Jul 15, 2024 21:00:00

Summary of GIGAZINE article rankings of the top 100 best-selling articles on Amazon, Q2 2024

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The top image is of the reading room at the John Rylands Library in Manchester, UK.

The John Rylands Library houses a collection of medieval illuminated manuscripts and early European printed materials, including the Gutenberg Bible , and the fragment of paper known as the ' Rylands Library Papyrus P52 ' is said to be the oldest surviving text of the New Testament. Construction began in 1890 in the Gothic Revival (Neo-Gothic) style , and the interior of the library, which opened to the public in 1900, was designed to resemble a Neo-Gothic church.

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GIGAZINE releases various manga, books, and articles as e-books not only on its website but also on Amazon's Kindle store. All e-books are eligible for Kindle Unlimited , so Kindle Unlimited users can read them for free. This time, we have compiled a ranking of the ' Top 100 Most Read Articles in Q2 2024' based on digitized versions of GIGAZINE articles.

◆1: What are some good textbooks and lecture videos for learning computer science without going to college?

◆2: 99 books recommended by Alan Kay, the father of personal computing

◆3: 21 books that investment guru Warren Buffett recommends as must-reads

◆4: Amazon Japan announces its '100 best novels of all time' based on past performance

◆5: A famous American university publishes a list of books recommended for college students. What kind of books should college students read?

◆6: Elon Musk recommends '11 books you should read'

◆7: I tried taking photos and movies with the iPhone 15 Pro Max camera, which can shoot 5x telephoto and up to 48 megapixels

◆8: Here's a list of the 100 most influential books and documents in the world:

◆9: Interview with mechanical designer Junichiro Tamamori of 'Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love': What are the secrets of the chimney, third bridge, and 'Wave Motion Barrier'?

◆10: Interview with director Yusaku Matsumoto of the film 'Winny' portrays the developer behind the file-sharing software, Isamu Kaneko

◆11: An interview with series composer Enjoe Toh of 'Godzilla SP [Singular Point]': How was Godzilla's first 13-episode film created?

◆12: An interview with Shogo Sugitani [Human Plastic Model], the author of 'Pompo the Movie Lover,' who says he is 'better at drawing the equivalent of a book in one go' than serializing it

◆13: A review of the combined techniques of 'ControlNet' and 'Stable Diffusion', which allow you to quickly generate illustrations of your choice by specifying the pose and composition.

◆14: Interview with Sorcerous Stabber Orphen's Journey author, Yoshinobu Akita, asking about the new anime celebrating the series' 25th anniversary and stories related to his writing

◆15: Interview with Yukito Kishiro, the creator of 'Battle Angel Alita' - We asked him about the process of adapting the 'Alita: Battle Angel' movie and the secret behind the fantastical story of 'Battle Angel Alita'

◆16: A review by an Apple Watch beginner who used the Apple Watch Ultra 2 for a few days

◆17: An interview with Yamashiro Fuuga, storyboard artist and director of episode 4 of 'Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!', who splits the movies he sees into frames to use as material for his own direction

◆18: The ending woven by a mysterious bond: An interview with Director Nobuyoshi Habara and Series Compositionist Harutoshi Fukui of 'Space Battleship Yamato 2202: Warriors of Love'

◆19: Standard Ebooks, an overseas edition of Aozora Bunko, lets you read classic masterpieces from Holmes to Aristotle for free

◆20: Tips for choosing 'easy-to-read colors' when creating graphs and visualizing data

◆21: I actually bought the Google Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8 and received them, so I did a thorough unboxing of the actual product version and a photo review of the appearance, and compared them to the Pixel 7

◆22: Review of the 'Pomera DM250' - a lightweight and compact device that you can open and start writing right away, and that also allows for easy file sharing with your smartphone

◆23: Five books that Bill Gates says 'made me rethink my way of thinking'

◆24: We tried out the 'Best Take' and 'Audio Eraser Magic' features of the Google Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 8, which let you experience the amazing power of AI, and we also checked out the evolution of the camera from the Pixel 7

◆25: A data visualization expert explains how to choose colors that are easy for humans to distinguish intuitively in your design

◆26: Photo review of the 'Galaxy Tab S9', 'Galaxy Tab S9+' and 'Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra' which are labelled as 'products that will disruptively transform tablet PCs'

◆27: Interview with director Hirao Takayuki of the animated film 'Pompo the Movie Lover.' How did he make a film about 'a minority striking back at the majority' in a way that would resonate with the majority?

◆28: SysMocap is a free motion capture technology that can project face, hand, and whole-body movements onto a 3D avatar in real time.

◆29: What are the “must-read books of 2023” chosen by British economic magazine “The Economist”?

◆30: Bill Gates announces 'the best book he has read in the last 10 years.' What is his 'everlasting favorite'?

◆31: With the 'GoPro HERO12 Black,' you can quickly shoot vertical movies with higher image quality and less blur than with a smartphone, and you can use accessories as they are because the camera orientation does not change.

◆32: Interview with Director Masaaki Yuasa of 'Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!': How he created the work that he calls 'an amazing anime'

◆33: Interview with Shiro Yamazaki, subtitle science supervisor for the film 'TENET': What are the key points to enjoying the film?

◆34: The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, which lets you explore not only the land of Hyrule but also the skies and underground on the Nintendo Switch, is attractive for its 'fairly more freedom than the previous game' and 'fun to create.'

◆35: Finally, a plugin that runs the image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion' in 'CLIP STUDIO PAINT' has been released

◆36: Interview with manga artist Naoki Urasawa: 'I wanted to depict this future society' in the anime 'Pluto'

◆37: I tried taking various photos with the Xperia 1 V, which is said to be capable of taking photos comparable to those of a digital camera with a full-size sensor.

◆38: The reviews for girls' school swimsuits on Amazon are pretty ridiculous

◆39: Interview with Director Sato Atsuki of 'The Era of Space Battleship Yamato: The Choice of 2202 A.D.' The BGM for the 'Fleet Assemble' scene is newly recorded to recreate the experience of the previous series

◆40: A simple summary of how to use 'img2img', an image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion web UI (AUTOMATIC1111 version)' to automatically generate images with similar composition and color to the original image or to change only a specified part

◆41: I customized the Loupedeck Live S, a device that lets you call up shortcuts and macros with the push of a button to make your PC work super fast

◆42: 10 books that ruined the world but should never have been written

◆43: Interview with director Mitsuo Iso about the anime 'Tsuchigai Shounen Shoujo' - how he values 'how immersive' the film

◆44: Finally released Apple Watch Series 9 with S9 chip and watchOS 10 Photo review and setup summary

◆45: 'Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Clash! Rakuga Kingdom and Almost Four Heroes' Interview with Director Naohiko Kyogoku and Producer Keiichi Kondo: 'We want to create a story that children will be proud of'

◆46: Interview with Director Tatsuya Oishi and Producer Tatsuya Ishikawa of 'Kizumonogatari -Koyomi Vamp-': Their goal was to create 'the definitive version of Kizumonogatari'

◆47: Zapier has a new feature that lets you create workflows simply by entering text. We tried it out.

A YouTuber recreates the pipe gun used to assassinate former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe

◆49: Interview with Owara Sumito, the author of 'Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!', says that 'it didn't matter if the three main characters were different'

◆50: The Meta Quest 3's full-color pass-through was amazing, allowing you to enjoy an overwhelming MR experience in which your room becomes a completely different space.

◆51: Open source plugin that enables image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion' to be used in Krita

◆52: A dense work condensing 52 episodes of the anime into 120 minutes, 'The Era of Space Battleship Yamato: Choices in the Year 2202 A.D.' Interview with Fukui Harutoshi and Minagawa Yuka; How do the 'Astro Warriors' work?

◆53: A thorough review of the camera performance of the 'Pixel 7a,' which is 20,000 yen cheaper than the 'Pixel 7'; it has few noticeable weaknesses and beats the Pixel 7 in wide-angle photography, making it a great value for the money

◆54: 'PWABuilder' is a tool that instantly converts PWA-made web apps into a format that can be distributed in stores such as Google Play and the App Store.

◆55: What is the “Amazon flywheel effect” that is driving Amazon’s growth?

◆56: An interview with series composer Harutoshi Fukui and director Kenji Yasuda of 'Space Battleship Yamato 2205: The New Voyage'; a director who is 'not from the Yamato generation'

◆57: Interview with original author Yasuhiro Nightow and director Kenji Muto about the anime 'TRIGUN STAMPEDE' - 'Trigun has been boosted, refined, and condensed without being reduced'

◆58: Interview with Mari Motohashi, who was in charge of storyboarding and directing the first episode of the anime 'Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!' The character of Asakusa is impressively brought out through the action of eating zunda mochi

◆59: Version 2.0 of the long-established music player 'foobar2000' has finally been released, with 'official x64 support' and 'dark mode support'

◆60: A tour report of Opakis, one of the largest motion capture studios in Asia with 100 cameras; what are the props and stage equipment that support cutting-edge video production?

◆61: What has evolved in the Apple Watch Series 9 with watchOS 10 and the S9 chip? I tried wearing it for a week.

◆62: YouTube original animation 'Pole Princess!!' Interview with director Hitomi Ezoe and 3DCG artist Yoshihiro Otobe, the evolution of motion capture technology makes it possible to visualize pole dancing

◆63: An interview with Choi Eun-young, producer of Keep Your Hands Off Eizouken!, who depicts the 'fun' aspects of animation production

◆64: 'FAN GATHERING 'Hathaway's Flash' Heirs to GUNDAM' report reveals the secrets of 'Mobile Suit Gundam Hathaway's Flash'

◆65: Google now supports 'Passkey,' a feature that lets you log in without a password, so I tried it out on my iPhone and Android smartphone

◆66: Photo review of Apple's smartwatch 'Apple Watch Ultra 2' equipped with S9 chip and evolved to a maximum brightness of 3000 nits

◆67: 19 'must-read general books' selected by successful entrepreneurial hackers

◆68: I tried to create a 'One-handed Hollywood' by connecting a remote control and an external connection hub to the 'GoPro HERO11 Black'.

◆69: 'How to Read a Book' is a collection of tips for getting the most information from a book in a limited amount of time.

◆70: I tried using 'stable-diffusion-videos', which can create movies using the image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion'

◆71: I tried playing the formidable SRPG 'Unicorn Overlord,' which depicts a super royal fantasy with beautiful graphics that move smoothly, on the Nintendo Switch.

◆72: Amazon has released the large tablet 'Fire Max 11' with an 11-inch 2K LCD for around 30,000 yen, so we checked its performance

◆73: Here's what happens when you analyze a famous movie scene from an architect's perspective

◆74: Adobe MAX 2020 will be held, where you can take 465 sessions including free Photoshop time-saving methods, design tips, and how to create buzz on SNS. We asked the people in charge about the development secrets and other topics.

◆75: OpenAI announces 'Shap-E', an open source AI that generates 3D models from text and images

◆76: What are the books that successful startup founders recommend as 'must-read'?

◆77: Summary of the 2022 Ig Nobel Prize winners, awarded for fascinating and thought-provoking research, including the 16th consecutive Japanese winner

◆78: Review of Yamazen's inverter generator 'EIGG-600D' that can be used with ordinary gas cartridges, which seems to be useful at home during typhoon season and outdoors

◆79: I tried to create a workflow to 'output the title and URL of a website obtained by RSS to a Google spreadsheet' using 'n8n,' which can automate multiple apps by linking them together like IFTTT and Zapier.

◆80: Amazon is accused of 'illegally obstructing' unionization

◆81: How was the battle for the top anime ratings made? An interview with directors Azuma Tani, Takashi Otsuka, and producer Keiko Matsushita, who produced the anime in the film 'Haken Anime!'

◆82: I tried using 'A+ Content' to improve my sales by modifying my Amazon KDP e-book page

◆83: 'RGB & HSL' visually shows the relationship between the values of 'RGB (red, green, blue)' and 'HSL (hue, saturation, brightness)' that represent the color space

◆84: How to disable the 18+ safety filter of the image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion'

◆85: How to run the image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion' on Google Colaboratory and save images to Google Drive

◆86: What are the 10 points for writing “good code”?

◆87: Bill Gates' Top 5 memorable books he read in 2021

◆88: Yo Oizumi announces his retirement from 'Wednesday Dodesho' in the 'Decoy' stage greeting report

◆89: Experience report of the attraction 'Godzilla Intercept Operation - National Godzilla Awaji Island Research Center' where you are swallowed whole by a life-sized Godzilla with a total length of 120 meters

◆90: Bill Gates' list of '5 Summer Books': 'Short books with serious themes that are fun to read'

◆91: What are the “5 books that changed the lives of software engineers” as chosen by active programmers?

◆92: What are “affordances,” the strategies for engaging in meaningful conversation?

◆93: How to use the CLIP interrogator, which can decompose and display what kind of prompt or spell was in the image automatically generated by the image generation AI Stable Diffusion

◆94: 'stable_diffusion.openvino' is now available, allowing the image generation AI 'Stable Diffusion' to run on Intel CPUs, and is available for anyone to download

◆95: Review of the 'DRV-C770R' drive recorder that thoroughly covers the entire road with a 360-degree front camera and a 163-degree wide-angle camera, and can even record the strength and direction of vibrations when a collision occurs

◆96: The world's only Godzilla museum, where over 100 monsters await, is a space where you can experience the history of special effects movies.

◆97: What is the ecology of the fish worm, the parasite that replaces the tongue of a fish?

◆98: A thorough photo review of Sony's ultra-compact video camera 'VLOGCAM ZV-E1' despite being equipped with a full-size sensor

◆99: Interview with Director Masaaki Yuasa of the film 'Inu-oh' - He talked about his desire to make the viewers experience 'joy' that goes beyond 'satisfaction'

◆100: I tried making fried axolotls, which are surprisingly light and crispy from head to toe.