Pure TokyoScope

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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

Recent Episodes
  • 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.
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