1988 Hardcover

• Editor:
  • Richard Kaufman
  • Hiroyuki Sakai
• Contributor:
  • Shigeo Takagi
  • Masashi Neo
  • Kazuyuki Hase
  • Kuniyasu Fujiwara
  • Tomohiro Maeda
  • Masao Atsukawa
  • Kenichi Kuroki
  • Toyohisa Saikawa
  • Takanobu Ishida
  • Jonny Hirose
  • Shinichi Arai
  • Yoshihiko Mutobe
  • Koichi Kawada
  • Toshiyuki Serizawa
  • Toruu Suzuki
  • Hironori Morita
  • Keikan Miyanaka
  • Hiroyuki Sakai
  • Dr. Hiroshi Sawa
  • Tetuo Tanigawa
  • Yuic-hi Katakura
  • Kazuyoshi Hirachi
  • Asako Suda
  • Kazuto Nishino
  • Naoki Ogi
• Translator:
  • Phil Goldstein

Preface - In this book I have collected some new masterpieces created by the young magicians of Japan. Upon glancing through these pages you may think, "But you've also included tricks from people who aren't so young anymore." That's true only if you gauge a person's age entirely by the number of years he or she has lived. I use the term as in "young at heart and mind," denoting an inner brightness which exists regardless of chronological age. This energy bestow a different kind of youth upon those lucky enough to possess it. So I have named this book New Generation plus Alpha. I believe you can feel something new and different from all of the excellent routins included here. Even I'm not sure exactly what this new feeling means, but this book poses some interesting questions. If you take it upon yourself to answer some of them then you will have made us feel quite honored. Hiroyuki Sakai, Tokyo, Japan, August 1987.