Pure TokyoScope PODCAST Special Report: RIP Space COBRA Creator BUICHI TERASAWA!

Matt Alt and Patrick Macias bring you pop culture info from Japan!

This week on the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors and space pirates

Matt Alt

and Patrick Macias discuss the life and legacy of the late BUICHI TERASAWA, the anime + manga creator of such pioneering Japanese pop culture classics as COBRA, GOKU MIDNIGHT EYE, and TAKERU. Hit the link below for the full listen!

BONUS! A photo gallery of Buichi Terasawa graffiti!

INSERT POSTER FOR THE COBRA SOUNDTRACK LP

MERCHANDISING! COBRA TOY FROM THE 1980S

MUSIC VIDEO FOR GIRLFRIEND BY MATTHEW SWEET (1991)

KIDS, ASK YOUR PARENT’S PERMISSION TO WATCH GOKU MIDNIGHT EYE…

BUICHI TERASAWA IN HIS PRIME (not to be confused with Eazy-E)

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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:

• An Interview with filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura

• The Last Unicorn 40th Anniversary Celebration

• Our Favorite Books About Japan

PURE TOKYOSCOPE usually comes out every week on Wednesdays (US time), but we’re experimenting with early launches of the latest episode a few days early right here via this newsletter on Substack.

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