Patrick Macias
@patrickmacias.bsky.social
Book author, magazine editor, art director. Ex-Netflix & Crunchyroll. Repped by Hill Nadell Literary Agency. Lives in Tokyo. 作家・編集者・アートディレクター。 東京に住んでいます。
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Episode 155 of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast is live! It’s an otaku double whammy as Matt Alt (mattalt.bsky.social) and I bring you reports on Godzilla Fest 2025 and the Tamashii Nation Expo! Expect kaiju, robots, and Labubus?! Listen to the full episode at: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
RIP Udo Kier, star of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
November 24, 2025 at 2:08 AM
RIP Udo Kier, star of Ace Ventura: Pet Detective
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Join @patrickmacias.bsky.social and I on a magical mystery tour of recent pop cultural highlights, ranging from the Bandai Tamashii Nations Expo 2025, Godzilla Fest, and more! www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
Pure TokyoScope Podcast 155: Godzilla Fest and Tamashii Nations 2025 Reports!
Patrick Macias and Matt Alt bring you pop culture direct from Japan!
www.tokyoscope.blog
November 22, 2025 at 2:38 AM
Join @patrickmacias.bsky.social and I on a magical mystery tour of recent pop cultural highlights, ranging from the Bandai Tamashii Nations Expo 2025, Godzilla Fest, and more! www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
Is this the Singularity?
November 22, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Is this the Singularity?
Reposted by Patrick Macias
Episode 155 of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast is live! It’s an otaku double whammy as Matt Alt (mattalt.bsky.social) and I bring you reports on Godzilla Fest 2025 and the Tamashii Nation Expo! Expect kaiju, robots, and Labubus?! Listen to the full episode at: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Episode 155 of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast is live! It’s an otaku double whammy as Matt Alt (mattalt.bsky.social) and I bring you reports on Godzilla Fest 2025 and the Tamashii Nation Expo! Expect kaiju, robots, and Labubus?! Listen to the full episode at: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
The Perfect Blue blanket. For relaxing times
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November 22, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The Perfect Blue blanket. For relaxing times
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store.filmarks.com/products/bkp...
Find someone who smiles at you like this
November 22, 2025 at 3:16 AM
Find someone who smiles at you like this
What's worse: the used luxury watch shops at Nakano Broadway or the cast of Stranger Things at Nakano Broadway? natalie.mu/eiga/news/64...
「ストレンジャー・シングス」キャストが東京満喫、中野ブロードウェイで村上隆と対面（イベントレポート / 写真33枚） - 映画ナタリー
Netflixシリーズ「ストレンジャー・シングス 未知の世界」シーズン5の配信を目前に控え、キャストとスタッフが来日。本日11月21日、「東京アドベンチャー・ツアー」と題したイベントが行われ、マイク役のフィン・ヴォルフハルト、ダス...
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November 22, 2025 at 2:25 AM
What's worse: the used luxury watch shops at Nakano Broadway or the cast of Stranger Things at Nakano Broadway? natalie.mu/eiga/news/64...
Both Tommy february6’s and Tommy heavenly6’s second albums are getting double-vinyl LP reissues on sale in February 2026. I don't want to freak you out, but they originally came out in 2004 and 2006, respectively.
November 22, 2025 at 2:16 AM
Both Tommy february6’s and Tommy heavenly6’s second albums are getting double-vinyl LP reissues on sale in February 2026. I don't want to freak you out, but they originally came out in 2004 and 2006, respectively.
Episode 155 of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast is live! It’s an otaku double whammy as Matt Alt (mattalt.bsky.social) and I bring you reports on Godzilla Fest 2025 and the Tamashii Nation Expo! Expect kaiju, robots, and Labubus?! Listen to the full episode at: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
November 21, 2025 at 10:37 PM
Episode 155 of the PURE TOKYOSCOPE Podcast is live! It’s an otaku double whammy as Matt Alt (mattalt.bsky.social) and I bring you reports on Godzilla Fest 2025 and the Tamashii Nation Expo! Expect kaiju, robots, and Labubus?! Listen to the full episode at: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
November 21, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Did the Angel's Egg 4K thing (how could I not). Image quality is good, but the new Atmos sound mix is amazing and was played back at rock concert volume. Never heard those tanks, steam whistles, and agonized screams hit so hard.
November 19, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Did the Angel's Egg 4K thing (how could I not). Image quality is good, but the new Atmos sound mix is amazing and was played back at rock concert volume. Never heard those tanks, steam whistles, and agonized screams hit so hard.
If you missed Hideaki Anno's Yamato #anime exhibition, it's coming to Marui City in Yokohama in early Jan. (btw, Marui City just announced they are closing for good in late Feb)
November 18, 2025 at 11:44 PM
If you missed Hideaki Anno's Yamato #anime exhibition, it's coming to Marui City in Yokohama in early Jan. (btw, Marui City just announced they are closing for good in late Feb)
Japanese idol group CHAM's hit song "Angel of Love" has been re-released as a CD single to celebrate the new 4K revival of Perfect Blue.
November 18, 2025 at 10:50 PM
Japanese idol group CHAM's hit song "Angel of Love" has been re-released as a CD single to celebrate the new 4K revival of Perfect Blue.
More new Perfect Blue #anime merch in #Japan, this time from Filmarks Culture Wear. Logo socks for the win store.filmarks.com/collections/...
November 17, 2025 at 9:53 PM
More new Perfect Blue #anime merch in #Japan, this time from Filmarks Culture Wear. Logo socks for the win store.filmarks.com/collections/...
Some unreal Angel's Egg merch just announced in #Japan, including shoes and tops from MIKIO SAKABE inspired by the 1985 #anime classic. Pre-orders start 11/21. www.fashion-press.net/news/140298
November 16, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Some unreal Angel's Egg merch just announced in #Japan, including shoes and tops from MIKIO SAKABE inspired by the 1985 #anime classic. Pre-orders start 11/21. www.fashion-press.net/news/140298
TokyoScope News: Mamoru Oshii spoke at a 4K remaster event for Angel’s Egg, reflecting on the anime’s symbolism, its difficult production, and why it remains a “decisive” work for him 40 years later. Full story: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/angels-egg...
November 15, 2025 at 10:58 PM
TokyoScope News: Mamoru Oshii spoke at a 4K remaster event for Angel’s Egg, reflecting on the anime’s symbolism, its difficult production, and why it remains a “decisive” work for him 40 years later. Full story: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/angels-egg...
Now it can be sold! The new @umbrellaent.bsky.social Blu-ray of the Yusaku Matsuda movie The Ressurection of the Golden Wolf (1979)! I wrote an original essay for the booklet included with this incredible Japanese crime thriller.
November 13, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Now it can be sold! The new @umbrellaent.bsky.social Blu-ray of the Yusaku Matsuda movie The Ressurection of the Golden Wolf (1979)! I wrote an original essay for the booklet included with this incredible Japanese crime thriller.
RIP legendary Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai. Star of Kurosawa's Kagemusha, Ran, many other classics. He was 92. news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6558551
俳優・仲代達矢さん死去 92歳 - Yahoo!ニュース
映画「人間の条件」や黒沢明監督の「影武者」などに主演し、主宰する「無名塾」で後進を育てた俳優で文化勲章受章者の仲代達矢（なかだい・たつや、本名元久＝もとひさ）さんが死去したことが11日、分かった。9
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November 11, 2025 at 2:30 AM
RIP legendary Japanese actor Tatsuya Nakadai. Star of Kurosawa's Kagemusha, Ran, many other classics. He was 92. news.yahoo.co.jp/pickup/6558551
I don't want to freak you out, but there's going to be an Angel's Egg 40th anniversary exhibition from November 21 to December 14 at Shibuya Cine Quint with original art and merch. Admission is 500 yen, but you have to jump through a bunch of hoops to reserve a spot livepocket.jp/t/ozpmv
November 7, 2025 at 9:19 AM
I don't want to freak you out, but there's going to be an Angel's Egg 40th anniversary exhibition from November 21 to December 14 at Shibuya Cine Quint with original art and merch. Admission is 500 yen, but you have to jump through a bunch of hoops to reserve a spot livepocket.jp/t/ozpmv
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Hot new episode for Patreon subscribers! @patrickmacias.bsky.social and I join Rita Repulsa and a cast of hundreds of spandex-clad rangers in rainy Shibuya to mourn the end of Halloween, and the Super Sentai series joining “Manimal” on permanent hiatus. www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
November 6, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Hot new episode for Patreon subscribers! @patrickmacias.bsky.social and I join Rita Repulsa and a cast of hundreds of spandex-clad rangers in rainy Shibuya to mourn the end of Halloween, and the Super Sentai series joining “Manimal” on permanent hiatus. www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
Reposted by Patrick Macias
In a very special Patreon bonus episode of the Pure TokyoScope Podcast, Matt Alt (mattalt.bsky.social) and I sift through the wreckage of Shibuya Halloween havoc and talk about the recent announcement that the Super Sentai are no more after 50 years. Listen now at: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
In a very special Patreon bonus episode of the Pure TokyoScope Podcast, Matt Alt (mattalt.bsky.social) and I sift through the wreckage of Shibuya Halloween havoc and talk about the recent announcement that the Super Sentai are no more after 50 years. Listen now at: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
We are all Vanilla Ice now trying to explain that Ice Ice Baby is totally different from Under Pressure as we spiral down to annihilation
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Vanilla Ice denies ripping off Queen and David Bowie's Under Pressure
YouTube video by Kasper Hartwich
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November 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
We are all Vanilla Ice now trying to explain that Ice Ice Baby is totally different from Under Pressure as we spiral down to annihilation
youtu.be/a-1_9-z9rbY?...
youtu.be/a-1_9-z9rbY?...
In a very special Patreon bonus episode of the Pure TokyoScope Podcast, Matt Alt (mattalt.bsky.social) and I sift through the wreckage of Shibuya Halloween havoc and talk about the recent announcement that the Super Sentai are no more after 50 years. Listen now at: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
November 5, 2025 at 10:13 PM
In a very special Patreon bonus episode of the Pure TokyoScope Podcast, Matt Alt (mattalt.bsky.social) and I sift through the wreckage of Shibuya Halloween havoc and talk about the recent announcement that the Super Sentai are no more after 50 years. Listen now at: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...