Spectator vol.46 / Michio Akiyama

No matter when or how many times I read it, it only deepens my understanding. Founded in 1999, Spectator is a culture magazine published three times a year by Editorial Department. It delves into one theme in detail.

Special feature: "Michio Akiyama, the inventor of editing"

■Introduction
A strange man, Michio Akiyama
Text by Yuichi Akada (Editorial Department)

■ Michio Akiyama's theory
■Chronology of Michio Akiyama's life and albums
■Advertisement for myself
■The Story of Michio Akiyama
Illustration by Katsuo Kawai

■ The work of Michio Akiyama
■Interview: How to become the 21st century Michio Akiyama
Masanobu Sugatsuke vs. Yuichi Akada

■Michio Akiyama as told by three friends
Interview and text by Osamu Mino
"Akiyama was a fashion leader in his high school days" Shinbo Minami
"Catch Ball with Akiyama-kun" by Yukimasa Okumura
"Mr. Akiyama's difficult requests bring out my potential" - Kiyofumi Uesugi

■ Reprinted: Michio Akiyama's words
"The Abnormal Love of a Super Editor"
"Interview with a comedian"
"Postscript to an interview with Michio Akiyama by Yoshihiro Kaneda"

■ About Michio Akiyama, the terrorist who praised "transparent serenity" and the movie actor
Text by Toshio Takasaki

■ Michio Akiyama as a lyricist
Text by Hiroyuki Suzuki

■ Seven people's thoughts on Michio Akiyama
During the time of the "Music Group Labyrinth World"
Text by Kazuo Komizu

A man of sense
Text by Makoto Naito

Fairy Library Fantasista
Text by Masashi Ami

Around the time of "Love Watermelon Reader"
Text by Akira Suei

There is nothing more vulgar than reciting poetry in front of an extermination camp.
Text by Harumi Yamazaki

There! Don't you look ahead!
Text by Motoi Kato

Akiyama Michio is the one who points the way, I am the one who is guided. Or the teachings of Don Juan Michio
Text by Genki Numata

■Special supplement: Hetchara charm
■ Series: Unconventional Tales of Great People, Part 3
Do you know Takeshi Terauchi, the founder of Japanese rock?
Text by Fumihito Taguchi Photography by Great the Kabukicho

• Issued by: Editorial Department Ltd.
• Release date: May 15, 2020
• 200 pages