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Podcast: Pure TokyoScope
Episode: 30: Anime Con Hell with Dave Merrill!
Description: Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) is off this week fighting the Rock Lords in America, so Patrick Macias (TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion) presents a previously Patreon-only episode from 2020 featuring Dave Merrill on a Dante-esque like journey into the dark heart of late 20th century anime dork gatherings. Expect big detours into the weird old days of the Cartoon / Fantasy Organization, the late Fred “Furry” Patten, illegal videotape trading, and the making of the 2004 film Otaku Unite! Make sure your C/FO annual membership is all paid up!
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