AERA MOOK "Gen Hoshino Let's Talk Alone" will be released on July 31st!
AERA's popular serials are all collected in one volume.
Gen Hoshino Gen hosted a series of interviews in AERA from April 2016 to March 2018.
"Let's Talk About Gen Hoshino," a compilation of the first half of the series, was published in June 2018 immediately after the serialization ended and was well-received, taking the number one spot by a large margin in the "Mook" category of Oricon's BOOK rankings in the week of its release.
This latest "Gen Hoshino Talks Just the Two of Us" is the long-awaited second volume, following last year's "Music Talks," which compiles the last year's worth of material.
As the title "Just the Two of Us" suggests, the show recreates the "casual chat" between Gen Hoshino and a guest that was heard only by an IC recorder in an empty closed room, including parts that were cut from the serialized version.
He just shows up in casual clothes, chats quietly over tea, and leaves laughing. This style of interview was born from Hoshino's desire to "get into the mindset of a conversation interview, and then switch on my work. I want to talk to the guest just the two of us, without any staff around." Attached to the photo are instant photos taken by Hoshino and the guest. They show their natural relationship, joking around and playing around. With guests from a range of genres, including creators, MUSICIANS, comedians, and actors, they sometimes talk seriously about their creations, and sometimes get excited with silly talks. This is the complete, uncut version of the "chitchat" between the two, heard only by an IC recorder in a room with no staff, reproduced as faithfully as possible, including the parts that were cut out during the serialization.
Please enjoy the "inside stories" from Hoshino and his guests.
■Guests who will be appearing
MIKIKO/Yuki Himura/Shingo Katori/Yuriko Ishida/Tomochika/
Shota Yamagishi/Naomi Watanabe/Yuni Yoshida/Kentaro Sakaguchi/
Daichi Miura / Shichinosuke Nakamura (titles omitted, in order of appearance)
[Number of pages]
132P
ISBN: 9784022792334
Release date: July 31, 2019
Publisher: Asahi Shimbun Publications