Pure TokyoScope

17: RYUHEI KITAMURA Speaks! Godzilla: Final Wars & New Films + Hackers Attack Japan, Olympic Bribery Arrests

This week writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) conclude their interview with Japanese filmmaker Ryuhei K...

12 Sep 202235min

16: RYUHEI KITAMURA Interview! Village of Doom + The Tsuyama Shotgun Massacre

This week writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) talk to Japanese filmmaker Ryuhei Kitamura (Versus, Azumi...

5 Sep 202238min

15: YOKAI ATTACK 2022! + Japan Returns to Nuclear Power, Godzilla Disaster Posters, No Free Miso Soup

Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) combine their powers Voltron-style to bring you news, views, and po...

29 Aug 202233min

14: OTAKU Past, Present, and Future + Japan Urges Young People to Drink More, Tokyo Olympic Organizer Arrested

22 Aug 202246min

13: Tales From Team Ninja + Pac Man the Movie, One Piece Riots, Japan's Declining Population

15 Aug 202237min

12: Making Video Games in Japan: The Andrew Szymanski Interview

8 Aug 202236min

11: The 2008 Akihabara Massacre + Volcanos, Monkeys, and Shogun

1 and 1 we're having some fun! It's time for Episode 11 of the Pure TokyoScope podcast! Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese ...

1 Aug 202230min

10: 2022 is 1982: Japanese Anime, Games, and Movies Forty Years Ago!

Double digits! It's time for Episode 10 of the Pure TokyoScope podcast! Writers Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Compan...

25 Jul 202231min