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Luv Euro 2
Release Date: 2/22/12
Price: 1886 yen
The album is out today, physically on CD as well as digitally on iTunes Japan, where you can listen to samples. Damn, “Mister” and “Run ‘n’ Gun” sound sooooo good. It’s just a shame there are so many repeats, and even more unfortunate that the iTunes version is a non-stop mix just like the CD.
Utatte Mita Best Selection
Release Date: 3/7/12
Price: 1905 yen
Wow, this album is going to be pretty insane. Many of the songs have already been done by AKBK, but will have newly recorded vocals. Every song has multiple vocalists, and “Team Minna” can only mean that ALL of the utaite will be singing on a song. Really makes me wish I could attend Akiba Koubou Festa so I could hear these live.
Geki Atsu! Drama Euro Chanbara Hen
Release Date: 3/7/12
Price: 2000 yen
An outstanding set of arrangers has been gathered for this Samurai-themed release. Ovrar, Asahi, Beat Charger, Elementas and valle blanco return from previous releases in the Geki Atsu! series. And as with the Detective edition, this one will also feature M.Sugawara (Sugano), Dizzi Mystica and Y&Co. And if they weren’t already enough, this edition also features the debuts of katsu (Akiba Koubou), Yassie and uno (IOSYS). The only strike against this album is that it only has 14 tracks instead of the usual 15.
There are no Geki Atsu! releases planned for April, so Tokuma are either taking a break or waiting to see how these first few releases do first.
Geki Atsu! Drama Euro Deka Hen
Release Date: 3/7/12
Price: 2000 yen
DJ Command and 2bad…will not be on this compilation. Instead, you’ll just have to settle for Sugano(!), Dizzi Mystica(!!), and Y&Co.(!!!). Yup, Akiba Koubou went all out for this series, as evidenced by the latest group of guest arrangers that they’ve assembled. Sugano had mentioned on his website that he’d be doing some work with AKBK, and Dizzi Mystica collaborated with them a few times in the past, but the inclusion of Y&Co. is quite a surprise.
Elementas, Ovrar, Asahi, Sumijun, Tks, Beat Charger, and valle blanco round out the rest of the list, so you can expect plenty of variety. Vocalists include Satsy, Kei, Mi->Na, DJ Kazma, and Hiromi. There are also a number of instrumental tracks, including 3 tracks that were also covered on EMI’s Speed Deka. Kinda disappointed there’s no Rhythm & Police, though 🙁
Vocalo Dance -Best Age! Tracks-
Release Date: 2/15/12 ? 2/29/12
Price: 2190 yen
Vocalo Dance Mania! It looks like EMI are marketing this as part of the Dancemania series, as they’ve put a special site up for it: Vocalo Dance Official Website.
The first Vocaloid compilation from EMI comes with a bevy of bonuses. In addition to a special cardboard sleeve and picture label CD for all editions, first-press copies will also come with a special calendar and fake credit card. Retailers will also be distributing B2-sized posters on a first-come, first-served basis. If you go to the URL listed on the obi strip and answer a quick survey, you can also download some special wallpapers for your PC or smartphone, though this offer only lasts until August. CD Japan says there’ll be a sticker, but there’s no longer any mention of that on Amazon or EMI’s website.
As for retailer-exclusive bonuses, Animate will be offering a special “can badge,” which is just a fancy Japanese term for a pin. Tora no Ana will also have special can badge with a different design.
I can’t help but be disappointed by the track list, though. I was hoping for new arrangements, but most of these appear to be the original versions.
Jenny Rom Bubble Eurobeat EP selected by Jenny Rom
Release Date: 2/13/12
Price: $2.99
It’s been almost 3 years since the last new Jenny Rom song (not including remixes), but “she” returns in 2012 with a cover of the Dusty Springfield hit, “I Only Want to Be with You.” Technically, this is just a reworking of the A.Kay-BJ version from a few years back. 🙁 I enjoyed the original and like this eurobeat remix too, but can’t help but feel that Saifam attached the Jenny Rom name just to play with our hearts. The song is also available at Juno Downloads.
Anyway, there are 5 other tracks in the EP, including the United Forced remix of “www.Blonde Girl.” Come on Saifam, give us a second Jenny Rom album with new material 🙁
Koi Euro Best
Release Date: 3/21/12
Price: 1900 yen
Final list and cover art are out. It honestly isn’t as bad as I thought it would be, especially compared to the lackluster Kiwami Euro Best. 7 repeats (or 12 if you include resings) isn’t too bad, and the fact that they stayed away from the usual Anime covers was a good choice. I really wish they had went with new Nagisa tracks instead of using songs from 3 years ago, though. Now that I think about it, lately Nagisa has been shut out of the latest Akiba Koubou releases. Hopefully she’s just busy working on a second album.
Geki Atsu! Anime Euro Robot Hen
Release Date: 2/8/12
Price: 2000 yen
Unlike the Drama Euro releases, so far the Anime Euro songs are limited to the core Akiba Koubou producers. The scant new tracks here are from DJ Command, Sumijun, valle blanco, and Tks (Rayto).
Geki Atsu! Anime Euro Gakuen Hen
Release Date: 2/8/12
Price: 2000 yen
Looks like Rayto (Tsukasa Baba) is being credited as “Tks” now. What’s odd is that some of the tracks credited to Sumijun were previously done by 2bad. Perhaps Sumijun = 2bad? Anyway, the new tracks are by DJ Command, Tks, and valle blanco. I was holding out hope that some of the repeats might be new arrangements, but the samples sound like the originals 🙁
Luv Euro 2
Release Date: 2/22/12
Price: 1886 yen
Updated cover art and a likely final list have been revealed. The are 5 new songs out of 18 total. That’s absolutely awful. As much as I want to hear the new DJ Kazma and Kei songs, it’s just not worth treading through the same old repeats.
Utatte Mita J-Pop
Release Date: 3/7/12
Price: 1905 yen
More repeats from Akiba Koubou. Again, there had better be new arrangements or this’ll be another waste of space. If you didn’t notice, “Ginga Tetsudou 999” is listed on this as well as the Anison album. Maybe they’ll do both “Ginga Tetsudou 999” as well as “The Galaxy Express 999.” Or maybe they’ll put the same song on two different albums. :{
Announced utaite include Kouhey, Yuge, Yamadan, Usa and Priko.
Utatte Mita Anison
Release Date: 3/7/12
Price: 1905 yen
Sigh, here comes “Zankoku” again. Almost all of the tracks announced so far have been covered by Akiba Koubou in the past. At the very least we’ll get some resings, but the description provided to retailers did mention house, techno and trance remixes in addition to the usual euro so perhaps we’ll get new arrangements as well. Announced utaite include Kouhey, Yuge, Yamadan and Usa.
Koi Euro Best
Release Date: 3/21/12
Price: 1886 yen
Early list is out and it’s surprisingly not too horrible. There are two new Sunplaza Nakano Kun tracks planned, with one of them being a resing of “Resort Lovers.” It seems like there’ll be a number of new tracks from DJ Fukui’s Harofuku project, so this really will be like a continuation of Buchiage Trance/Parance. Let’s see if this lasts more than one release. 😀
Geki Atsu! Drama Euro Chanbara Hen
Release Date: 3/7/12
Price: 2000 yen
There go my hopes of Sengoku Basara covers. It looks like AKBK are sticking strictly to the J-Drama theme, as the only songs announced thus far are from live-action, jidaigeki dramas. Whatever, as long as I don’t have to hear “Zankoku” again.
Geki Atsu! Drama Euro Deka Hen
Release Date: 3/7/12
Price: 2000 yen
Early list is out, and so far it looks like it’ll be mostly new material. “Taiyo no Hoero!” and “Seibu Keisatsu” should be familiar to Speed Deka fans. No “Rhythm & Police” yet, though. 🙁 I was afraid they’d attempt to shoehorn Lupin the 3rd into this, but right now it looks like they’re staying true to the theme and sticking to live-action J-Dramas.
DanceMaster | 
02 22nd, 2012| 
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