Notes to the Reader

Introduction: “This Is Pop!”
Chapter One. Imitation and Authenticity: Tokyo Pop Phase 1
Chapter Two. Graphics Mattered: Tokyo Pop Phase 2
Chapter Three. Dissent in Okinawa: Tom Max’s Political Pop
Chapter Four. Remember Minidoka: Roger Shimomura’s Diaspora Pop
Chapter Five. An Otaku Strikes Back: Murakami Takashi’s Neo-Tokyo Pop
Chapter Six. Beyond Pop: Against Empire in the Twenty-First Century
Conclusion

Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index