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New Magic of Japan

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New Magic of Japan
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AuthorPhil Goldstein
PublisherKaufman and Greenberg
Publication Date1988
LanguageEnglish
 

New Magic of Japan is the English-language version of the original Japanese book New Generation Plus Alpha. It contains many card tricks, and some magic of other kinds as well. It was not translated, but rewritten from the Japanese original by Phil Goldstein and Richard Kaufman. The trick by Dr. Sawa was added for the English language version and did not appear in the original.

Reviewe in Genii 1989 November

It features original magic by:

  • Shigeo Takagi - Card Ping Chien
  • Masashi Neo - Miser’s Miracle Again
  • Kazuyuki Hase - Metamorph-rose
  • Kuniyasu Fujiwara - Card Quake
  • Tomohiro Maeda - Glass Load
  • Tetuo Tanigawa - Climax Flower Chains
  • Yuic-hi Katakura - Double Shock
  • Kazuyoshi Hirachi - Cell Division
  • Asako Suda - Cane from Fireball
  • Masao Atsukawa - Coin Fugue
  • Kenichi Kuroki - Counterfeit
  • Kazuto Nishino - Joint Account
  • Naoki Ôgi - The Three-Sixty Fan
  • Toyohisa Saikawa - Dice Assembly
  • Takanobu Ishida - Chronometer Card
  • Jonny Hirose - Triple Production Box
  • Shinichi Arai - Triangle Circle Square
  • Yoshihiko Mutobe - Quadruplicate Spellbound
  • Koichi Kawada - Crafty Wand Vanish
  • Toshiyuki Serizawa - Burnt Out
  • Tôruu Suzuki - Linking Cardboard
  • Hironori Morita - Dedicated to Mr. Astaire
  • Keikan Miyanaka - Non-Prediction
  • Hiroyuki Sakai - Spoony Ring
  • Hiroshi Sawa - Smoke Rings

Video

This video of Charles Hsu showcases some the effects from the books New Magic of Japan and Five Times Five: Japan.

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