New Magic of Japan

New Magic of Japan

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.

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

It was published by Kaufman and Greenberg in 1988.

Video

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