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Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 12
Release Date: 4/6/11
Price: 1905 yen

I was starting to think that Quake had abandoned the Exit Trance series completely, given that it’s been a while since the last ET release, and they didn’t even bother with a Speed Anime Trance Complete Best 3. Thankfully, the SATB series will continue with a 12th edition coming out this March. Pretty interesting choices so far. Some of the tracks will obviously translate easily to speed trance, but “Down Town” should be pretty crazy.

Comes with a fake credit card, and if you send in the survey you can get a bonus karaoke CD.

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Quake will once again have an Exit Tunes booth at the 79th Comic Market this December, where they’ll be selling exclusive merchandise.

First up is the Exit Tunes 2010 Winter Comi Goods Set. For only 3,000 yen, you’ll get:

• 1. Original Super Big Size Paper Bag – A super big bag to carry all of your Comiket goodies. Features original Exit Tunes art.
• 2. Mikeou Special Color Print – A special illustration done by the artist, Mikeou, just for C79.
• 3. Akane Ikegami Special Bath Poster – A special bath poster illustrated by Akane Ikegami.
• 4. Mana Mitui Special Desk Mat – A special desk mat featuring art by Mana Mitui.
• 5. Matsuda98 Special Clear Book Cover – A special paperback book cover drawn by Matsuda98
• 6. Chan×Co Clear Bookmarks – A set of 6 bookmarks illustrated by Chan×Co.
• 7. 2011 Speed Anime Trance Best Model Desk Calendar – A 2011 desk calendar featuring cover art from various SATB releases

20 random sets will also come with posters signed by Mikeou. Not quite as good as the Summer set, I think. I really liked those alternate covers they had.

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Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 11
Release Date: 11/17/10
Price: 1905 yen

Dizzi Mystica and Hommarju reign supreme on this 11th release of the SATB series. They have six tracks each, though one of Hommarju’s is a collaboration with Starving Trancer. MK shows up with a respectable 4 tracks, while the relatively recent alias Booing Day has 3. Ryu* is sadly missing, likely due to his being busy with Ageha.

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Ageha
Artist: Ryu*
Release Date: 11/3/10
Price: 1905 yen

Ryu* did two more live streams featuring songs from the album and a look at some of the Ryu* goods: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ryu-stream-2010. I want a Ryu* wrist band. 🙁

Track lengths have also been revealed, and unless these are new edits or remixes, the album appears to be non-stop mixed.

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Ageha
Artist: Ryu*
Release Date: 11/3/10
Price: 1905 yen

Ryu* just did a live stream talking about the new album. The archived video can be found here: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ryu-stream-2010

Special guests include Starving Trancer and Mayumi Morinaga, as well as Dai-chan and Halka (who, along with Ryu*, form HHH). Tracks from the album play in the background, so you can hear samples of “Wedding March” and “Come Back to My Heart.” It appears that “Come Back to My Heart” will be a vocal track sung by Mayumi Morinaga.

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Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 11
Release Date: 11/17/10
Price: 1905 yen

Exit Trance releases are certainly slowing down to a crawl, and it’s particularly telling that they’re not even bothering with a limited edition for SATB 11. The CD will come with another one of those fake credit cards, however.

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Ageha
Artist: Ryu*
Release Date: 11/3/10
Price: 1905 yen

Update! Just noticed that the Exit Tunes newsletter had an updated track list, so I’ve added it here. To be honest, I’m a bit disappointed that they’re just repeating his tracks from previous Exit Trance releases. I was expecting mostly new tracks, or at least the songs from his Comiket-exclusive singles.

The album has been delayed from its original October 6 release date to November 3. In the meantime, Ryu*’s official website has been updated with a new podcast giving details on his forthcoming album: http://djryu.jp/

Quake have also released album artwork, plus pictures of the bonus items that will come with the CD: a cell phone strap and a fake credit card.

In addition, Konami will be offering special goods sets on their Konami Style website with Ryu*-branded merchandise. For 4,725 yen you can get the Goods Set A, which comes with the CD, strap, fake credit card, T-shirt, and sticker. The Goods Set B will set you back 7,245 yen and comes with everything that Goods Set A has plus a pin, wristband, tote bag, and rubber key cover.

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Exit Trance presents UmaUma Dekiru Trance wo Tsukutte Mita 9 – Koko ni Byouin wo Tateyou
Release Date: 9/15/10
Price: 1905 yen (Regular Edition) or 3143 yen (Limited Edition)

The Dizzi Mystica alias makes its glorious return! And with a cover of Lady Gaga’s “Alejandro,” no less! Dizzi Mystica also takes on the theme of Tales of Vesperia, “Kane o Narashite.”

MK once again gets the most tracks, with a total of 5 if you include his Freedom alias. Hommarju comes close with 4, while Starving Trancer gets one lone track. Ryu* is no doubt busy with his album, but the absence of Acid=Stone Valley, B.U.S. and Icon is disappointing. Seriously, what happened to B.U.S?

We’ve got a couple of new artists/aliases joining the fray, including Overjoyed and Booing Day (guh?!). A lot of long-unseen aliases are also back. Black Man hasn’t been seen with a new song since the first Gakkou Trance. And Koneko Project has been absent since SATB 4. S-Mushroom and Digital Stone haven’t been too productive, either, so it’s a surprise to see them back.

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Exit Trance presents Moe J-Pop
Release Date: 8/18/10
Price: 1905 yen

Do my eyes deceive me? No repeats?! The list of artists is also nicely varied, with no one person getting more than 4 tracks. Two of the more obscure producers, mitchy and S-Mushroom, also make appearances. Although, I wonder if they’re just pseudonyms?

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Quake will once again have an Exit Tunes booth at the 78th Comic Market this August, where they’ll be selling exclusive merchandise.

First up is the Exit Tunes 2010 Summer Comike Goods Set. For only 3,000 yen, you’ll get:

• 1. Super Big Size Paper Bag – A super big bag to carry all of your Comike goodies. Features original Exit Tunes art.
• 2. Speed Anime Trance Best Mouse Pad – Club Complex Code has been closed for a while now, but I guess they were too lazy to remove the name.
• “3. Barusa Miko” Bath Poster – Poster featuring the cover girl of UmaUma Trance
• 4. Speed Anime Trance Best Ecstasy Series Clear Bookmark – A set of four bookmarks featuring the cover girls of SATB Ecstasy
• 5. Supernova 2 Clear Poster
• 6. Speed Anime Trance Best 10 Clear Poster
• 7. Deluxe Another Jacket – 5 Kinds – Alternate covers for Eki Trance, Sagyouyou BGM Electro House 2, Gakkou Trance 3 Jigenme, UmaUma Trance 5, and Famitrance EX

Cheaper than last winter’s set by 500 yen. Totally worth it for that awesome alt Famitrance art. When I first saw it I thought Famitrance 2 had been announced. Oh, Quake, you’re such a tease.

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Ageha
Artist: Ryu*
Release Date: 10/6/10
Price: 1905 yen

Ryu*’s first album with a major label. Quake allowed Konami to use some of their songs on Starmine, and it looks like Konami will return the favor as there have already been Bemani songs announced. There’ll be 20 tracks in all, with 10 of them being brand new.

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Exit Trance presents UmaUma Dekiru Trance wo Tsukutte Mita 9 – Koko ni Byouin wo Tateyou
Release Date: 9/15/10
Price: 1905 yen (Regular Edition) or 3143 yen (Limited Edition)

The limited edition comes with a figure of Analoguma. No, it’s not the infamous child-loving bear.

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Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 10
Release Date: 8/4/10
Price: 1905 yen (Regular Edition) or 3143 yen (Limited Edition)

Speed Anime Trance Best reaches an epic milestone with the 10th release in the series. I spot a few repeats, unfortunately, including “SW” from TranceMaster 03 for no discernable reason. Am I wrong in thinking that “SW” was an original song? Or did some anime series pick it up as a theme?

Anywho, MK features most prominently once again, with a total of 7 tracks. Hommarju comes in a distant second with 4 (one of which is a repeat). Disco da Gama has 3 tracks, while Ryu* gets 2 (although only one is actually new). Acid=Stone Valley and Cubby-S get only one track each. Starving Trancer is represented with one track, but again, it’s a repeat. B.U.S. and Icon get no love whatsoever.

Limited edition comes with a figure of Yuzuha. I don’t recall hearing that name before, so perhaps it’s the girl on the cover? Both the limited and regular editions comes with a fake credit card featuring the cover art. Oddly, the limited and regular editions have the same cover art. I kinda liked the alternate covers in the past. :{

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Exit Trance presents UmaUma Dekiru Trance wo Tsukutte Mita Complete Best 2
Release Date: 7/21/10
Price: 1905 yen (Regular Edition) or 3143 yen (Limited Edition)

Only three UmaUma Trance albums have come out since the last Complete Best, so this release seems premature to me. In addition to 8 tracks from UmaUma Trance 6, 6 tracks from UmaUma Trance 7, and 8 tracks from UmaUma Trance 8, there are also 7 brand new tracks, mostly done by Hommarju. Oh, and for some reason it has the Speedycake remix of “Caramelldansen.” They could have at least commissioned a new remix.

In breaking news, Quake will be releasing a Ryu* album this coming fall. Hopefully that doesn’t mean he’ll be MIA for SATB 10.

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Exit Trance presents Moe J-Pop
Release Date: 8/18/10
Price: 1905 yen

Moe trance covers of J-Pop songs. I have no idea what that means. A few of the announced tracks were originally done by male singers, so maybe that means the covers will be done by “moe” girls?

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