PREVIEW 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) pay tribute to Katsushi Murakami, the designer responsible for some of the most iconic robots, mecha, and Ginza Nights ever to emerge from Japan!
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SHOW NOTES
Toei Animation on Film at the National Film Archive
Flying Phantom Ship (1969) Trailer
30,000 Miles Under the Sea (1970) Complete Film
Corgi Action Toys Commercial (featuring Batman and Buck Rogers)
Toy Story - A farewell to Katsushi Murakami, an architect of Japan’s giant robots -- and soft power (by Matt Alt)
The Chogokin Book featuring toy designs and concept art by Katsushi Murakami
Style Goals: Katsushi Murakami
The Space Mammy from Ultraman 80 (designed by Katsushi Murakami)
Brave Raydeen “God Bird Mode” Transformation
Kamen Rider Black designs by Katsushi Murakami
Lady Battlecop (1990)
Godaikin Promotional Video by Bandai USA (1980s)
Kimono My House Commercial
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