Boys x The Beach Boys = “Wipeout” (1987)
The Fat Japan Boys
July 4, 2025 = The Great Robot War as predicted by GUNHED
Watch GUNHED at Archive.org
Fist of the North Star 2026 Teaser Trailer
My favorite version of the Hokuto no Ken theme
AJ from the Backstreet Boys at Anime Expo 2025
Netflix, Disney+ Battle for Anime Supremacy as Streaming Wars Enter New Phase, Dentsu Study Reveals
Japan to choose 200 sites to foster anime, movie production and tourism
New Show Sponsor: Lynn Minmay (Reba West) To Be in Love
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