Pure TokyoScope PODCAST #74: Miyazaki Wins the Golden Globe! Robot Statues in Japan! Listener Feedback!
Pure TokyoScope PODCAST #74: Miyazaki Wins the Golden Globe! Robot Statues in Japan! Listener Feedback!
Patrick Macias and Matt Alt bring you pop culture from Japan
In the latest episode of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) go over some recent events in Japanese pop culture and even tackle some listener questions and feedback!
NEWS LINKS
Hayao Miyazaki wins Golden Globe for The Boy and the Heron
Outpouring of Love After Iconic Manga Creator's Museum Burns Down
BONUS IMAGE GALLERY - ROBOT STATUES IN JAPAN
Tetsujin 28-go (aka Gigantor) statue in Hyogo, Kobe
Gundam Factory, Yokohama, Kanagawa
Unicorn Gundam statue in Odaiba, Tokyo
Votoms “Scopedog” statue in Inagi, Tokyo
What is the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast? Well… Author and fellow Substack writer Matt Alt and I have been recording together for about a year now. I still can’t believe we’ve made it all the way to episode 53.
Our show is a mix of Japanese pop culture news and features and some of our best episodes to date have been:
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