Pure Invention: How Japan’s Pop Culture Conquered the World

Matt Alt announced his forthcoming book:

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609076/pure-invention-by-matt-alt/

I strongly recommend that Skullbrainers pre-order the book, there will be some material in there that is relevant to your interests.

 

The book is being released tomorrow, here's a little discussion about it between Matt Alt and Patrick Macias:

 

Just ordered it, sorry I'm late

 

Got my copy today and looking forward to getting stuck in.

 

About 80 pages in and it’s awesome so far. Tons of info I did not know. Some really mind blowing facts too. We should have a spoiler convo when people finish it.

 

Oh yeah. A couple of teasers:

 

Mat Alt has an article in the New Yorker about the walkman (maybe an abridged chapter from his book?)
https://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/the-walkman-forty-years-on

 

The US paperback edition is out, and it has a little bit of additional material.

 

This is pretty cool, PBS referenced the book in this YouTube video about Pokemon, but pay particular attention at 5:25: