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Quake will once again have an Exit Tunes booth at the 80th Comic Market this August, where they’ll be selling exclusive merchandise.

First up is the Exit Tunes 2011 Summer 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. It’s the same one they’ve been handing out since C77.
• 2. “Hidari” Special GUMism GUMI Mousepad – A mousepad featuring the cover art from GUMism.
• 3. Naru Nanao Special Reproduced Autograph Shikishi – Shikishi drawn and signed by Naru Nanao.
• 4. Mikeou Special Bath Poster – A special illustration done by the artist, Mikeou, just for C80.
• 5. Yuki Azuma Special Microfiber Cloth – A special microfiber cleaning cloth drawn by Yuki Azuma.
• 6. Tometa Ohara (QP:flapper) Special A3 Clear Poster – A special poster illustrated by Tometa Ohara
• 7. Ginta Special Clear File – A clear file featuring the art of Ginta

More merchandise after the jump.

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Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 13
Release Date: 8/3/11
Price: 1905 yen

Final list is out, and it’s absolutely dominated by Dizzi Mystica, who has a whopping 7 tracks. Hommarju comes in a distant second with 4 tracks. Booing Day gets 3 tracks, while MK and Icon each get 2. plasma rounds out the list of artists with a single track. Ryu* is presumably missing because he’s busy working on his next album.

Pre-order early to ensure that you’ll get a limited edition cell phone strap.

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Ryu 2nd Album (Tentative Title)
Artist: Ryu*
Release Date: 10/5/11 ⇨ 11/2/11
Price: 1905 yen

Delayed to November 2nd, almost a year after the release of Ageha. The first batch of tracks have been announced, and they’re all licenses from Konami.

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Ryu 2nd Album (Tentative Title)
Artist: Ryu*
Release Date: 10/5/11
Price: 1905 yen

The follow-up to Ageha will be released this fall. No official title has been announced yet, but retailers are listing it as Ryu 2nd Album. They seem to be denying the existence of starmine.

No details yet on what songs will be included. In the meantime, why not enjoy some videos (including live performances) from Ryu*’s streaming channel: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ryu-stream-2010

Pre-order at CDJapan.

Extra Whipping Cream (Single)
Artist: Mayumi Morinaga
Release Date: 9/7/11
Price: 952 yen

2nd maxi single from songstress Mayumi Morinaga. Technically it’s her third, but I guess Quake forgot about “Drift of the Wind.” Frankly, I’m surprised they haven’t put out an entire album. It’s been 4 years since Mayumi’s first album was released. :/ Comes with a sticker.

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Exit Trance presents Speed Anime Trance Best 13
Release Date: 8/3/11
Price: 1905 yen

Lucky number 13 in Quake’s long-running SATB series. Out of the songs announced so far, I’m most looking forward to “Magia.”

Pre-order early to ensure that you’ll get a limited edition cell phone strap.

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Exp. (Experience) (Single)
Artist: Mayumi Morinaga
Release Date: 4/29/11
Price: 952 yen

New single from Mayumi Morinaga featuring all new songs produced by Ryu*, DJ Uto, Starving Trancer, and 40mP.

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

Panty & Stocking! Hommarju starts off this 12th release in the SATB series — and the first Exit Trance release since last November’s SATB 11 — with a hyper techno version of the Panty & Stocking theme. “Down Town” is another highlight, though it didn’t turn out at all like what I expected. I thought it would be a lot more fast paced, but MK’s slower uplifting trance remix works nicely as well.

Sigh, I really wish Quake would go back to doing more Exit Trance releases. I miss the days of bizarre themed collections like Eki Trance or Kids Trance Land.

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Joysound presents Anison Trance Laboratory ~First Report~
Release Date: 3/2/11
Price: 2095 yen (Limited Edition) or 1714 (Regular Edition)

A brand new series from Universal Music featuring trance covers of anime themes. The songs were picked out based on their popularity on the Joysound service. Producers include Ryu*, kors k, and 4 Skips, among others. Vocals are supplied by various idols and idol groups, including yula. and Liz, who previously provided vocals for Lady Bird’s album.

If you get the first-press edition, you’ll receive a bonus CD with karaoke versions and a bonus non-stop trance mix. You’ll also get a bath poster featuring the art of Kaworu Watashiya.

The album is also available for download at iTunes Japan. Unfortunately, it doesn’t seem to be iTunes Plus and it doesn’t include the bonus tracks.

Visit the official website for more info.

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Exp. (Experience) (Single)
Artist: Mayumi Morinaga
Release Date: 4/29/11
Price: 952 yen

New single from Mayumi Morinaga. Details are sparse at the moment, but I wonder if it’ll include her cover of “No Challenge, No Success,” which still hasn’t been featured on any Exit Trance compilations. Check out the MK remix below, and the Hommarju remix after the jump. I gotta say, her English sounds much improved.

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Joysound presents Anison Trance Laboratory ~First Report~
Release Date: 3/2/11
Price: 2095 yen

A brand new series from Universal Music featuring trance covers of anime themes. The songs were picked out based on their popularity on the Joysound service. Exit Trance producers will supposedly be involved, while vocals will be supplied by various idols and idol groups.

If you get the first-press edition, you’ll receive a bonus CD with 15-20 minutes of content, likely karaoke versions, which would be rather fitting. You’ll also get a bath poster featuring the art of Kaworu Watashiya.

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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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