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Hime Trance Tsukasa Mix
Release Date: 11/12/08
Price: 1886 yen

After a Best release and a Speed off-shoot, it was certainly time for a proper Hime Trance 4, right? Whelp, we got another spinoff instead. Tsukasa was often labeled as the “queen of Hime Trance,” so she got a mixed album featuring pretty much all of her songs up to that point. It’s not a bad selection, but the nonstop mix is only 40 minutes, and there are only 3 or so new tracks. That said, it was worth it for an epic rendition of “Eternal Blaze,” which would end up shaping Delaction’s sound for the next few albums.

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Exit Trance presents Actors 2
Release Date: 9/17/14
Price: 2500 yen

Seconds release in the Actors series, which features popular voice actors singing Vocaloid songs. This one is a two-disc set, with disc 1 featuring Vocaloid covers while disc 2 is a drama CD. Featured actors include Ryouta Oosaka, Kenn, Kenshou Ono, Kousuke Toriumi, Tetsuya Kakihara, Hikaru Midorikawa, Shou Hayami, and Shintarou Asanuma. Visit the official website for more info.

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