“Tropic Vol. 1” Kodansha x GOOMO Price: ¥1500 Humanities, science, art, non-fiction, and entertainment. A magazine-style print media that creates a "tropical zone of knowledge" by freely combining people active in each field and topical themes. To the world of overflowing "wild intellect." Tropic, published by Kodansha, will release its first issue on December 22nd! Kodansha will publish a new media, "Tropic," which creates a "tropical zone of knowledge," in December 2025. Tropic means the tropics. The area between the Tropic of Cancer and the Tropic of Capricorn is tropical. Leading Japanese artists, researchers, and cultural figures focus on the fields they are most interested in. We aim for a new print media that fuses academics and entertainment. The editor-in-chief is Yoichiro Tsunoda, a variety producer and cultural resource scholar from TBS Television. The art director is Fumikazu Obara (BOOTLEG), an "inventive designer" who has been shocking the design world with works like "R25," "TRANSIT," and "ATLANTIS." The editorial supervisor is Hajime Aoki (Kodansha), who has been involved in non-fiction magazines such as "Gendai Monthly" and "G2" and has published works such as "Net and Patriotism" and "Shingari." Main articles in the first issue: ● Hayato Sumino x Yasunori Nomura play "Space, Physics, and Music" ● Seigo Matsuoka plays "Final Lecture: Between Consciousness and Information" and "Seigo Regeneration" ● Yoshiyuki Tomino talks about "Creating the Gundam World and Imagining the Real World" ● Akira Aomatsu x valknee intersect in "The Experimental Lab of Tank and Rap" ● "Shin-Freedom Theory: Thinking Freely About Freedom" Koichi Yasuda ● Seven researchers challenge "Raging Climate" ● "The Magic of African Art" Hiroshi Ogawa ● "Climate and Mathematics" Fumiharu Kato ● "Children's Cafeterias Evolve" Shoko Kurokawa ● "Mole-kun Goes to the Surface - A Fable of Class-Based Nation Japan" Kenji Hashimoto & Muneto Ashizawa ● Novel "Z-kan Murder Case: At the End of Discommunication" Taiyo Murazumi ● Talk "Adults are! OTONAWA!" MC: Seiko Ito, Yusuke Santamaria First guest: Yasuyuki Okamura, Kazuyoshi Saito #Kodansha x GOOMO #Books #Japanese Literature/Essays