Pure TokyoScope Podcast 149: Is the US Ready for Japanese 7-Elevens? Demon Slayer and Exit 8 Movie Reviews!
Patrick Macias and Matt Alt bring you pop culture direct from Japan!
PREVIEW 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) discuss the $13 billion dollar plan to export Japanese-style 7-Eleven convenience stores to the United States. Also included: spoiler-free reviews of the new hit films Demon Slayer: Infinity Castle and Exit 8!
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SHOW NOTES
Major Spielberg scene from Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (1991)
Is America Ready for Japanese-Style 7-Elevens?
Anthony Bourdain and the egg salad sandwiches
Politics, Chaos, and Cup Noodles The eerie parallels between Japan’s Sixties and America today by Matt Alt
7-Eleven Japan Bets on AI Avatars to Cut Store Labor by 30 Percent
‘Demon Slayer - Infinity Castle’ Tops the US Box Office, Revealing Changing Tastes
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle Trailer
How Exit 8 Became Japan’s Breakout Live-Action Horror Hit
Exit 8 Trailer
New show sponsor: 7-Eleven Cannonball Run cups
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