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Why are cassette tapes so cute?

　It is said that music boxes are becoming more and more popular overseas, and domestic musicians have begun to release new songs on cassette tapes. In my generation, cassette tape is the feeling of "youth itself". Why is it so popular now?

　He wants to use "Block de gadgets" to make cassette tapes (officially known as compact boxes) and take the object out of the depths of storage. In the rattling plastic packaging, the place containing the smooth and delicate 0.15-inch tape is a bit erotic.

　With the passage of time, the music rolled up like this, I think it is a kind of structure. Moreover, because it is a package that can be carried in a pocket, it also has the feeling of "quack" to change the song. This is not possible in iPod or Spotify digital music. In addition, you can also make a collection of favorite songs and edit tapes for girls, or you can transcend the difficult boundaries of television and radio.

　The animation series of Block de gadgets is mainly made with computers and digital devices as the center. In fact, music boxes were used as an external storage medium for early microcomputers until floppy disks became common. That's what MZ-80K did last time.

Try to collect the mimicry of the cassette tapes around the table. I know how this object is loved. Mobile phone boxes and external HD boxes bought by wholesalers in Shanghai, extreme even Caldy's chocolates! There should also be portable battery.

　In this way, I think cassette tapes are very similar to 3.5-inch floppy disks in their casual use. Is it a bit of an exaggeration to say that it is also the democratization of music and programs (or data)? It is also free to produce, plagiarize and spread on social media.

　The following animation has become the most difficult and easy part in the past, although there are some parts that I don't know if I can show it well along the way, but please take a look! It also involves the origin of comparative and serious cassette tapes.

"Block de gadget by Encyclopedia": https://youtu.be/rNsghjqFuhw playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZRpVgG187CvTxcZbuZvHA1V87Qjl2gyB "in64blocks": https://www.instagram.com/in64blocks/

Endo (Endo)

　Chairman and researcher of Aski General Research Institute in Takagawa. After the programmer joined the ASCII company in 1985. He has been editor-in-chief of monthly magazine ASCII and director of ASCII Co., Ltd., and has held his current post since 2013. Aski Kakawa conducted a survey and consultation on the lifestyle of people in the smartphone and Internet era. It is also the author of free software such as "AMSCLS" (fully used in LHA) and "thumb Pin" (thumb shift keyboard simulator). Interests are curry, illusion and stationery making. In 2018 and 2019, he won the prize in the "misseeing and hearing contest" of the Japanese basic Psychological Association for two consecutive years. Use this illusion to make animated floating pens. His works include computer Room War painting (ASCII), 10 World NHK IT White boxes changed by Smart people (co-authored, published by talk Society), and so on.