Pure TokyoScope PODCAST BONUS EPISODE - Godzilla and Hayao Miyazaki Win Big at the Oscars!
Patrick Macias and Matt Alt bring you pop culture from Japan!
It’s a BONUS EPISODE of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast as authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) try to wrap their brains around today’s big Oscar wins for Godzilla Minus One (Best Visual Effects) and The Boy and the Heron (Best Animated Feature Film) at the 96th Academy Awards!
SHOW NOTES!
Takashi Yamazaki and the Godzilla Minus One FX crew at the Oscars with Godzilla Figures and Godzilla Shoes
Variety Magazine Congratulates Godzilla Minus One
The Godzilla Statue in Hibiya, Tokyo gets a banner announcing Academy Win
Sean Connery Speaks Japanese in Rising Sun
Pee-wee Herman Meets Godzilla
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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Am I doing this right? I loath social media but I’m taking the hit for you, Patric and Matt. Does that make me Sempai or Kohei? 😁