Pure TokyoScope PODCAST #81: McDonald's Anime vs. Tomorrow's Joe!
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 (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) discuss discuss burgers, boxing manga, and potentially deadly temperatures in Japan!
Episode 81 Show Notes
Manga Artist Rumiko Takahashi and her fresh Def Jam shirt
Welcome to WcDonald's: McDonald's Brings Anime Fans' Favorite Fictional Restaurant to Life
Burgers in Anime!
Dracula: Sovereign of the Dammed (1980)
Bright Noah from Mobile Suit Gundam
Macross Nald’s from Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982)
The Deleted Ecstasy Scene from Saturn 3 (1980)
Preparing for the hottest year Japan has ever seen
GariGari Kun Popsicles
GariGari Kun song by Denki Groove
Kodansha Licenses Classic Boxing Manga 'Ashita no Joe: Fighting for Tomorrow'
Chuck E. Cheese and the Pizza Time Players - "Man In The Mirror" (1989)
What is the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast? Well… Author and fellow Substack writer Matt Alt and I have been recording together for over a year now.
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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I forgot to say Thank You for this episode specific because I have listened to Denki Groove since back in 98 or so and I knew GariGariKun was a goof but didn’t know of what. I didn’t get they were so comedic until a few years later so it makes sense now. https://open.spotify.com/track/1arGFnlzj8hMLZp4L6VUl5?si=ynQrYj7dQ5CkZ-cStyhbMQ