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Samidarete…www (Single)
Artist: Umikamome Kotone from Sta+Pura! Seika Gakuin Geino Bu team. Etoile
Release Date: 8/8/12
Price: 1800 yen
Another new single from Toei’s idol-training game. This one has Eurobeat remixes by valle blanco and Rayto/TKS.
Anison “Kamikyoku” Cover Mix!!
Release Date: 8/1/12
Price: 1429 yen
New, Tsutaya-exclusive compilation featuring eurobeat covers of anime themes. Produced by Akiba Koubou. Looks like there’s at least one new track, “oath sign,” which is arranged by valle blanco with vocals provided by Kei.
Toho Eurobeat Vol. 6 ~ Phantasmagoria of Flower View
Release Date: 8/11/12
Price: 1400 yen
Doujin release featuring eurobeat covers of popular touhou songs. Vol. 5 was just released this past May, but I guess they wanted a new entry for the upcoming August Comiket. You can visit the official website for a crossfade demo.
Nico Dou no Ninki Utaite Dai Shuugou! [Utatte Mita] Chou Euro Mix Honki Nori! J-Pop Best (CD+Book)
Release Date: 6/28/12
Price: 1800 yen
New CD+Book release from Akiba Koubou, featuring a 15-track non-stop CD mixed by DJ Mocchi. No new songs on the CD, which is mostly composed of J-Pop covers. The book contains pics of live utatte mita performances. More details at the official site.
Iikara Tomato Kue (Single)
Artist: Natsu Aki
Release Date: 7/18/12
Price: 1429 yen (CD+DVD Edition) or 952 yen (CD Only Edition)
Wide release of the debut single from Akiba Koubou’s Idol duo, Natsu Aki, which is composed of Natsuko & Akiko from SDN48. Includes a new B-side track, “Fallin’ Darlin’*Daruma Otoshi.” Samples can be found on Amazon Japan.
Yume no Tobira (Single)
Artist: Allover
Release Date: 7/18/12
Price: 1429 yen (CD+DVD Edition) or 952 yen (CD Only Edition)
Wide release of the debut single from Akiba Koubou’s Idol project, Allover. Includes a new song, “Otome no Negai,” that wasn’t on the limited release. There’s also a CD+DVD edition available that includes a DVD with the “Yume no Tobira” music video. You can listen to samples on Amazon Japan.
Super Ita G Beat
Release Date: 7/18/12
Price: 1905 yen
Originally released during Nico Nico Cho Kaigi, Akiba Koubou have decided to give this special collaboration a wide release. It’s now available to order on major retailers like CDJapan and Amazon Japan.
Utattemita Anison/J-Pop Speed
Release Date: 7/4/12
Price: 1905 yen
As promised, I cooked up a little spreadsheet comparing BPMs, which you can find after the jump. BPMs were calculated using MixMeister BPM Analyzer, though I had to manually check some. The Anison album ranges from 160-180 BPM, while the J-Pop album starts at 150 and ends at 180 BPM.
DJ Hirocky did a great job mixing both albums, but in terms of energy Anison has a better selection of tracks. After all, half of the tracks on Anison were produced by DJ Command and many of the others were by Rayto/Tks. The J-Pop album suffers from starting off far too slow and, of course, having way too many repeats from the original album. If you’re new to Akiba Koubou, then these are certainly better options than the original Utattemita albums, but for long-time fans it’s yet another slap in the face.
Utattemita Anison Speed
Release Date: 7/4/12
Price: 1905 yen
Okay, EMI and AKBK are just straight up trolling now. This has 12 repeats from the original Utattemita J-Pop, and 6 of those are the same BPM as before. What the hell were they thinking when they made this? It’s a shame that all of AKBK’s “Speed” release have been so lazy and disappointing, because I LOVED the Geki Atsu! Drama Euro releases and thought this was going to be a banner year for AKBK. Instead, they’ve been running their repeats into the ground.
Utattemita Anison Speed
Release Date: 7/4/12
Price: 1905 yen
Somehow I got my copy a day early. I <3 CDJapan so much.
I’ll get the extremely bad, yet entirely unsurprising news out of the way first: there are no new arrangements. The slightly good news is that at least this time AKBK showed some effort by increasing the tempo of some of the songs. The minimum BPM on this album is 160, and a lot of these songs were previously in the 150-155 range, so it’s not a huge difference. However, many songs that were already over 160 BPM, including some that were already featured on the regular Utattemita Anison, are the same tempo as before. Sigh. The return of Dancemania Speed this is not. I’m working on a quick spreadsheet that compares the BPMs, which I’ll hopefully have up in a bit.
I will say that I enjoyed the mixing a lot, and it has my two most-loved AKBK productions ever, one right after the other. Oh, actually, I was lying about there being no new tracks. “Discotheque” is technically a new resing by Shihori. I don’t get why they didn’t just use the existing Prico version since she’s an utaite and would’ve fit perfectly. Also “We Are” is a resing of a track that originally appeared on Akiba Koubou presents Utatte Mita Collection Tsukareta Otoko.
Utattemita J-Pop Speed
Release Date: 7/4/12
Price: 1905 yen
This has 11 songs in common with the original Utattemita J-Pop, so I’m thinking it’s less likely that they’ll be straight repeats. In fact, “Return to Myself” was originally done by Sumijun, but here’s it’s listed as a Beat Charger production.
Edit: Apparently it was just a typo, as AKBK’s official site still lists “Return to Myself” as a Sumijun production.
Utattemita Anison Speed
Release Date: 7/4/12
Price: 1905 yen
Final list has been released, and it’s still not clear if we’ll be getting new arrangements. “Discotheque,” one of my favorite AKBK productions, does get a resing by Shihori, but the listed artists and arrangers are same as before for everything else. There are even 3 repeats from the regular Utattemita Anison. I’m even more worried that this will be nothing but repeats yet again.
Age mix 2 ~All Genre Best~
Release Date: 7/11/12
Price: 1905 yen
Sequel to last year’s Age mix, which was a surprise best-seller. Features covers of J-Pop, K-Pop, Anison, Western and Disco hits.
Less Than Three 2012 Remixes (Single)
Artist: Becky
Release Date: 5/5/12
Price: Name Your Price
In celebration of Disko Warps’s 7th birthday, Disko Warp recently released 7 new remixes of their first-ever release, “Less Than Three.” Available exclusively at Bandcamp. As always for their Bandcamp releases, it’s pay what you want! Eurobeat fans will definitely want to check out the Sugano and Odyssey remixes, as well as the J-Euro remix by DJ Skyblue.
Para Para Fantasia!! Vol. 1
Release Date: 5/27/12
Price: 1400 yen
A joint-release DVD by A-One and NJK Record. Features Para Para done to Toho Eurobeat and Toho Euro Flash tracks while the dancers wear Toho-inspired costumes and bags over their heads.
DanceMaster | 
08 5th, 2012| 
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