Pure TokyoScope Podcast 168: Japan’s Entertainment Boom Hits the Stock Market! Bandai’s Ultimate Macross Toy!
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) leap back from a short hiatus with a handful of recent pop culture headlines to jaw about, including Japan’s new entertainment stock index, a mind-boggling Macross toy, and the Women of Robotech!
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SHOW NOTES
Japanese promo for “Masters of Universe” featuring “comedian” Kinnikun Nakayama
Japanese ad for Masters of the Universe toys by Takara
Replica Mad Max V8 Interceptor in Melbourne, Australia
Nikkei launches new stock index tracking Japan’s entertainment industry
7-Eleven Japan Pioneer Toshifumi Suzuki Dies at 93
A Pictorial History of Japanese 7-11 Uniforms
The Matcha Azuki Burrito at 7-11 Japan
Yoshihiro Nishimura – Japanese Splatter Master and ‘Tokyo Gore Police’ Director Has Passed Away
The Sushi Typhoon Bento Box
DX Chogokin SDF-1 Macross Intro Video
Robotech… to the Rescue! (1985)
Macross original English opening theme song 1984 (we used the Corn Pone Flicks version)
Macross: Do You Remember Love screening announced for Anime Expo 2026
Comments after the official Robotech account on X tweeted about the screening
Show Sponsor: The Women of Robotech
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