Pure TokyoScope

Pure TokyoScope is a weekly podcast hosted by writers Matt Alt and Patrick Macias featuring news, views, and pop culture direct from Japan.Visit www.tokyoscope.com for merchandise.Visit https://www.patreon.com/TokyoScopePodcast for bonus episodes and content

138: The Japanese Food That Made Us!
May 30, 2025 – 00:41:51
137: RIP Japan Video! The Micronauts Are Back! Manga Predicts Major Disaster!
May 23, 2025 – 00:32:42
136: The Japanese Fiction That Made Us!
May 16, 2025 – 00:37:35
135: The Masamune Shirow Expo! Fear & Loathing in Golden Week!
May 2, 2025 – 00:14:33
134: Osaka Expo 2025! New Ghost in the Shell! How to Hard Off!
Apr 18, 2025 – 00:35:20
133: The Ghibli Filter Effect! Anime Tariffs! The Rat in the Miso Soup!
Apr 11, 2025 – 00:11:18
132: LIVE from the Space Battleship Yamato Anime Art Expo!
Apr 4, 2025 – 00:24:33
131: Anno's Yamato Anime Exhibition! Japan's Vinyl Record Resurgence!
Mar 21, 2025 – 00:36:30
130: Has Akihabara Lost Its Edge?
Mar 14, 2025 – 00:11:10
129: The Anime Business with Justin Sevakis!
Mar 7, 2025 – 00:33:48
128: Ambassador Godzilla! Shogun vs Shogun! RIP Mr. Kaiyodo!
Feb 28, 2025 – 00:28:49
127: Fifty Years of Super Sentai! (Preview)
Feb 21, 2025 – 00:15:20
126: Spoiler Free Gundam GQuuuuuuX Anime Review! Winter Wonderfest and the Dealer Dash!
Feb 14, 2025 – 00:35:29
125 (Preview): The Fuji TV Scandal! Sayonara Shakey's! Otaku Power in Ikebukuro!
Feb 7, 2025 – 00:10:58
124: The Macross DYRL 5K Review! Sony Kills Blu-ray and Mini-Discs! Chogokin Returns!
Jan 31, 2025 – 00:41:19
Preview of Episode 123: Popeye in Japan! Nintendo Switch 2! Gundam on the Moon!
Jan 23, 2025 – 00:11:09
122: The Shogun's Three-Body Problem with Crane Games!
Jan 17, 2025 – 00:41:27
121: Anime Tourism! Evangelion x McDonald's! Shakey's Strikes Back!
Dec 27, 2024 – 00:27:54
120: VIDEO - Do the Akihabara!
Dec 21, 2024 – 00:37:38
119: Nakano Broadway, the Hard Way! An Otaku Coffee Break!
Dec 13, 2024 – 00:25:27
118: Manga Banned in the USA! New Gundam Anime! Pizza!
Dec 6, 2024 – 00:39:16
117: Will Sony Buy Kadokawa? The Future of Anime Is at Stake!
Nov 29, 2024 – 00:32:44
116: Manga 1982 - The Audio Commentary!
Nov 22, 2024 – 00:35:38
115: Parents Against Anime and Manga! One Night in Shin Okubo!
Nov 15, 2024 – 00:32:38
114: RIP Manga Legend Kazuo Umezu + Godzilla Day 2024!
Nov 8, 2024 – 00:28:07
113: A New Cool Japan Proposal!
Nov 1, 2024 – 00:32:06
112: Anime Industry - Boom or Bust? RIP Godzilla Suit Maker!
Oct 25, 2024 – 00:31:20
111: Voltron vs Henry Cavill! RIP Doraemon! Tokyo Mario Kart Madness!
Oct 18, 2024 – 00:32:31
110: 50 Years of Yamato! The Dragon Quest 3 Controversy!
Oct 11, 2024 – 00:35:02
109: Japan's New Otaku Prime Minister?
Oct 4, 2024 – 00:33:48
108: Shogun Sweeps the Emmys, New Patlabor Anime, So Long Shinjuku MyLord
Sep 27, 2024 – 00:30:22
107: A Toy-tastic Trip to Taiwan!
Sep 20, 2024 – 00:30:02
106: 7-11 Japan & the Conbini Wars! Shibuya Street Drinking Ban!
Sep 13, 2024 – 00:34:20
105: The ANIME NYC Report! Yokai! Manga! And More!
Sep 6, 2024 – 00:35:53
104: Worried About Japan's Megaquake, B-Girl Ami Breakdancing Gold
Aug 16, 2024 – 00:33:44
103: How We Write!
Aug 9, 2024 – 00:37:00
102: Tokyo Summer Heat, the Best of WonderFest, Beat Takeshi's Face
Aug 2, 2024 – 00:37:29
101: The Macross Movie 40th Anniversary Party with Renato Rivera!
Jul 19, 2024 – 00:41:16
100: Live from Shakey's! The History of Pizza in Japan!
Jul 12, 2024 – 00:34:11
99: The Japanese Toys That Made Me! MATT ALT Edition
Jul 5, 2024 – 00:39:25
98: Tokyo's Insane Election, 50 Years of 7-11, No More Street Drinking in Shibuya!
Jun 28, 2024 – 00:45:39
97: VIDEO Godzilla Projection Mapping and Tokyo Night Walk!
Jun 21, 2024 – 00:30:55
Pure TokyoScope Podcast 96: NEWS - Japan's Hyper-Aged Society! Gainax Goes Bankrupt! Monster Customers at the Conbini!
Jun 14, 2024 – 00:31:39
95: VIDEO - Cuckoo for Toy Hunting at Mandarake CoCoo!
Jun 7, 2024 – 00:16:47
94: VIDEO - Live from the CHOGOKIN 50th Anniversary Expo!
May 31, 2024 – 00:14:26
93: The Trouble with AI Manga Translation!
May 24, 2024 – 00:36:47
92: RIP Roger Corman! Sayonara Shakey's! Pokémon Yakuza!
May 17, 2024 – 00:35:52
91: Live from Super Festival 88!
May 10, 2024 – 00:22:55
90: Shogun, ALF, and Okinawa at Ootoya
May 3, 2024 – 00:38:30
89: 3 Million Tourists Can't Be Wrong, Snakes on a Train, Shibuya Shootings and Earthquakes!
Apr 26, 2024 – 00:32:58

Recent Reviews

Daustin51

Shakey’s

Where else would I get all the news about Shakey’s and The Hub?
Jaimie 13

Great podcast

I only started listening to Tokyoscope a few weeks ago, but have already listened to every episode of their back catalogue. I find both host extremely knowledgeable, and funny while keeping us up to date on Japanese pop culture. As a person who’s life long dream is to one day visit Japan, I really appreciate hearing about it through my headphones every week.
Hillsy111

These dudes know their pop culture

Entertaining stuff from 2 blokes who know their pop culture!
PaigePerfect

Off to a great start!

This review was written after the release of episode 5. This show is only 5 episodes in and I’m already a huge fan of this podcast. Cohosts Patrick and Matt have an entertaining and engaging rapport, and build off each other’s comments seamlessly. The hosts do a fantastic job of not only covering topics on Japanese pop culture and current events, but providing important cultural and historical context as well.