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Howard Schwarzman The Impeccable Prediction
Variations 1961 150
Shigeo Takagi Three Small Loops of Rope Unite three ropes knotted into loops, tossed into air, now one big loop with three knots
1972 1
Shigeo Takagi False Cut of Rope in Half
1972 3
Shigeo Takagi Rope Restoration
1972 4
Shigeo Takagi Pair of Scissors Removed From Rope scissors threaded onto rope penetrate rope
Also published here 1972 5
Shigeo Takagi Handkerchief Penetration silk penetrates another silk that a spectator holds upright between his hands, no reel
Also published here 1972 6
Shigeo Takagi Japanese Paper Cutting Trick chain of paper squares torn and restored
1972 7
Shigeo Takagi Eight Coin Trick four coins in each hand, they travel one by one into one hand
Related to 1972 9
Shigeo Takagi Blank Card Routine five blank cards change to match prediction
Variations 1972 10
Shigeo Takagi Japanese Wild Card
1977 109
Fred Robinson (reviewer) One Cup Routine by Shigeo Takagi Oct. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 2)
474
Fred Robinson (reviewer) Coin Assembly by Shigeo Takagi (written by Jeff Busby) Oct. 1977
Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 2)
474
Shigeo Takagi Shigeo Takagi's One Cup Routine one-cup routine with solid cup finale
Related to 1977 1
Shigeo Takagi False Transfer brief
1977 1
Shigeo Futagawa Dedication to Shigeo Takagi short biography
1978 5
Shigeo Takagi Takagi Wild Card Handling with double facers
1978 3
Shigeo Takagi Takagi Wild Card Handling
1978 2
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Takagi's One-Cup Routine by Shigeo Takagi (written by Jeff Busby) 1978
Interlocutor (Issue 25)
98
Karl Fulves (reviewer) Takagi's Coin Assembly by Shigeo Takagi (written by Jeff Busby) 1978
Interlocutor (Issue 25)
98
Horace E. Bennett East Meets West torn and restored paper
Inspired by
  • Shigeo Takagi's "Japanese Paper Cutting"
1978 3
Shigeo Takagi Coin Routine
  • ten coins travel from hand to hand one by one, with hand crossing
  • three in each hand, all travel into one hand
Related toVariations 1978 1
Shigeo Takagi Coin Vanish hand placed into fist from below, similar to Ramsay vanish
1978 3
John Cornelius The Sliding Knot idea of doing it with different colored silks on page 192, another handling by Michael Sondermeyer on page 444
Related toVariationsAlso published here Jan. 1979
Apocalypse (Vol. 2 No. 1)
149
Harry Lorayne Triumph Cutting Display Variation rolling
Inspired byRelated to 1979 136
Fred Robinson (reviewer) Coin Routine by Shigeo Takagi (written by Jeff Busby) June 1979
Pabular (Vol. 5 No. 6)
692
Shigeo Takagi Takagi Turnover Count
1979 9
Daryl Martinez The Puerto Rican Triumph
Related toVariations 1980 54
Shigeo Takagi Coins and Coasters four coins travel from hand to between two coasters, four more coins appear
Also published here Dec. 1980
Apocalypse (Vol. 3 No. 12)
426
Al Smith (reviewer) New One Cup Routine by Shigeo Takagi May 1980
Pabular (Vol. 6 No. 5)
849
Shigeo Takagi Shigeo Takagi's New One Cup Routine one-cup routine with solid cup finale, final load travels inside cup which can be screwed open
  • Shigeo Takagi's Climax
  • Additional Load Climax
  • A Non-Lap Handling
Related toVariationsAlso published here 1980 1
Shigeo Takagi Lapping Move small ball, solid cup
1980 2
David Arthur The Panda's Purse
Related to 1981 229
David Britland (reviewer) The New One Cup Routine by Shigeo Takagi 1981
The Talon (Issue 7)
109
Shigeo Takagi Acrobatic Monte using divided card
VariationsAlso published here June 1982
Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 6)
639
Harry Riser, Jeff Busby, Shigeo Takagi Presentation of Shigeo Takagi's Miracle Monte
Oct. 1982
Epoptica (Issue 2)
114
Shigeo Takagi Takagi Turnover Count
Feb. 1984
Pabular (Vol. 8 No. 4)
1201
Shigeo Takagi Shigeo Takagi's Triumph
Inspired by Winter 1984
West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
50
Daryl Martinez, Shigeo Takagi Triumph Cutting Display
Winter 1984
West Coast Quarterly (Vol. 1 No. 1)
53
Philip T. Goldstein, Shigeo Takagi Cash on the Corner handling for Shigeo Takagi's "Cash Card", four cardboard with plastic film attached, blank pieces of paper are inserted and they transform into bills, with torn corner kicker
1984 4
Shigeo Takagi Blank Card Turnover Sequence Takagi Turnover Count
1984 16
Shigeo Takagi Pursonality three half dollars and odd coin change place using purse
Also published here Mar. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 3)
1033
Shigeo Takagi Wilder Cards seven cards, double facers
Also published here Aug. 1985
Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 8)
1096
Shigeo Takagi, Karl Fulves Japanese Checkers No. 1, paper folded and cut into squares, really the squares remain all connected at a corner for form a sort of chain, challenge to get all squares out of a bag with one grip
1985 1
Shigeo Takagi Bargeld Lacht! bills in envelopes that are transparent on one side, paper prints to bills
Also published here
  • Genii, Oct. 1983
Oct. 1985
Intermagic (Vol. 12 No. 1)
9
Shigeo Takagi Takagi Thumb-Tie
1986 99
Shigeo Takagi No-Reel Silk-Through through other silk or microphone stand,...
Also published here Jan. 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 1)
1162
Shigeo Takagi Scissorcery scissors off rope
Also published here July 1986
Apocalypse (Vol. 9 No. 7)
1232
Larry Jennings Reversal Strip-Out Addition bottom cards reversed and added
Related to Jan. 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 7 No. 1)
870
Shigeo Takagi Which Jacks Are Better? Visitor type effect
Dec. 1987
Apocalypse (Vol. 10 No. 12)
1429
Shigeo Takagi Shigeo Takagi's Rope Routine with spectator
  • Phase One
  • Phase Two
  • Phase Three
  • Phase Four
Variations 1987 1
Shigeo Takagi Card Ping Chien switch as card is tossed on the table
Related to 1988 11
Shigeo Takagi Cord Through rope through bottle opener
Related to Oct. 1988
Apocalypse (Vol. 11 No. 10)
1552
Philip T. Goldstein, Shigeo Takagi Cash on the Corner handling for Shigeo Takagi's "Cash Card", four cardboard with plastic film attached, blank pieces of paper are inserted and they transform into bills, with torn corner kicker
1988 12
Shigeo Takagi Reddish-Blue Triumph Color Changing Deck Kicker
Also published here Mar. 1989
Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 3)
1618
Shigeo Takagi To the Cut packets in square, fake/crossed pick-ups
Also published here Apr. 1990
Apocalypse (Vol. 13 No. 4)
1770
Mac King Introduction Rope routine is based on Shigeo Takagi's routine
1990 1
Mac King, George Sands Phase One Effect
Inspired byRelated to 1990 2
Shigeo Takagi Devilishly Direct
Related to 1990 11
Shigeo Takagi Takagi's Coins Across
  • Part One: ten coins travel from hand to hand one by one, with hand crossing
  • Part Two: three in each hand, all travel into one hand
  • Part Three: two in each hand, all travel into one hand
Inspired by 1990 13
Shigeo Takagi Coin Vanish hand placed into fist from below, similar to Ramsay vanish
1990 16
Shigeo Takagi Drop Transfer apparently one coin dropped from each hand, really bot from one, han ping chien like move
1990 18
Shigeo Takagi Wild Time six Jokers change into duplicates of Two of Hearts
Also published here 1990 19
Shigeo Takagi Flustration Move Handling
1990 19
Shigeo Takagi The Wild Blanks five blank cards, one is signed by performer and signature transfers to other cards
Inspired byVariations 1990 24
Shigeo Takagi Turn-Over Count double-blank cards
Variations 1990 24
Shigeo Takagi The Solid Cup one-cup routine with solid cup finale, final load travels inside cup which can be screwed open
Also published here 1990 26
Shigeo Takagi False Transfer
1990 27
Shigeo Takagi Trans-Purse-Sition Chinese coin in purse transposes with three silver coins outside, unequal transposition
Also published here 1990 32
Shigeo Takagi Purse Steal coin apparently placed in purse
1990 32
Shigeo Takagi Trans-Purse-Tation four coins travel one by one from purse to hand
Related to 1990 35
Shigeo Takagi The Ghostly Silk silk penetrates another silk that a spectator holds upright between his hands, no reel
Also published here 1990 38
Shigeo Takagi Who Cuts First? packets in square, fake/crossed pick-ups
Also published here 1990 40
Shigeo Takagi Scissorope scissors threaded onto rope penetrate rope
Also published here 1990 43
Shigeo Takagi The Leaping Silk silk knotted onto rope, silk penetrates onto another rope
1990 45
Shigeo Takagi Total Triumph
1990 47
Tenkai Ishida, Shigeo Takagi Tenkai Optical Revolve Handling
1990 48
Shigeo Takagi Cutting Display Variation
Related to 1990 49
Shigeo Takagi Rising Triumph deck shuffled face-up/face-down, selection rises, then Triumph
Variations 1990 51
Shigeo Takagi Color-Shift Triumph color changing deck climax
Also published here 1990 53
Shigeo Takagi The Oriental Coins four coins vanish and appear between two bowls one by one
Also published here 1990 55
Shigeo Takagi The Double Thought
Inspired by 1990 58
Shigeo Takagi Double Handling double turned over in one hand between fingers
1990 59
Shigeo Takagi Convergence Hoe's sympathetic coins
1990 61
Shigeo Takagi Coin Vanish with Card coin stolen out of hand under card
Also published here 1990 62
Shigeo Takagi Rope, Knots, and Wand spectator holds wand upright, rope knotted onto wand penetrates it
Related to 1990 65
Shigeo Takagi Double Cut and Restored Rope
1990 68
Shigeo Takagi Monte With Four jumbo cards
Also published here 1990 74
Shigeo Takagi Jumbo Card Elmsley Count
1990 74
Shigeo Takagi Do As I Do Rope Routine with spectator
  • Part One
  • Part Two
  • Part Three (based on Cornelius)
  • Part Four
Inspired byRelated to 1990 79
Shigeo Takagi Chinese Rubber Band Mystery
1990 85
Shigeo Takagi A Beautiful Thumb Tie full routine
1990 88
Shigeo Takagi Owan to Tama "Japanese Cups and Balls"
with three bowls, fan as wand
1990 94
Shigeo Takagi New Era Linking Rings six rings
  • The First Link (A bluff link)
  • The Second Link (A bluff link and unlink)
  • The Third Link (A genuine link and unlink with the key ring)
  • The Fourth Link (Your two rings are exchanged with the spectator's which are then linked and unlinked)
  • The Fifth Link (A comedy link and unusual unlink)
  • The Sixth Link (The rings are linked and the spectator holding two linked rings is invited to stand beside you. You unlink your rings and, with your help, he unlinks his own rings)
  • The Seventh Link (The spectator is given two single rings. You hold the other two. You both link your rings together)
  • The Eighth Link (A chain of four rings is made)
  • The Ninth Link
  • The Tenth and Eleventh Links (The next two rings are joined with those already linked together)
  • The Climactic Long Chain
  • The Resolution
1990 106
Shigeo Takagi The False Count
1990 107
David Jones (reviewer) The Amazing Miracles of Shigeo Takagi by Shigeo Takagi (written by Richard Kaufman) May 1991
Opus (Vol. 3 No. 9)
16
Shigeo Takagi Subtle Slop Shuffle Aces four Aces are reversed at the end
Also published here June 1993
Magic (Vol. 2 No. 10)
52
Shigeo Takagi Coin Vanish with Card coin stolen out of hand under card
Also published here Dec. 1993
Magic (Vol. 3 No. 4)
59
Shigeo Takagi The Rotational Strip-Out Switch reversing cards when adding them
Related to 1995 15
Roberto Giobbi Quick Business four white cards, performer writes contact information on one which then appears on the other three as well
Inspired by 1995 49
Shigeo Takagi, Jerry K. Hartman Double-blank display with a packet
"a modest modification of (see reference)"
Inspired by 1995 263
Michael Close, Shigeo Takagi You Hue spectator's name is duplicated, using name index, variation on Takagi's "The Wild Blanks"
1996 16
Bob Driebeek Acrobatic Monte using diagonal flap card
Inspired by 1996 49
Nick Trost, Shigeo Takagi Topsy Turvy Aces Handling by Shigeo Takagi, performed on Card and Coin Magic (1989)
1997 81
Nick Trost, Al Thatcher Flim-Flam Blank cards print, to three Tens, then change to three Aces to match previously tabled Ace
Inspired by 1997 213
Shigeo Takagi Takagi Turnover Count
1997 214
Dave Campbell B.I.N.G.O. five bingo cards shown on both sides, one side transforms in letter cards that spell "BINGO"
Inspired byAlso published here 1998 27
Shigeo Takagi Turn-Over Count
1998 28
Michael Close (reviewer) Cash Card by Shigeo Takagi
Victor & Marcelo Contento
Sep. 1998
Magic (Vol. 8 No. 1)
29
Shigeo Takagi Coin Vanish with Card card stolen out of hand when fist is stroked with card
July 2001
Magic (Vol. 10 No. 11)
70
Armando Gutierrez Rising Card with Triumph deck shuffled face-up/face-down, selection rises, then Triumph, then selection is revealed
Inspired by 2003 17
Shigeo Takagi Takagi Turnover Count
2004 224
Shigeo Takagi The Steal
2006 183
Shigeo Takagi Takagi Turnover Count
2008 290
Shigeo Takagi Takagi Turnover Display
2008 80
Oliver Meech Fortune Telling Fish Plastic fish tells fortune, reveals spectator's card/name
Inspired by 2010 54
Nick Trost Quadraplex tapestry with jumbo cards cut into quarters, face-up quarters that remain match a prediction which has also one mis-fitted corner
  • No-Setup Method
Inspired by
  • routine on Japanese video "Card and Coin Magic" (Shigeo Takagi, 1989)
2011 780
Shigeo Takagi Takagi Turnover Count
2011 802
Shigeo Takagi The Japanese Blanks Count Takagi Turnover Count
2012 63
Shigeo Takagi Subtle Slop Shuffle Aces four Aces are reversed at the end
Also published here 2013 196
John Hostler Ultramarine Packet Switch packet displayed and dropped to table
Related to 2018 29
Michael Powers Elmer eliminating sucker aspect
Inspired by
  • "Elmer" (Ed Oschmann, Linking Ring, May 2017)
Related to
2019 58
Christian Scherer, Shigeo Takagi Die Magie der Logik one-cup routine with solid cup finale, final load travels inside cup which can be screwed open, with two final loads and no wand used
Inspired by 2021 3