Starting with - What the MEME Continues

Chapter 1: MEMEs I Loved
The name we used to call "The Unknown Story" is "Our Science Fiction."
Inherit the Stars by James P.
Hogan
As long as fans are fervently hoping, the story will never end.
Darkness, Take My Hand by Dennis Lehane
Jenny, a wild cat who had a huge influence on my creative work
Peter's Cat Lessons: Jennie by Paul Gallico
When was the last time you wrote a letter?
『Kinsu (Broken Embroidery)』 by Teru Miyamoto
Freedom changes depending on one's way of thinking and perspective.
The Woman of the Sand by Kobo Abe
Even for a boy left in a harsh season, growth comes someday.
『Early Autumn』Robert B.
Parker
And there was no Kojima who hated books.
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
It's like seeing the timid pride and arrogant shame I once had.
『Sanwolgi』 Atsushi Nakajima
Hankyu Railway is a time machine that connects you to your hometown and memories.
Love, Osaka Kyū Electric Railway by Hiro Arikawa
There's a place everyone in Japan should know.
Shukawa Minato from "Music Box"
You can create your own world beyond borders and cultural boundaries.
Satori by Don Winslow
Before I knew it, I was making datura with my own hands.
『Coin Locker Babies』 by Ryu Murakami
The mistake we humans made by disregarding nature
"Resurrection Day" by Sakyo Komatsu
The challenge of leaving behind a life-threatening meme is truly "survival."
Akira Yoshimura's "Drifting"
Writing a t-shirt is different from creating a piece of writing.
Another way to convey MEME
Salem's Lot by Stephen King
The joy of discovery and the catharsis of a difficult discovery
Can you see what I see? series by Walter Wick
I heard my father's 'voice', which must have always been with me.
Voices of the Constellations by Ryo Asai
My heart opens with pleasure to the author's sharp instructions.
"It's an honor to open it - DILATED TO MEET YOU" Hiroko Minagawa
Can we live within the 'words of others'?
The Three Lies of Existence (Le Grand Cahier, La Preuve, Le Troisieme Mensonge) by Agota Christophe
Even if I have to give up everything, I have no choice but to continue doing 'it'.
『The Peak of the Gods』 Yumemakura Baku
Turning an impossible story into a possible story
The City & The City by China Miéville
MEME sheds old shells and creates a new future.
"Freight Train" by Miyuki Miyabe
A sense of accomplishment that is far removed from the 'cause' that stands in the face of the ironclad perfect crime
Shadow 81 by Lucien Nahum
This world is a collection of small stories.
Metal Gear Solid: Guns of the Patriots by Keikaku Ito
Passing on the heart and spirit to the next generation
Free from the struggle against loneliness
『Kamen Rider 1971 Color Complete Edition Box』 Shotaro Ishinomori
As we drift, we have no choice but to find a new way of life.
Drifting Classroom by Kazuo Umezu
A special 'diary' that reminds you of the precious things that never change.
Akimi Yoshida's "Seaside Village Diary"
Somewhere on earth, there are people who share the same 'loneliness'.
Alone by Christophe Chabutet
My first memory of an elevator was in black and white.
Ascenseur Pour L'echafaud, directed by Louis Malle
At the end of the movie,
A traverse beyond tragedy
Nordwand, directed by Philipp Stolzl

Chapter 2: Something I once loved, somewhere
God's Lonely Man
Taxi Driver, directed by Martin Scorsese
The Third Form of Expression: Encountering Nobilization
Columbo: Publish or Perish, by William Link and Richard Levinson
A preacher who is a movie commentator
〈Sunday Foreign Film Theater 40th Anniversary: ​​"Yodogawa Nagaharu's Commentary on Masterpieces"〉
Family Idols and Portraits
Bewitched, Little House on the Prairie, and Crayon Shin-chan
The Road to First Love ~ The Glass Anne I Loved
Ultra Seven actress Yuriko Hishimi
Manga! Manga! MANGA! ~ A Night's Tale
『2001+5 SPACE FANTASIA ANTHOLOGY 2001 Night Story Prototype Edition』 Hoshino Yukinobu
Will the public dream of Bleren?
Blade Runner director Ridley Scott
Yamato and the Pieces of Romance
Space Battleship Yamato
Joy Division and its time
JOY DIVISION
Shima Kosaku and his fathers' titles
Kenshi Hirokane, President Shima
Children of 2011
2001: A Space Odyssey, directed by Stanley Kubrick
'That's okay!'
Fujio Akatsuka, the genius Bakabon
We Who Broke the Walking Shell ~ A Future Led by Music Liberation and Portable Devices ~
WALKMAN (SONY) iPod (Apple)
Return to Space ~ Return to Game Designer ~
universe

In conclusion, from MEME to Jewish relationship
What is a bold bond? Gen Hoshino × Hideo Kojima

Metal Gear Solid series,
The creator of Death Stranding, etc.
A genius game creator reveals
The foundation of creativity!

World-renowned game developer
The source of Hideo Kojima's creation
About books, movies and music
It was a burning passion and deep respect.

“The books and movies introduced in this book
I moved my own feet and saw with my own eyes
These are just a few of the things I chose after thinking about it with my head.

This list, no, this context
The work was created by a human named Hideo Kojima.

The memes they gave me inspired me to create
“It gave me the energy to live.”
- Hideo Kojima

Lonely but connected.
That feeling was the strength that supported me through my loneliness since childhood.
So I'm going to share with you what books have given me so far.
The 'bond' of being connected to someone
I want to share this message with others through this book.
- p.9 (Starting with - MEME continues)


World-class game creator
The books and films that shaped Hideo Kojima

"Hideo Kojima's Creative Genes" is a book that lovingly introduces 44 books and movies that influenced and inspired Hideo Kojima, a world-renowned game creator known for the "Metal Gear Solid" series and "Death Stranding," while creating games.


This book delves into the author's appreciation for the many creative sources that made him a game creator, including masterpieces of science fiction novels and movies like "Heir to the Stars," "2001: A Space Odyssey," and "Blade Runner," as well as mystery novels by Agatha Christie and Stephen King and the rock music of Joy Division, and why these stories have continued as memes to this day.


Through this book, readers will be able to glimpse into the life, works, worldview, and personal confessions of one of our era's most representative genius game creators.
The book also includes an interview with Gen Hoshino, a renowned Japanese musician, writer, and actor.


The feeling of being connected to someone
It was the strength that supported me

The author, who felt particularly lonely and lost in his own world after his father passed away at an early age, says that he was able to overcome his depressed feelings and connect with the world by reading books and watching movies around him.
Through reading books and watching movies, I was able to meet countless adults and mentors who could guide me through life.
In particular, the author felt a sense of connection with someone by sharing the stories contained in books and movies with countless others, and through this, he discovered that books and movies serve as a kind of MEME (cultural genetic information) that inherits culture and creates bonds.
He says that he goes to the bookstore every day to meet new books in order to meet such MEMEs.
For the author, the everyday act of choosing a book is both an experience of gaining knowledge and profound wisdom to engage with reality, and a source of creativity for creating his own work.
The reason I wrote this book, which is a collection of articles introducing the author's favorite books and movies, is because I believed that in order to create works that contain my own originality, I needed to constantly train myself to develop a discerning eye for selecting books and movies.



To create a new world
You need your own voice

Many of the books and movies the author was passionate about were about efforts to uncover the secrets of the universe and the mysteries of the world that he had longed for since childhood.
Among them, Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" is one of his most perfect creations.
In this book, the author experiences a strangely moving moment while watching masterpiece sci-fi films like Ridley Scott's Blade Runner with middle-aged fans, empathizes with Travis, the lonely outsider in Taxi Driver, and feels first love for Yuriko Hishimi, the female protagonist of Ultra Seven.
Meanwhile, as I recall the dreams and 'romance' conveyed by "Space Battleship Yamato," I also recall the sad memories of losing my father at a young age.
All of these personal cultural experiences ultimately became the elements that make up Hideo Kojima as a person, and he says that these created a chemical reaction within him that became the source of his unique work.



The connection between ME and ME
Create new bonds

The author believes that each person's interpretation of the stories they have differs depending on the time and situation in which they are 'read'.
And it is up to each individual to decide which ones to imitate and expand upon, and it is believed that new MEMEs are born through the act of imitating, inheriting, and expanding upon them.
The author explains that the moment when he used the music of a rock band he happened to hear while traveling in Iceland while preparing for Death Stranding in the teaser trailer was when ME and ME connected and created a new MEME.
Through these examples, I argue that if you sincerely approach the task of forming new bonds with the confidence you gained from your past experiences, you can unleash amazing creative energy.
This is no different from learning from history to create a new future.
The idea is that through the cultural experience that MEME imparts, we can refine our perspective on the world and objects, an ability that was previously incomplete through the genes we inherited from our parents.



This meme is making us
Hoping to continue

The author, who often suffered from extreme loneliness or stress and anxiety while continuing to create something, confesses that he was able to overcome the pain by seeing the results of the efforts of those who, like him, created MEMEs.
Just seeing the incredible work of art created by someone so far away gives me the strength to keep moving forward.
That's why I believe in the power of MEMEs in stories that enrich people and the world, and I want to tell many stories.
Because I believe that such acts will connect people, the world, and the times, I believe that the MEME will become a 'creative gene' and show us a world that no one has ever experienced before.
I hope that the author and readers who encountered this book will create new MEMEs in the future.
This will continue to lead to another new bond.