The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured--and transformed--the world's imagination.
The Walkman.
Karaoke.
Pikachu.
Pac-Man.
Akira .
Emoji.
We've all fallen in love with one or another of Japan's pop-culture creations, from the techy to the wild to the super- kawaii .
But as Japanese media veteran Matt Alt proves in this brilliant investigation of Tokyo's pop-fantasy complex, we don't know the half of it.
Crown Publishing Group (ny) Pure invention: how japan's pop culture conquered the world, hardcover/matt alt
