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Toho Eurobeat Vol. 4 ~ Perfect Cherry Blossom
Release Date: 8/13/11
Price: 1400 yen

Doujin release featuring eurobeat covers of popular touhou songs.

DJ Command from Akiba Koubou returns, as does Travis Stebbins, better known to SEB fans as Ken Blast. Also features guest vocalist 3L from NJK Records. 10 tracks this time instead of the usual 8, but the price will be the same.

For fans outside of Japan, White Canvas is willing to ship overseas, and they’ll be carrying TEB 4: http://www.w-canvas.com/shopping/detail.php?item_id=49548 For more information on their service, go to their info page: http://www.w-canvas.com/html/information.html#info. In addition to the price of the CD and overseas shipping, there’s also a 1,000 yen commission per order, so it might be a good idea to pick up TEB 1-3 at the same time. Note that I haven’t used White Canvas, but I’ve read online that speak decent English, so it might be your best shot at acquiring these CDs.

CDJapan also have a new shopping service so you might be able to ask them to buy it for you.

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Chou Euro
Release Date: 10/12/11
Price: 1800 yen

DJ Yossy is at it again. Kiwami Euro Best wasn’t so hot, so it seems that DJ Yossy’s next CD will be released on the Full Moon label rather than Avex. The kanji in the title could be “itadaki” or “chou,” and the title translates to “Top Euro.” No tracks announced yet, but I sincerely hope they’re finally out of repeats to repeat.

Pre-order at CDJapan.

Fly Away/Burning Warriors (Single)
Artist: Team KY
Release Date: 7/20/11
Price: 952 yen

First single from the duo comprising Utatte Mita singers Kouhey and Yamadan. “Fly Away” is a new production, while “Burning Warriors” is from Super J-Euro Best Mix. Both are produced by DJ Comamnd. Strange that they chose “Burning Warriors,” since I thought that was their weakest track. “Skill” or “Garo” are much better showcases of their trademark powerful voices.

Unfortunately the single is not available at major retailers. You can order it from Animate or Toranoana, but neither will directly ship overseas. Instead, you’ll have to use a middleman service like CDJapan to order the item for you.

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Bukkomi Gachi Renchan Mix ~Age Oto Euro~
Release Date: 7/13/11
Price: 1524 yen

A J-Euro compilation not produced by AKBK. o_O The samples sound pretty good, and even though the tracks have been covered to death in the past, it’s still nice to hear a different take on them. It’s available digitally at iTunes Japan, but it’s the same price as the CD release.

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Natsu Euro
Release Date: 6/29/11 ? 7/13/11
Price: 1800 yen

Summer eurobeat album featuring summer-themed songs. The track list contains some repeats — it is Akiba Koubou, after all — but most of the album is composed of new material. Notable new tracks include “17 sai” and “Hot Limit.”

The album is available digitally at iTunes Japan and Amazon Japan.

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Akiba Koubou presents Utatte Mita Collection Nodoame
Artist: Nodoame
Release Date: 7/2/11
Price: 952 yen

New collection of Utatte Mita singles from Akiba Koubou. This third single features songs from Nodoame. “Aa Mujou” “Don’t say ‘lazy'” and “Uchuu Senkan Yamato” are all resings of existing DJ Command productions. However, “Days” appears to be newly arranged by Sumijun.

Unfortunately the singles are not available at major retailers. You can order it from Animate or Toranona, but neither will directly ship overseas. Instead, you’ll have to use a middleman service like CDJapan to order the items for you.

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Akiba Koubou presents Utatte Mita Collection Yamadan
Artist: Yamadan
Release Date: 7/2/11
Price: 952 yen

New collection of Utatte Mita singles from Akiba Koubou. This second single features Yamadan. “Driving Myself” by Sumijun and “Kimi ga Suki da to Skebitai” by DJ Command are brand new tracks. I just realized they updated the artwork, too, but I’m too lazy to change it 😀

Unfortunately the singles are not available at major retailers. You can order it from Animate or Toranona, but neither will directly ship overseas. Instead, you’ll have to use a middleman service like CDJapan to order the items for you.

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Akiba Koubou presents Utatte Mita Collection Kouhei
Artist: Kouhei
Release Date: 7/2/11
Price: 952 yen

New collection of Utatte Mita singles from Akiba Koubou. This first batch focuses on male singers, but hopefully future entries will include female vocalists as well. The first single features covers from Kouhei. “Kokoro e,” “Ai wo Torimodose!!” and “Mazinger Z” are repeats, but “Makka na Chikai” is a new production by Asahi.

Unfortunately the singles are not available at major retailers. You can order it from Animate or Toranoana, but neither will directly ship overseas. Instead, you’ll have to use a middleman service like CDJapan to order the items for you.

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Dekiruhazu! Zenbu!
Release Date: 6/8/11
Price: 1800 yen

Greatest hits album from J-Euro queen, Nagisa. Includes full versions of her biggest hits. Also available for download at Amazon Japan or iTunes Japan.

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Super Vocalo Beat
Release Date: 6/1/11
Price: 2405 yen

Let’s Euro Beat! The long-delayed vocaloid eurobeat cover album finally sees the light of day. Your favorite utatte mita artists join forces with Akiba Koubou’s best producers to bring you and album of all-new material. I’m still shocked that they didn’t try to put “Miku Miku ni Shite Ageru [Shiteyanyo]” on this.

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Geki Atsu! J-Euro Dai Ren Chan Senryoubako Version!
Release Date: 5/25/11
Price: 2190 yen

Hmm, not as bad as I initially feared. There are 8 new songs, not including a few resings. I’m not sure yet if the other songs are rearranged because I didn’t bother pre-ordering this one. ^^; “Zankoku” is definitely the rearranged version from the first Geki Atsu! J-Euro. Meanwhile, “Ai wo Torimodose!!” sounds like it’s the version from Kiwami Euro Best.

Takeshi Ikoma, who produced the first two entries, no longer seems to be involved with the series.

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Super Ponybeat Vol. 1 [Alternate Versions]
Artist: Eurobeat Brony
Release Date: 5/22/11
Price: Name Your Own

Must…resist…giving grammar lesson. Anyway, T. Stebbins revisits the world of MLP with new songs and updated remixes.

The album is currently available on Bandcamp.

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Bukkomi Gachi Renchan Mix ~Age Oto Euro~
Release Date: 7/13/11
Price: 1524 yen

Yup, another J-Euro Pachislot compilation. It’s unclear if it’ll be Akiba Koubou producing, but all of the announced songs have been covered by AKBK in the past (repeatedly, in some cases).

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Luv Euro
Release Date: 4/27/11
Price: 1800 yen

J-Euro compilation produced and mixed by DJ Mocchi of Akiba Koubou. There are a few songs on this that have yet to appear on any other J-Euro compilations.

It’s available as a digital download at Amazon and iTunes, but I believe the digital version is the same as the CD release so don’t expect full versions.

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Geki Atsu! J-Euro Dai Ren Chan Senryoubako Version!
Release Date: 5/25/11
Price: 2190 yen

Third release in the Geki Atsu! J-Euro series. From the looks of it this’ll be a best-of release, though there will be new tracks included as well as tracks taken off other Akiba Koubou compilations.

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