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The untold story of how Japan became a cultural superpower through the fantastic inventions that captured – and transformed – the world\u2019s imagination.<\/p>\n

\u201cA masterful book driven by deep research, new insights, and powerful storytelling.\u201d (W. David Marx, author of Ametora: How Japan Saved American Style)<\/p>\n

Japan is the forge of the world\u2019s fantasies: karaoke and the Walkman, manga and anime, Pac-Man and Pok\u00e9mon, online imageboards and emojis. But as Japan media veteran Matt Alt proves in this brilliant investigation, these novelties did more than entertain. They paved the way for our perplexing modern lives.<\/p>\n

In the 1970s and \u201980s, Japan seemed to exist in some near future, gliding on the superior technology of Sony and Toyota. Then a catastrophic 1990 stock-market crash ushered in the \u201clost decades\u201d of deep recession and social dysfunction. The end of the boom should have plunged Japan into irrelevance, but that\u2019s precisely when its cultural clout soared – when, once again, Japan got to the future a little ahead of the rest of us.<\/p>\n

Hello Kitty, the Nintendo Entertainment System, and multimedia empires like Dragon Ball Z were more than marketing hits. Artfully packaged, dangerously cute, and dizzyingly fun, these products gave us new tools for coping with trying times. They also transformed us as we consumed them – connecting as well as isolating us in new ways, opening vistas of imagination and pathways to revolution. Through the stories of an indelible group of artists, geniuses, and oddballs, Pure Invention reveals how Japan\u2019s pop-media complex remade global culture.<\/p>\n

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Customers find the book provides an excellent overview of Japanese history and culture. They describe it as an interesting, compelling read with clear writing that is easy to follow. Readers appreciate the charm and fascinating look at some of the greatest inventors in Japan.<\/span><\/p>\n

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