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66: GODZILLA MINUS ONE! Spoiler Free Review!
35 mins; November 08, 2023
65: Godzilla! The Original Novels Reviewed!
22 mins; November 01, 2023
#64: The History of SHIBUYA HALLOWEEN HAVOC!
32 mins; October 25, 2023
63: 2023 is 1973! The Oil Shock's Impact on Japanese Pop Culture!
30 mins; October 20, 2023
62: Patrick's New Book - THE ESSENTIAL ANIME GUIDE! + Haruki Murakami News
24 mins; October 11, 2023
61: NEWS - Ghibli Sells Out! Big Mac Attack! Gunpla Robberies in Japan!
31 mins; October 05, 2023
60: The Japanese Music That Made Me! - Patrick Macias Edition!
30 mins; September 27, 2023
SPECIAL REPORT: RIP Space COBRA Creator BUICHI TERASAWA!
24 mins; September 20, 2023
59: The Japanese Music That Made Me! - Matt Alt Edition!
31 mins; September 13, 2023
58: The Secret History of BARBIE in JAPAN!
34 mins; September 06, 2023
57: OTAKU Past, Present, and Future!
33 mins; August 30, 2023
56: The Japanese Movies That Made Me! - Patrick Macias Edition!
23 mins; August 23, 2023
55: The Japanese Movies That Made Me! - Matt Alt Edition!
23 mins; August 16, 2023
54: The SHIBUYA Episode!
24 mins; August 09, 2023
53: IPPEI KURI, Speed Racer, and the Dawn of Anime!
28 mins; July 26, 2023
52: New Miyazaki Anime Review + Godzilla Minus One Trailer Reaction!
25 mins; July 19, 2023
51: OLDTAKU! Aging Fans of Anime!
30 mins; July 12, 2023
50: The Crowdfunding of Jet Jaguar! + Expats Bash Tokyo! + Bandai Invades the UK!
18 mins; July 05, 2023
49: The Anime That Made Me! Pat Edition SHOWA MADNESS
20 mins; June 28, 2023
48: The Anime That Made Me! Matt Edition THE NINETIES!
21 mins; June 21, 2023
47: The Anime That Made Me! Matt Edition 1960s - 1980s
30 mins; June 14, 2023
46: New Macross Anime! Return of the Robot Restaurant? American Pizza in Japan!
21 mins; June 07, 2023
45: Godzilla Escape Room Game! Alien vs. Predator Anime? The Heisei Retro Boom!
20 mins; May 31, 2023
44: Shin Universe Robo Reactions! Zelda Heals the World! All You Can Eat at Burger King Japan!
25 mins; May 24, 2023
43: “Yami-Baito” Robberies Shock Japan! Del Toro and J.J. Abrams in Tokyo! Anime Biz Goldmine!
21 mins; May 17, 2023
42: Beat Takeshi's Favorite Movies! + Anime's Creative Decline? Pokémon Card Scalpers!
39 mins; May 10, 2023
41: DO THE MARIO! + Prime Minister Pipe Bomb Attack! Return of the Power Rangers!
34 mins; April 26, 2023
40: RIP RYUICHI SAKAMOTO + Kabukicho Tower! Live-Action Evangelion Play!
43 mins; April 12, 2023
39: The SHIN KAMEN RIDER Review! + Ghibli Jerks Apologize! RIP Jiro Dan!
39 mins; March 29, 2023
38: Manga Moral Panics! + Anime Gangs Terrorize Russia! Big Trouble at Ghibli Park!
36 mins; March 15, 2023
37: Remembering Leiji Matsumoto! + Japan Baffled by Iron Ball! Coke x Takoyaki!
34 mins; March 01, 2023
36: Wonderfest 2023 Report! + UFOs Over Japan! Mermaid Mummies!
34 mins; February 15, 2023
35: The Kaiju Art of Shojo Otomo! + Faxed Bomb Threats! Illegal Love Pillows!
32 mins; February 01, 2023
34: Japan 2022 Year in Review (Aug-Dec)! + Rise of the Mask Fetishists! Coming of Age Day Attacks!
32 mins; January 18, 2023
33: Japan 2022 Year in Review (Jan-July)! + Pokémon Burglaries, McDonald's Japan Raises Prices
35 mins; January 11, 2023
32: The PURE TOKYOSCOPE Holiday Special! + Japan's Top Karaoke Songs and Shopping Steets!
32 mins; December 28, 2022
31: The Japan-USA Trip! + Kanji of the Year, Donki Changes Mascots?
34 mins; December 21, 2022
30: Anime Con Hell with Dave Merrill!
30 mins; December 14, 2022
29: 2022 is 1972! + Otaku Burgers! Pepsi x Japanese Fried Chicken!
34 mins; December 07, 2022
28: The Collapse of COOL JAPAN! + Sonic Creator Arrested! Machine Robo Returns!
32 mins; November 30, 2022
27: Chainsaw Man and the Power of Shonen Jump! + Gamera Rebirth! Mandarake in Trouble!
33 mins; November 23, 2022
26: Our Marvelous STAN LEE Interviews!
35 mins; November 16, 2022
25: Happy Birthday, GODZILLA! + Word of the Year Nominees, Twitter and SNS in Japan
42 mins; November 09, 2022
24: THE LAST UNICORN 40TH ANNIVERSARY PARTY (with Caro Buermann)!
41 mins; November 02, 2022
23: Japanese Movie Theater Memories! + Halloween Booze Ban & Gangster Brawl
31 mins; October 26, 2022
22: The 2022 X-BOMBER Expo! + Tokyo Mascots Caught in Scandal! Urusei Yatsura Returns!
35 mins; October 19, 2022
21: The MACROSS 40th Anniversary Party!
40 mins; October 12, 2022
20: Live From the All-Japan Model & Hobby Show! Plus RIP Antonio Inoki + More Q&A!
33 mins; October 05, 2022
19: Ultra Questions and Answers! Japan reopens the borders, Mario Karts return, Abe's funeral
36 mins; September 28, 2022
18: When We Were Tourists - Our First Time in Japan
30 mins; September 21, 2022
17: RYUHEI KITAMURA Speaks! Godzilla: Final Wars & New Films + Hackers Attack Japan, Olympic Bribery Arrests
35 mins; September 12, 2022
16: RYUHEI KITAMURA Interview! Village of Doom + The Tsuyama Shotgun Massacre
38 mins; September 05, 2022
15: YOKAI ATTACK 2022! + Japan Returns to Nuclear Power, Godzilla Disaster Posters, No Free Miso Soup
33 mins; August 29, 2022
14: OTAKU Past, Present, and Future + Japan Urges Young People to Drink More, Tokyo Olympic Organizer Arrested
46 mins; August 22, 2022
13: Tales From Team Ninja + Pac Man the Movie, One Piece Riots, Japan's Declining Population
37 mins; August 15, 2022
12: Making Video Games in Japan: The Andrew Szymanski Interview
36 mins; August 08, 2022
11: The 2008 Akihabara Massacre + Volcanos, Monkeys, and Shogun
30 mins; August 01, 2022
10: 2022 is 1982: Japanese Anime, Games, and Movies Forty Years Ago!
31 mins; July 25, 2022
09: The Problem With Machine Translation + Japan Election Results (also pizza)
32 mins; July 18, 2022
08: RIP Shinzo Abe + Godzilla, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Gobots
30 mins; July 11, 2022
07: “The World Needs Anime” – The Vince Shortino Interview
37 mins; July 04, 2022
06: The End of Cool Japan? + How to Survive Being on Japanese Prime Time TV
29 mins; June 27, 2022
Bonus Episode: The Shin Godzilla Review
25 mins; June 23, 2022
05: Gundam - Doan's Island Review + Japanese Singles Not Willing to Marry
30 mins; June 20, 2022
04: Birth Rate Blues + Our Favorite Books About Japan
36 mins; June 13, 2022
03: Fukushima's Forbidden Zone + TokyoScope: The Japanese Cult Film Companion
32 mins; June 06, 2022
02: Tourism Blues + Pure Invention: How Japan Made the Modern World
29 mins; May 30, 2022
01: Anime Biz + Shin Ultraman Review
30 mins; May 23, 2022
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48 secs; May 22, 2022
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