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

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    This post not sponsored by Matt Alt.
     
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    The book is being released tomorrow, here's a little discussion about it between Matt Alt and Patrick Macias:

     
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    Just ordered it, sorry I'm late :oops:
     
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    Got my copy today and looking forward to getting stuck in.
     
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    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.
     
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    Oh yeah. A couple of teasers:

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    The US paperback edition is out, and it has a little bit of additional material.
     
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    This is pretty cool, PBS referenced the book in this YouTube video about Pokemon, but pay particular attention at 5:25:

     
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