Pure TokyoScope Podcast 170: The End of Cool Japan Fund?
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 over some big headlines coming out of the Land of the Rising Sun including the fate of the Cool Japan Fund, the White House’s unfortunate dabbling in anime, and the Voltron Skull Tank!
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SHOW NOTES
Voltron Coffin of Doom and Coffin of Darkness Toys by Panosh Place (1984)
Voltron Skull Tank by Panosh Place
Cool Japan Fund Faces Possible Shutdown
The Adventures of Albert & Sydney (aka Canadian Doraemon)
He-Man Butthead figure (1990)
Hell is Other People - The real reason the Japanese government is so obsessed with tourism (By Matt Alt)
Japan Tells White House to Stop Unauthorized Anime Use
Voltron Skull Tank by Panosh Place Commercial (1985)
Cursed Image (2017)
30 billion street and environmental scans from Pokémon GO players were used to train US military drones
New Show Sponsor: The Voltron Panosh Places Toyline
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