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CAnDy VoX
Artist: Nodoame
Release Date: 1/23/13
Price: 1714 yen
Previously known as Nodoame the Best. Surprisingly, none of the songs from the early list are on the final one. However, most of the songs appear to be just resings of existing Akiba Koubou productions.
Burning × Warning
Artist: Kouhey
Release Date: 2/6/13
Price: 3000 yen (CD+DVD Edition) or 1905 yen (CD Only Edition)
Kouhey’s first major album came out in 2010 under the Victor label, but it looks like the highly anticipated follow-up album will come from Avex. The new album features collaborations with noted Vocaloid producers including samfree, doriko, Darvish P, and 40mP. Guest vocalists include Sekihan and Shinichiro Suzuki. In addition to a CD only edition, there’ll also be a CD+DVD version, with the DVD featuring Utattemita lessons. Visit Avex’s official website or Kouhey’s personal website for more info.
Exit Tunes presents Ru -Sonna Fuinki de Utatte Mita-
Artist: Glutamine
Release Date: 3/6/13
Price: 1905 yen
Second solo album from Glutamine. Bonus items include an original strap (1 of 5 designs), clear file, and poster. Visit Glutamine’s official website for a countdown to release and more info.
Pre-order at CDJapan.
Tokyo Pleasure Ground
Artist: Touyu
Release Date: 2/20/13
Price: 1905 yen
Second album from utaite, Touyu. Bonus items include a cell phone strap (1 of 6 designs), mouse pad, poster, and clear file. Visit the official website for samples and more info.
Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru J-Pop Mix
Release Date: 12/12/12
Price: 1886 yen
100% repeats on this one as well, though not all of the songs have appeared on EMI-published compilations.
Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru Anison Mix
Release Date: 12/12/12
Price: 1886 yen
100% repeats, including the worst offenders: “Zankoku,” “Sousei,” and “Shangri-La.” EMI is billing “Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru” as a new series, but they have yet to set up a special website for it.
Anima the Best
Artist: Anima
Release Date: 1/23/13
Price: 1714 yen
January will also see the release of an Anima collection, again featuring only 8 songs.
Nodoame the Best
Artist: Nodoame
Release Date: 1/23/13
Price: 1714 yen
Akiba Koubou’s first release of the upcoming new year will be a collection of Nodoame’s best works. 1,800 yen for just 8 songs is hardly a bargain, especially when at least half of them will be repeats.
Anim80s 2 ~Anime Hits in 80s Disco Style~
Release Date: 11/28/12
Price: 1886 yen
Hit anime themes remade in an 80s disco-pop style. Got my copy a few days ago and it’s mostly enjoyable. I’m not gonna lie, I don’t immediately recognize what served as the inspiration for most of the tracks. Many of the songs on the first Anim80s used rather distinctive synths or beats that made their inspirations clear. For example, “Cat’s Eye” was unmistakably modeled after “Beat It” while “Shuuketsu no Sono e” imitated the synths from “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun.” The songs on Anim80s 2 don’t quite have the same recognizable hooks. However, there were many times when I was listening to the album and thought, “Wow, this sounds really familiar,” but couldn’t place the source material. In some ways it’s better that way in that it lets the productions stand on their own, but I kind of miss the fun in comparing the songs to the originals, so to speak.
Hopefully this will lead to Anim90s, as unpronounceable as that may be. I’d love to hear the themes in classic 90s eurodance style.
The album is available on iTunes JP and other Japanese download services, but as with the first Anim80s it’s mixed, so no full versions. 🙁
Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru J-Pop Mix
Release Date: 12/12/12
Price: 1886 yen
More repeats on the J-Pop edition, as well. Sigh, I really have nothing left to say about these lazy cash grabs.
Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru Anison Mix
Release Date: 12/12/12
Price: 1886 yen
Final list and cover art have been revealed. 100% repeats, including the worst offenders: “Zankoku,” “Sousei,” and “Shangri-La.” EMI is billing “Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru” as a new series, but it’s possible it will be considered yet another sub-series of Dancemania.
Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru J-Pop Mix
Release Date: 12/12/12
Price: 1886 yen
Sigh, I’m starting to get the sense that AKBK will never produce another new song and will just coast on the same old repeats from now on.
Drive ga 100-bai Tanoshiku Naru Anison Mix
Release Date: 12/12/12
Price: 1886 yen
Okay, seriously, fuck you Akiba Koubou.
Princess for Princess
Release Date: 10/3/12
Price: 2190 yen
New compilation from FARM records featuring Vocaloid songs performed by Ikemen. Visit the official website for samples and more info.
DanceMaster | 
01 22nd, 2013| 
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