Pure TokyoScope Podcast 174: Sixty Years of Ultraman! The Mysterians in 4K!
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) celebrate 60 big years of one of Japan’s biggest heroes: ULTRAMAN! Also, a spin around the new 4K UHD disc of the 1957 classic film THE MYSTERIANS!
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SHOW NOTES
Marine Boy, Episode 1 (1968)
Triton of the Sea Episode 1 (1972)
Patrick’s GariGariKun Popsicle
The Mysterians (1957) English trailer
New 4K UHD of The Mysterians
Original Concept Art for the Mysterian Dome by Shigeru Komatsuzaki
Mysterians sofubi figures by M-1
Mogera figure by X-PLUS
Markalite Magazine house ad, 1991
Unreleased Mogera Zinclon die-cast figure (in organge box)
The 1957 Mysterians Christmas Department Store Party
A 60th Anniversary Message from Ultraman
The Birth of Ultraman TV Special, July 10, 1966
Ultraman 4K Supercut
The Adventures of Slim Goodbody in Nutri-City (1978)
Leonard Nimoy Laser Disc Demonstration (aka DiscoVision, 1981)
Ultraman Episode 8: Monster Lawless Zone (Archive.org)
Ultraman Episode 10: The Mysterious Dinosaur Base (Archive.org)
Ultraman Episode 14: Tide Wipe Monster (the peral eating kaiju episode, Archive.org)
Ultraman Episode 23: The Earth is My Home (Archive.org)
Ultraman Episode 37: The Little Hero (Archive.org)
For Every Ultraman . . . There’s an Ultra Woman (Hiroko Sakurai interview by Matt Alt)
Mandara (1971) - Directed by Akio Jissoji, starring Hiroko Sakurai, full film
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SHOW NOTES
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