Dancemania EX × Trance Paradise

Girls Pop R&B ~Party Girl~ mixed by DJ Hiroki
Release Date: 2/24/11
Price: 1800 yen

Sequel to Girls Pop R&B, featuring covers of popular J-Pop and Western Pop songs. Mixed by DJ Hiroki.

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Diamond ~Celebrity Style Best Mix~
Release Date: 1/18/12
Price: 1695 yen

From the makers of Party Hits R&B House. 35 songs in all, mixed by DJ Rina.

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K-Pop Generation II
Release Date: 1/25/12
Price: 1714 yen

Follow-up release to last September’s K-Pop Generation. Produced by X-TRA 7. Some of the songs listed were already on the first release. I’m not sure if that means repeats, or if they’ll be new covers. Oh, who are we kidding? It’ll probably be repeats.

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Geki Atsu! Pachi Best
Release Date: 1/25/12
Price: 2000 yen

HOLD IT! You didn’t think that was it for Geki Atsu! releases, did you? Coming out this January, on the same day as the first two Drama euro releases, is Geki Atsu! Pachi Best. I’m not sure what the point is, considering that they released Geki Atsu! J-Euro Dai Ren Chan Senryoubako Version! last year, and that already served as a best-of album. But hey, never doubt Akiba Koubou’s ability to reuse “Zankoku” or “Sousei.”

I’m not entirely sure what’s up with this release, though. It was announced only very recently, despite the fact that it’s coming out later this month. Many retailers, including CDJapan, don’t even have it up for pre-order yet. It’s most definitely from Tokuma Japan, but I suspect it might be a limited release.

Pre-order at CDJapan.

Geki Atsu! Drama Euro Chanbara Hen
Release Date: 3/7/12
Price: 2000 yen

The second Geki Atsu! release in March will be a chanbara-themed album. Chanbara refers to sword fighting movies, so expect lots of themes from Samurai cinema and/or anime. Sengoku Basara seems like a good candidate, and I’d be shocked if Kurosawa film themes weren’t used.

2012 looks like it’ll be an interesting year for AKBK fans. Hopefully Tokuma don’t saturate the market too much, though. At this rate we’ll be seeing Geki Atsu! Drama Euro Buyuuden Hen and Christmas Hen by the end of the year.

Pre-order at CDJapan.

Geki Atsu! Drama Euro Deka Hen
Release Date: 3/7/12
Price: 2000 yen

No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. Tokuma Japan will be releasing yet another two Geki Atsu! CDs this March. This time they’re going back to J-Drama themes, with this particular release focusing on deka (detective) show themes. That’s right, all of a sudden they’re borrowing ideas from Dancemania Speed. Is it wrong that I really want “Rhythm & Police” to show up?

Pre-order at CDJapan.