Pure TokyoScope Podcast 173: The Human Vapor! New Ghost in the Shell Anime! Totally Insane Toy Collections!
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) give their thoughts on the new remakes of The Human Vapor and The Ghost in the Shell, marvel at Jonathan Ross’s epic toy collection, and wonder why Japan isn’t doing more to protect the word “anime”!
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SHOW NOTES
The Human Vapor (2026) Official Trailer
US Poster for the original Human Vapor
Morley Robertson, Widely-Recognized Japan Journalist, Dies at 63
THE GHOST IN THE SHELL (2026) Trailer
Jonathan Ross Toy Collection Tour - Japanese, Vintage, Prototypes & More
Government registers ‘Japanese tea’ under brand protection system
Opanchu Usagi Curry
Sony to end video game disc production in January 2028
RIP Hikaru Kurosaki (Megabeast Investigator Juspion)
New Show Sponsor: Mr. Fuji Sushi
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