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165: Japan's Dragon Ball Economy, the Death of a Shibuya Department Store, Gojira-ya Surprise
14 mins; April 03, 2026
164: Japan's New Energy Crisis? Goodbye to Galaxy Express Anime Superstars!
28 mins; March 20, 2026
163: New Evangelion Anime! Record-Breaking Toy Auction! McDonald's Japan Raises Prices!
34 mins; March 06, 2026
162: The AI in Japan Episode!
14 mins; February 27, 2026
161: (Video) Live From the MEGA BULLMARK TOY EXHIBITION!
22 mins; February 13, 2026
160: Pure TokyoScope Podcast 160: Netflix x MAPPA x Anime! Akihabara Renovations! Sony to Spin off TV Business!
36 mins; February 06, 2026
159: Eight Million Ways to Happiness with Hiroko Yoda!
40 mins; December 26, 2025
158: W. David Marx on Popeye's Hello, Tokyo! English Edition!
38 mins; December 12, 2025
157: The Yoshikazu Yasuhiko Anime Art Gallery Experience!
25 mins; December 05, 2025
156: China Declares War on Japanese Pop Culture! Angel’s Egg 4K Anime Review!
15 mins; November 28, 2025
155: Godzilla Fest and Tamashii Nations 2025 Reports!
26 mins; November 21, 2025
154: UFO Robo Grendizer! Bear Attacks in Japan! RIP Tomonobu Itagaki!
40 mins; October 31, 2025
153: Give My Regards to Nakano Broadway!
25 mins; October 24, 2025
152: The Manga Legend Tracing Scandal!
14 mins; October 17, 2025
151: Live From SUPER FESTIVAL 92! Vintage Toy Insanity!
20 mins; October 10, 2025
150: Live from Jimbocho, The Coolest Neighborhood in the World!?
22 mins; October 03, 2025
149: Is the US Ready for Japanese 7-Elevens?
17 mins; September 26, 2025
148: The Rise of Toy "Kidults" in Japan! Cheap Trick Returns to Budokan!
14 mins; September 12, 2025
147: Deep Inside ShĹŤnen Jump Magazine! Anime NYC Report! US-Japan Mail Chaos!
38 mins; September 05, 2025
146: Demon Slayer Destroys Japanese Cinemas!
16 mins; August 15, 2025
145: A Brief History of Conspiracy Theories in Japan!
40 mins; August 08, 2025
144: The Far Right in Japan Comes for Anime!
13 mins; August 01, 2025
143: Digging into the Streaming Anime Data!
13 mins; July 18, 2025
142: New Study Reveals Global Anime Boom! The Manga Disaster That Didn’t Happen! Fist of the North Star!
37 mins; July 11, 2025
141: The Overtourism in Japan Episode!
14 mins; June 27, 2025
140: Evangelion Star Attacks Rude Foreigners! Japan's Rice Shortage! Gobots!
38 mins; June 20, 2025
139: Surviving the Vintage Anime T-Shirt Craze! Hello Kitty Overtakes Toyota!
10 mins; June 13, 2025
138: The Japanese Food That Made Us!
41 mins; May 30, 2025
137: RIP Japan Video! The Micronauts Are Back! Manga Predicts Major Disaster!
32 mins; May 23, 2025
136: The Japanese Fiction That Made Us!
37 mins; May 16, 2025
135: The Masamune Shirow Expo! Fear & Loathing in Golden Week!
14 mins; May 02, 2025
134: Osaka Expo 2025! New Ghost in the Shell! How to Hard Off!
35 mins; April 18, 2025
133: The Ghibli Filter Effect! Anime Tariffs! The Rat in the Miso Soup!
11 mins; April 11, 2025
132: LIVE from the Space Battleship Yamato Anime Art Expo!
24 mins; April 04, 2025
131: Anno's Yamato Anime Exhibition! Japan's Vinyl Record Resurgence!
36 mins; March 21, 2025
130: Has Akihabara Lost Its Edge?
11 mins; March 14, 2025
129: The Anime Business with Justin Sevakis!
33 mins; March 07, 2025
128: Ambassador Godzilla! Shogun vs Shogun! RIP Mr. Kaiyodo!
28 mins; February 28, 2025
127: Fifty Years of Super Sentai! (Preview)
15 mins; February 21, 2025
126: Spoiler Free Gundam GQuuuuuuX Anime Review! Winter Wonderfest and the Dealer Dash!
35 mins; February 14, 2025
125 (Preview): The Fuji TV Scandal! Sayonara Shakey's! Otaku Power in Ikebukuro!
10 mins; February 07, 2025
124: The Macross DYRL 5K Review! Sony Kills Blu-ray and Mini-Discs! Chogokin Returns!
41 mins; January 31, 2025
Preview of Episode 123: Popeye in Japan! Nintendo Switch 2! Gundam on the Moon!
11 mins; January 23, 2025
122: The Shogun's Three-Body Problem with Crane Games!
41 mins; January 17, 2025
121: Anime Tourism! Evangelion x McDonald's! Shakey's Strikes Back!
27 mins; December 27, 2024
120: VIDEO - Do the Akihabara!
37 mins; December 20, 2024
119: Nakano Broadway, the Hard Way! An Otaku Coffee Break!
25 mins; December 13, 2024
118: Manga Banned in the USA! New Gundam Anime! Pizza!
39 mins; December 06, 2024
117: Will Sony Buy Kadokawa? The Future of Anime Is at Stake!
32 mins; November 29, 2024
116: Manga 1982 - The Audio Commentary!
35 mins; November 22, 2024
115: Parents Against Anime and Manga! One Night in Shin Okubo!
32 mins; November 15, 2024
114: RIP Manga Legend Kazuo Umezu + Godzilla Day 2024!
28 mins; November 08, 2024
113: A New Cool Japan Proposal!
32 mins; November 01, 2024
112: Anime Industry - Boom or Bust? RIP Godzilla Suit Maker!
31 mins; October 25, 2024
111: Voltron vs Henry Cavill! RIP Doraemon! Tokyo Mario Kart Madness!
32 mins; October 18, 2024
110: 50 Years of Yamato! The Dragon Quest 3 Controversy!
35 mins; October 11, 2024
109: Japan's New Otaku Prime Minister?
33 mins; October 04, 2024
108: Shogun Sweeps the Emmys, New Patlabor Anime, So Long Shinjuku MyLord
30 mins; September 27, 2024
107: A Toy-tastic Trip to Taiwan!
30 mins; September 20, 2024
106: 7-11 Japan & the Conbini Wars! Shibuya Street Drinking Ban!
34 mins; September 13, 2024
105: The ANIME NYC Report! Yokai! Manga! And More!
35 mins; September 06, 2024
104: Worried About Japan's Megaquake, B-Girl Ami Breakdancing Gold
33 mins; August 16, 2024
103: How We Write!
37 mins; August 09, 2024
102: Tokyo Summer Heat, the Best of WonderFest, Beat Takeshi's Face
37 mins; August 02, 2024
101: The Macross Movie 40th Anniversary Party with Renato Rivera!
41 mins; July 19, 2024
100: Live from Shakey's! The History of Pizza in Japan!
34 mins; July 12, 2024
99: The Japanese Toys That Made Me! MATT ALT Edition
39 mins; July 05, 2024
98: Tokyo's Insane Election, 50 Years of 7-11, No More Street Drinking in Shibuya!
45 mins; June 28, 2024
97: VIDEO Godzilla Projection Mapping and Tokyo Night Walk!
30 mins; June 21, 2024
Pure TokyoScope Podcast 96: NEWS - Japan's Hyper-Aged Society! Gainax Goes Bankrupt! Monster Customers at the Conbini!
31 mins; June 14, 2024
95: VIDEO - Cuckoo for Toy Hunting at Mandarake CoCoo!
16 mins; June 07, 2024
94: VIDEO - Live from the CHOGOKIN 50th Anniversary Expo!
14 mins; May 31, 2024
93: The Trouble with AI Manga Translation!
36 mins; May 24, 2024
92: RIP Roger Corman! Sayonara Shakey's! Pokémon Yakuza!
35 mins; May 17, 2024
91: Live from Super Festival 88!
22 mins; May 10, 2024
90: Shogun, ALF, and Okinawa at Ootoya
38 mins; May 03, 2024
89: 3 Million Tourists Can't Be Wrong, Snakes on a Train, Shibuya Shootings and Earthquakes!
32 mins; April 26, 2024
88: Akihabara Hangover, Biden x Kishida, The Swinging Sounds of Hiroyuki Sanada
38 mins; April 19, 2024
87: Hideaki Anno x Yamato, Trouble for Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sayonara Studio Alta
37 mins; April 12, 2024
86: Anime on Disney+, Godzilla Director Goes Hollywood, the 1990s War on Video Games!
33 mins; April 05, 2024
85: Translating Akira Toriyama! The Alexander O. Smith Interview!
35 mins; March 29, 2024
84: Fear & Pinball in the HUB British Pub!
29 mins; March 22, 2024
#83: MONDO TOKYO and RIP Akira Toriyama!
35 mins; March 15, 2024
BONUS Episode! Godzilla and Miyazaki Win Big at the Oscars!
12 mins; March 11, 2024
82: The SHOGUN episode!
45 mins; March 08, 2024
81: NEWS - McDonald's Anime vs Tomorrow's Joe!
34 mins; March 01, 2024
80: Sora OpenAI Takes Aim at Japan!
36 mins; February 23, 2024
79: NEWS - Wonderfest, Warning from Space, Taylor Swift Invades Japan
37 mins; February 16, 2024
78: NEWS - Godzilla's Oscar Race, Digital Nomad Visas, Strong Zeroes 4 Strong Heroes
40 mins; February 09, 2024
77: W. David Marx Interview - A Brief History of the 21st Century
29 mins; February 02, 2024
76: W. David Marx Interview: Digital Life in an Analog Japan
31 mins; January 26, 2024
75: Raiders of the Hokkaido Toy Ark!
37 mins; January 19, 2024
74: Miyazaki Wins the Golden Globe! Robot Statues in Japan! Listener Feedback!
26 mins; January 12, 2024
73: Japanese Pop Culture Strikes Back! Big Earthquake! Airplane Trouble!
33 mins; January 05, 2024
72: NEWS - Godzilla vs McDonald's! Return of the Shogun Warriors!
27 mins; December 27, 2023
71: NEWS - Anime Industry Blues! Oppenheimer Comes to Japan! Shibuya Bans New Year's Eve!
29 mins; December 15, 2023
70: Gamera Day + More Godzilla Minus One!
36 mins; December 08, 2023
#69: Patrick's New Book - A KID'S GUIDE TO ANIME & MANGA!
24 mins; December 01, 2023
68: Hot Tears of Shame 2009 Redux!
37 mins; November 23, 2023
67: Pure TokyoScope Podcast #67: Japan's Problem with Nuisance and Vigilante Streamers!
33 mins; November 16, 2023
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