Dancemania EX × Trance Paradise

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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Anime Euro Best ~Girls Edition~
Release Date: 1/19/11
Price: 2286 yen

Only 3 new songs, and one of those is a resing. 🙁 One of the new songs is by DJ Command, while Sumijun of Halozy is responsible for the other two. “Shinryaku no Susume” is certainly up to DJ Command’s usual standards, and I actually really enjoy Sumijun’s work, but 2286 yen for a handful of new songs sure is a lot to ask.

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Anison Joshibu
Release Date: 2/16/11
Price: 2000 yen

From the makers of the Anime Nitro series comes this new compilation with covers of girl anime themes. The album has been moved to February from its original January 19 release date, and has also received a new catalogue number.

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Anime Euro Best ~Best Edition~
Release Date: 2/23/11
Price: 1905 yen

Seriously?! Dreamusic will be releasing an AEB best-of collection next February despite there only being 3 albums in the series so far, and a majority of those tracks were repeats from the Super Anime Remix series. The only upside about this release is that it’s 2000 yen instead of the usual 2400 yen.

30 tracks in all, with perhaps 2 or 3 new songs.

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Anime Euro Best ~Girls Edition~
Release Date: 2/16/11
Price: 1905 yen

A blatant ripoff of Tokuma Japan’s popular Geki Atsu! J-Euro series, which focuses on popular Pachinko/Pachislot themes. So far the list is composed only of old Akiba Koubou productions. It remains to be seen if that will change.

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Anime Euro Best ~Girls Edition~
Release Date: 1/19/11
Price: 2286 yen

The Anime Euro Best series continues with an edition focusing on girl anime themes. 13 tracks have been announced, and so far they’re all repeats. Assuming that there will be 16 tracks on the final list, that means there’ll only be 3 new tracks.

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Anim80s – Anime Hits in 80s Disco Style (Animeighties)
Release Date: 12/22/10
Price: 1886 yen

I didn’t think it could get any stranger than Ghibli Reggae (yes, it’s real), but somehow DJ Yossy and EMI have managed to create an even more bizarre amalgam of musical styles. Anim80s features popular anime themes, including many recent ones, done in 80s disco style. That means a booming bassline, 80s synths and, of course, hand claps! Think Dancemania Super Classics/80s, except with anime themes.

Mind you, the synths don’t come across too well in the video, and not all of the songs quite hit the mark, but all in all it’s a fantastic release for fans of that classic PWL/SAW sound. I’ll have a full review up shortly. In the meantime, you can also download the album from iTunes Japan for 1200 yen. Unfortunately, iTunes doesn’t have full versions. It’s just the same non-stop mix as the CD. 🙁

Also worth mentioning is that technically Akiba Koubou didn’t produce most of the CD. Instead, many songs were outsourced to dance Beyond, who have previously worked on Hyper Yocomix and the bootleg Hime Tra series from Get Over the Records. Many tracks were also done by Youhei Fujita. Rayto ended up with 3 tracks, while DJ Command arranged only one song on the album.

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Sazae Trance
Artist: Lilly
Release Date: 12/15/10
Price: 1524 yen

Trance remixes of Sazae-san themes. Produced by The Clouds Entertainment, the makers of the Sweets House series. The album is now available for download at iTunes Japan for only 900 yen.

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Anison Joshibu
Release Date: 1/19/11
Price: 2000 yen

From the makers of the Anime Nitro series comes this new compilation with covers of girl anime themes.

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Re:Construction Anima -Remixes Bousou-
Artist: The Illuminati
Release Date: 10/27/10
Price: 1905 yen

Remixes of songs from Re:Construction Anima, an Evangelion tribute album, plus 4 new tracks.

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Anim80s – Anime Hits in 80s Disco Style (Animeighties)
Release Date: 12/22/10
Price: 1886 yen

This looks absolutely amazing. Akiba Koubou mainstays Nagisa, Shihori, and Kei are joined by Utatte Mita mega stars Hana-tan, Kou-Hey, Usa, Priko, and more! Best of all, we’re guaranteed ZERO repeats! The only problem is that 30 tracks can only mean ridiculously short edits, but with any luck EMI will release a download edition with full-length tracks.

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Anime House Best Mix
Release Date: 11/24/10
Price: 1905 yen

The dance unit, Danceroid, present this 43-song collection of Anime House hits. In addition to songs from various releases in the Anime House and Anime House Project series, it also includes 4 tracks from Danceroid. Visit the official website for more info and links to buy the original albums on iTunes.

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Anime House Project ~Shinkyoku Best Selection~
Release Date: 11/24/10
Price: 1886 yen

A two-disc set featuring the best of AHP tracks from IOSYS. Visit the official Anime House Project website for samples and more info.

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Sazae Trance
Release Date: 12/15/10
Price: 1524 yen

Trance remixes of Sazae-san themes. Produced by The Clouds Entertainment, the makers of the Sweets House series. At the moment it’s scheduled to include 8 full-length tracks plus a non-stop DJ mix.

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Dear… (Single)
Artist: Maho
Release Date: 6/24/10
Price: 952 yen

From the makers of P-Trance comes this debut EP from Maho featuring dance remixes of J-Pop and anime hits. You can get the CD from Amazon Japan for 1000 yen (including tax), or buy the digital release for 1200 yen at iTunes Japan. Yes, you read that right; the digital release is more expensive than the CD >_< Read the rest of this entry »