Matt Alt
@mattalt.bsky.social
Tokyo-based writer, localizer, cultural consultant. Author of Pure Invention, Yokai Attack, and more.
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I stumbled across this amazing robot totem pole in Azabu! youtube.com/shorts/4y3-W...
November 10, 2025 at 5:42 AM
I stumbled across this amazing robot totem pole in Azabu! youtube.com/shorts/4y3-W...
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-...
The Wire: rural Japan edition
November 2, 2025 at 11:53 PM
The Wire: rural Japan edition
Here @hirokoyoda.bsky.social uncovers Japanese spiritual symbols hiding in plain sight in anime shows like Jujutsu Kaisen, DanDaDan, Totoro, and even…. Gundam!?! www.instagram.com/reel/DQh7oi5...
November 2, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Here @hirokoyoda.bsky.social uncovers Japanese spiritual symbols hiding in plain sight in anime shows like Jujutsu Kaisen, DanDaDan, Totoro, and even…. Gundam!?! www.instagram.com/reel/DQh7oi5...
New Pure Tokyoscope with @patrickmacias.bsky.social! Happy 50th to the anime that launched the global anime boom: Grandizer! (And happy 44th to Manu, whoever and wherever you are) www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
October 31, 2025 at 11:17 PM
New Pure Tokyoscope with @patrickmacias.bsky.social! Happy 50th to the anime that launched the global anime boom: Grandizer! (And happy 44th to Manu, whoever and wherever you are) www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
The Japanese newspapers are announcing that the Super Sentai series, which gave the world "Power Rangers," is drawing to a close. The culprit isn't Rita Repulsa, but rather the fact they aren't earning enough income from merchandise and theatrical releases anymore.
October 31, 2025 at 2:29 AM
The Japanese newspapers are announcing that the Super Sentai series, which gave the world "Power Rangers," is drawing to a close. The culprit isn't Rita Repulsa, but rather the fact they aren't earning enough income from merchandise and theatrical releases anymore.
New word alert: 迷惑ハロウィーン ("meiwaku harouin") -- "troublesome Halloween!" Plural no less. Kinshi da yo!
October 28, 2025 at 8:36 AM
New word alert: 迷惑ハロウィーン ("meiwaku harouin") -- "troublesome Halloween!" Plural no less. Kinshi da yo!
Would you trust these two to take you on a tour of Nakano Broadway? Tune in to the latest Pure Tokyoscope to find out: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
October 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Would you trust these two to take you on a tour of Nakano Broadway? Tune in to the latest Pure Tokyoscope to find out: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
Join @patrickmacias.bsky.social and I on a “very special episode” of Pure Tokyoscope recorded on the floor of Tokyo’s greatest vintage toy show: Super Festival! (That’s probably a quarter million USD worth of vinyl kaiju in that shot) www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
October 10, 2025 at 11:59 PM
Join @patrickmacias.bsky.social and I on a “very special episode” of Pure Tokyoscope recorded on the floor of Tokyo’s greatest vintage toy show: Super Festival! (That’s probably a quarter million USD worth of vinyl kaiju in that shot) www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
The souvenir from Japan for your father:
October 7, 2025 at 11:45 AM
The souvenir from Japan for your father:
First, AI came for the writers, then the coders, then the filmmakers. Now it seems to have come for the gashapon.
October 7, 2025 at 9:48 AM
First, AI came for the writers, then the coders, then the filmmakers. Now it seems to have come for the gashapon.
62 years ago this month: Osamu Tezuka inks a deal with NBC for the broadcast of "Astro Boy," giving the world its first taste of anime:
October 5, 2025 at 1:24 AM
62 years ago this month: Osamu Tezuka inks a deal with NBC for the broadcast of "Astro Boy," giving the world its first taste of anime:
It's PURE JIMBOCHO as @patrickmacias.bsky.social & I broadcast from the heart of Japan's "coolest" (according to a certain foreign magazine) neighborhood -- Jimbocho, Tokyo's used and new book district. Listening to us talking about reading is fundamental: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
October 5, 2025 at 12:24 AM
It's PURE JIMBOCHO as @patrickmacias.bsky.social & I broadcast from the heart of Japan's "coolest" (according to a certain foreign magazine) neighborhood -- Jimbocho, Tokyo's used and new book district. Listening to us talking about reading is fundamental: www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
“America plushies” as seen by Japan. I could think of a few others… what about you?
September 14, 2025 at 9:06 AM
“America plushies” as seen by Japan. I could think of a few others… what about you?
Podcast drop! Japan's long known toys aren't just for kids. In this episode, @patrickmacias.bsky.social and I explore how adult collectors are transforming global markets! www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
September 14, 2025 at 12:59 AM
Podcast drop! Japan's long known toys aren't just for kids. In this episode, @patrickmacias.bsky.social and I explore how adult collectors are transforming global markets! www.tokyoscope.blog/p/pure-tokyo...
It’s AnineNYC! I’m going to be at the Javits Center today, Saturday, August 23. First, I’ll be having a conversation with “Kagurabachi” artist Takeru Hokazono at 2:45. Then I’ll join @hirokoyoda.bsky.social for her panel about Japanese spirituality at 4:30. See you there!!
August 23, 2025 at 2:26 PM
It’s AnineNYC! I’m going to be at the Javits Center today, Saturday, August 23. First, I’ll be having a conversation with “Kagurabachi” artist Takeru Hokazono at 2:45. Then I’ll join @hirokoyoda.bsky.social for her panel about Japanese spirituality at 4:30. See you there!!
Bonus ep for subscribers! Board the Pure Tokyoscope spaceship with @patrickmacias.bsky.social and I for a look-back at Uchusen, the legendary Japanese sci-fi magazine: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
August 23, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Bonus ep for subscribers! Board the Pure Tokyoscope spaceship with @patrickmacias.bsky.social and I for a look-back at Uchusen, the legendary Japanese sci-fi magazine: www.patreon.com/posts/bonus-...
Enroute to NYC now. Hope to see you this Saturday at AnimeNYC! @hirokoyoda.bsky.social is leading this talk about understanding Japanese spirituality through anime!
August 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Enroute to NYC now. Hope to see you this Saturday at AnimeNYC! @hirokoyoda.bsky.social is leading this talk about understanding Japanese spirituality through anime!
If cities dream, I suspect the dreams look like this. A tribute to the master of anime backgrounds, Nizo Yamamoto, who passed two years ago this week.
blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/head-in-th...
blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/head-in-th...
August 16, 2025 at 5:52 PM
If cities dream, I suspect the dreams look like this. A tribute to the master of anime backgrounds, Nizo Yamamoto, who passed two years ago this week.
blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/head-in-th...
blog.pureinventionbook.com/p/head-in-th...
A very Richard Scarry “Busy Busy”-esque scene showing how a Godzilla movie traditionally gets made. From a 1966 movie pamphlet.
August 1, 2025 at 6:22 AM
A very Richard Scarry “Busy Busy”-esque scene showing how a Godzilla movie traditionally gets made. From a 1966 movie pamphlet.
Very ahead of its time.
July 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Very ahead of its time.