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Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 20
Release Date: 12/4/13
Price: 1905 yen

The landmark 20th album in the Speed Anime Trance Best series has just been announced for a December release. That’s pretty remarkable considering that 2012 only had 2 SATB releases. In fact, this will the first time ever that 4 mainline CDs have been released in the same year. Not many details yet, though hopefully they continue to return to their roots and bring back more composers and vocalists from the past. B.U.S. and Ryu*, please?

Also, for some reason the catalogue number is QWCE-315, compared to SATB 19’s QWCE-342. It’s almost as if they planned for the 20th release before they did the 19th. -_-

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Dengou Sekka! Anison Cover Mix!!
Release Date: 10/23/13
Price: 1714 yen

Another release in Akiba Koubou’s Anison Cover Mix!! series. I don’t know why, but I have a strange feeling that there’s some sort of theme to this release. Anyway, lots of repeats from AKBK’s back catalogue, but I also spot some new tracks.

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Meganimation * Anison Party Mix! mixed by DJ Kenzi
Release Date: 10/9/13 (9/18/13 Tsutaya Rental, iTunes)
Price: 1700 yen

A new anison compilation from Star Music. Features covers by a variety of DJs, including former Mega Trance producers, Threemason (DJ U*Hey?) and Jack Clavia (DJ Minagawa). It’s not entirely clear what genre(s) of music will be represented, but given the current climate I’d guesss EDM/house. Available for rental on 9/18/13 at Tsutaya, or digitally from iTunes. If you want the CD version, online retailers will have it in stock on 10/9/13.

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ADM -Anime Dance Music produced by tkrism-
Artist: Emergency
Release Date: 9/25/13
Price: 2286 yen

The EDM boom is still in full effect, it seems, as evidenced by this combination of EDM and anime songs. The music is produced by tkrism, with vocals by Emergency. You can find more news on the group on their official website.

There’ll be retailer-exclusive bonuses available, ranging from bonus drama CDs to alternative CD covers.

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Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 19
Release Date: 9/4/13
Price: 1905 yen

HOLY CRAP. It took them until 5 days before release to finally reveal a track list, but maybe it’s because they didn’t want to spoil the surprises. First of all, the Dizzi Mystica alias returns to Exit Trance with 4 tracks after skipping SATB 17 and 18 (though technically he was still present on those as Disco da Gama). The kinoto alias also comes back from retirement with a new song, though apparently Flash back Dominant and plazma were his aliases, so he hasn’t really been gone, either. MK represents with 4 tracks, while Booing Day features with 3. Hommarju gets a bum deal with only 2 tracks, thought Icon gets it worse with only 1. A new artist by the name of airportexpress also makes his debut.

Now, here’s the biggest shocker of them all: Acid=Stone Valley is back! I had to refresh the page a few times to make sure I wasn’t seeing things, but apparently Acid=Stone Valley will indeed be making his glorious return to Exit Trance after being M.I.A. since 2010. It’s only a single track, but it’s exciting to see him back as he was an old favorite of mine. I can’t help but wonder if Quake are purposely going back to their roots by heavily featuring old aliases and artists. Hopefully they make SATB 20 a proper anniversary release by asking back even more old ET artists.

The selected songs are mostly a good mix of recent anime offerings. I was admittedly rather perplexed to see “Uchuu Senkan Yamato” since it was already covered on one of the R25 albums, but apparently there was a recent sequel series that features a new arrangement of the old theme.

Oh, and why only a 1:15 edit for one of Dizzi Mystica’s tracks? The entire album clocks in at around 1 hour and 10 minutes, so surely they could’ve given it more time. 🙁

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Anime Nitro*Itaon Mix! Vintage Selection
Release Date: 10/23/13
Price: 1800 yen

Well, this is a surprise. The Anime Nitro series hasn’t seen a release since 2010. Although previous releases had J-Core artists like kors k and Redalice, this new entry looks like it’ll have repeats from Anison Joshibu and Majokko Disco. Hopefully they’ll have J-Core artists remix the songs, otherwise it won’t live up to its “Nitro” name. The two Evangelion tracks look like they’ll be newly recorded, so I don’t think this will just be straight repeats.

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TV Anime “Yuyushiki” Soundtrack
Release Date: 7/17/13
Price: 1905 yen

Soundtrack for the TV anime, “Yuyushiki.” Composed by Sakai Asuka, who also composed tracks for games like Klonoa 2, Ace Command 3 and Ridge Racer 4. Bonus items include a B2-size poster and clear file. If you buy all 3 Yuyushiki-related CDs, you’ll get a special pass case.

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TV Anime “Yuyushiki” Character Song Album Ichigenme!
Artist: Jouhou Shoribu (Rumi Okubo, Minami Tsuda, Risa Taneda)
Release Date: 7/17/13
Price: 2381 yen (CD+DVD Edition) or 1905 yen (CD Only Edition)

Another Exit Tunes tie-in with the TV anime, “Yuyushiki.” Features character theme songs composed and produced by top Vocaloid and Exit Tunes producers. Also features remixes by DJ Uto and Ryu*. The album comes in both a CD only version as well as a CD+DVD set. Bonus items for the CD Only version include a rubber character strap (1 of 7 designs) and mouse pad. Both versions come with a clear file (if you send in the postcard survey), and B2-size poster. If you buy all 3 Yuyushiki-related CDs, you can get a special pass case.

You can visit the official website for more info on the anime.

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TV Anime “Yuyushiki” Soundtrack “Feeling good (nice) wind”
Release Date: 7/17/13
Price: 1905 yen

Soundtrack for the TV anime, “Yuyushiki.” Composed by Sakai Asuka, who also composed tracks for games like Klonoa 2, Ace Command 3 and Ridge Racer 4. Bonus items include a B2-size poster and clear file. If you buy all 3 Yuyushiki-related CDs, you’ll get a special pass case.

Pre-order at CDJapan.

TV Anime “Yuyushiki” Character Song Album Ichigenme!
Artist: Jouhou Shoribu (Rumi Okubo, Minami Tsuda, Risa Taneda)
Release Date: 7/17/13
Price: 2381 yen (CD+DVD Edition) or 1905 yen (CD Only Edition)

Another Exit Tunes tie-in with the TV anime, “Yuyushiki.” Features character theme songs composed and produced by top Vocaloid and Exit Tunes producers. Also features remixes by DJ Uto and Ryu*. The album comes in both a CD only version as well as a CD+DVD set. Bonus items for the CD Only version include a rubber character strap (1 of 7 designs) and mouse pad. Both versions come with a clear file (if you send in the postcard survey), and B2-size poster. If you buy all 3 Yuyushiki-related CDs, you can get a special pass case.

You can visit the official website for more info on the anime.

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Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 19
Release Date: 9/4/13
Price: 1905 yen

The 19th entry in the SATB series will be released in early September, so we’ll definitely be getting 3 releases this year instead of the 2 in 2012. No word on a track list yet. Interestingly, if you look at the catalogue number, QWCE-342, you might notice that it’s a pretty big jump over the next-highest allocated cataloque number, QWCE-309 (for 164’s upcoming album). That means they have at least 30+ other releases already planned. o_O Of course, they’ll probably all be Vocaloid albums anyway.

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Tenshin Ranman! Anison Cover Mix!!
Release Date: 6/5/13
Price: 1714 yen

Sequel to Hyakkaryouran! Anison Cover Mix!! A few new tracks in the first half, but the second half is loaded with repeats.

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

I mentioned this release early last year, but apparently its release was extremely limited, mostly at pachinko halls. I only recently finally confirmed the track list. It’s a best-of compilation featuring the best tracks from the Geki Atsu! J-Euro series. Definitely a rare item to look out for if you’re a collector of AKBK releases.

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Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 18
Release Date: 5/1/13
Price: 1905 yen

SATB 18 just came out, and the CD version is notable for taking up all 80 minutes on the CD. If they weren’t going to have 20 tracks, at least they used up every single second they possibly could. First-press copies come with a cell phone strap. Also, I didn’t notice before, but it looks like they stopped doing the Karaoke CD present after SATB 16. Instead, sending in the included survey will get you some sort of autographed item.

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Akiba Koubou presents Utatte Mita Collection Memorial Best
Release Date: 4/27/13
Price: 1429 yen

Another excuse for Akiba Koubou to repeat tracks. Nothing particularly new or interesting on this one, although this one is a non-stop mix whereas I believe previous albums in the series contained full versions.

The album will be available at Akiba Koubou’s booth during the Nico Nico Cho Kaigi 2 event.

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