Pure TokyoScope Podcast 163: New Evangelion Anime! Record-Breaking Toy Auction! McDonald's Japan Raises Prices!
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) 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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