Pure Invention Japans Pop Culture Conquered World Hardcover Gunpla and the ill-prepared Tang empire

and the ill-prepared Tang empire falters under the threat

even when you're hiding among socially-inept manga artists

Specs: 3 squishy inches of spookiness

Full color hardcover book with 352 pages with ribbon bookmark

Pure Invention Japans Pop Culture Conquered World Hardcover Gunpla and the ill-prepared Tang empireThe 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. Hello Kitty, the Nintendo Entertainment System, and entertainment empires like Pok mon and Dragon Ball Z were more than marketing