This book contains the complete story of Yellow Magic Orchestra, from its formation to its disbandment. Yellow Magic Orchestra (YMO) was a Japanese music group formed in 1978 by Haruomi Hosono, Yukihiro Takahashi, and Ryuichi Sakamoto, at the invitation of Haruomi Hosono. The group is also known by the abbreviations Y.M.O. or YMO. This book covers the period from YMO's formation in 1978 to shortly after their "disbandment" in 1983 in Part 1, and from their reunion in 1992 to early 2021 in Part 2. Part 1 is based on a re-examination of domestic and international materials from the time, as well as testimonies obtained from interviews with many people involved. How did the unique existence of YMO come to be in Japan from the late 1970s to the early 1980s, why was it widely accepted in the social climate of the time, and how did it achieve an unprecedented overseas expansion? I was a teenager living in a provincial city at the time, and I can say that I re-examined the image of YMO from afar, with a longing gaze. Here, I tried to cast out the "myth" about YMO that was constructed and almost completed from the 1980s to the 1990s, and to pursue the facts with a flat mind, and I also tried to confirm the information. I also investigated how YMO was viewed and perceived from overseas at the time. In Part 2, from the 1990s to the present, I was fortunate enough to have many opportunities to interact with YMO and its members as an interviewer, and I was able to attend several overseas performances. By incorporating the testimonies and impressions of the members at the time into the manuscript, I was fortunate enough to be able to construct the content of this Part 2 mainly with the facts and words that I saw with my own eyes and heard with my own ears, rather than YMO through the filter of the media or other third parties. Although I was not an insider, I tried to trace the new history of YMO from a perspective close to that. (From the "Introduction") - Title: YMO 1978-2043 - Publisher: KADOKAWA - Author: Eiichi Yoshimura - Price: 3,600 yen Thank you for viewing. We actively use recycled packing materials. Please feel free to ask any questions to avoid trouble after winning the bid!