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Podcast: Pure TokyoScope
Episode: 142: New Study Reveals Global Anime Boom! The Manga Disaster That Didn’t Happen! Fist of the North Star!
Description: FULL EPISODE! This time on the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast, authors Matt Alt (Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World) and Patrick Macias (Mondo Tokyo: Dispatches from a Secret Japan) dive into a new consumer study with some big insights into the current state of the anime biz. Plus, how we survived several big disasters including a massive manga-predicted earthquake that didn’t happen, the Great Robot War and a Backstreet Boy at Anime Expo!Join the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Patreon!You’ll get access to full episodes, bonus content, our Discord server, and an archive of past episodes. Head over to Pure TokyoScope Patreon to subscribe today!INFOMatt Alt on BlueskyPatrick Macias on Bluesky