Pure TokyoScope Podcast 166: Emmanuel Lewis vs. Capsule Robo G
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) sit around in a cafe near Nakano Broadway and discuss the Japanese singing career of Emmanuel Lewis (aka TV’s “Webster”) and the early 1970s toy sensation known as Capsule Robo G! Consider yourselves… warned!
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SHOW NOTES
On sale now! The WANDERING GINZA BUTTERFLY collection from Arrow Video (audio commentary and video extras from Pat and Matt!)
The amazing Meiko Kaji with her own copy of the new WANDERING GINZA BUTTERFLY collection!
Lensman Brittania II by TOMY (1984)
Lensman toy commercials by TOMY
Emmanuel Lewis Doll by TAKARA (1981) 18,000 JPY at Mandarake hen-ya
City Connection, 1981
Capsule Robo G by Nakajima (1973), 275,000 JPY at Mandarake hen-ya
Capsule Robo G Missile Hands
Love is Dan Dan by Emmanuel Lewis, 1981
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Nice Sly & the Family Stone reference 😆