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) go through a grab bag of recent news items related to Japanese pop culture (and fast food), including Evangelion, the egg sando, vintage toys, and the Hamburglar.
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SHOW NOTES
A Century In Sound Official Film Trailer
Mark K. Collection Sets Five World Records in Vintage Japanese Vinyl Sale
Exceedingly Rare Supersol Peguila Standard Vinyl (sold for $34,160)
Bullmark’s Kaiju Bowling Game CM (1971)
New Evangelion Series Announced: NeiR Creator Yoko Taro to Write Next Chapter
Hollywood Blockbusters Get One Morning Show in Japan as Record Domestic Box Office Reshapes Theaters
7-Eleven bringing viral Japanese-style egg salad sandwich to Canada
McDonald’s raises menu prices in Japan
Show sponsor: Century Sushi (West LA)
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