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Kankore Eurobeat
Release Date: 1/19/14
Price: 1000 yen

You’ve probably heard of Touhou before, but there’s a new game in town that’s spawning tons of doujin releases. Kantai Collection, frequently shortened to “KanColle” or “KanKore,” was a browser game with a warship theme released in 2013. For some reason it features girls dressed as warships, because Japan.

Kankore Eurobeat comes from the circle, ?´??)???????? (Shinzan Zeroshiki no Shokei Ba), and features eurobeat arrangements of KanColle themes. There’s a physical CD available, but it’s also up for purchase digitally at DLsite.

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Toho Speed 03
Release Date: 12/29/14
Price: 1429 yen

The third release in the Toho Speed series from Lila’c Records. Mostly speed trance and drum ‘n’ bass, but it sounds like there’s some Eurobeat in there as well, which makes sense since I see sumijun from Akiba Koubou listed in the credits. Released during Comiket 87.

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Toho Speed 02
Release Date: 8/16/14
Price: 1500 yen

Sequel to Toho Speed 01, a speed/trance/drum’n’bass Toho compilation from the doujin label, Lila’c Records. Released during Comiket 86.

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Super Euro Smash Vol. 6
Release Date: 12/26/14
Price: 1000 yen

It’s been a while since I’ve done a roundup of doujin releases, so in honor of the upcoming Comiket and M3 Spring 2015 I’ll be catching up on recent releases and previewing future releases.

First up is sixth release in the Super Euro Smash series, which was released during Comiket 87 late last year, almost a year after Vol. 5. 2014 wasn’t a very good year for Akiba Koubou, to put it lightly. They had a few repeat-laden releases in the first half of the year, but the second half saw almost nothing from them. Even this release is just a non-stop mix featuring repeats from volumes 4 and 5.

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White Winter
Release Date: 10/26/14
Price: 1000 yen

RTTF’s alliterative seasonal CD series continues with the release of a winter-themed album, with featured guest artist, MK. I wonder what’s next? Sakura Spring and, uh… Sweaty Summer?

The physical CD can be ordered from Diverse Direct. However, it looks like Attack the Music will be offering it digitally worldwide on their Bandcamp page.

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Luxy Party Vol. 4
Release Date: 10/29/14
Price: 600 yen

Fourth release in the Luxy Party series from Groovy inc., makers of the Party Hits series.

Available on iTunes Japan.

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Party Hits R&B -Let It Go!!!-
Release Date: 10/15/14
Price: 600 yen

New digital compilation from Groovy inc., makers of the Party Hits series. It’s ridiculous how popular “Let It Go” continues to be. Includes a DJ Hiroki remix of “Stay the Night.”

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Party Hits R&B House 2014 2nd Half mixed by DJ Hiroki
Release Date: 10/15/14
Price: 1800 yen

Another Party Hits compilation mixed by DJ Hiroki. Features 40 hit tracks from the 2nd half of 2014.

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The Best Hot Shots!! -2014 1st Half Hits- mixed by DJ Roc the Masaki
Release Date: 8/22/14
Price: 1500 yen

Fifth in the series of Tsutaya-exclusive compilations produced by Manhattan Records. All of the tracks are licensed from Power Music. You can listen to samples on Manhattan Records’ web store.

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Leaving Leaves
Release Date: 10/26/14
Price: 1000 yen

The autumn M3 event took place last weekend, and DJ Hyuji continued his prolific year with the release of two new albums. The second, “RTTF Remixes 2,” features new remixes of RTTF songs. Guest remixers include Jakazid and Shoujo from the UK as well as Francisco Gaitan from Argentina.

If you order both albums, you get a special bonus disc featuring additional songs and remixes.

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Leaving Leaves
Release Date: 10/26/14
Price: 1000 yen

The autumn M3 event took place last weekend, and DJ Hyuji continued his prolific year with the release of two new albums. The first, “Leaving Leaves,” features two original songs and lots of remixes of those songs by frequent RTTF collaborators like Tadashi Yamamoto, Takahiro Aoki, and Luna. As always, a number of styles are represented, including speedcore, EDM, and J-Trance.

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J-EDM ~Theme song of the TV anime~
Artist: Million Kinds
Release Date: 10/24/14
Price: 1500 yen

EDM covers of anime themes. Performed by Million Kinds.

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Cherry-O-Baby Cover Mix mixed by DJ Earnee
Release Date: 10/1/14
Price: 600 yen

New digital non-stop mix from Groovy inc., makers of the Party Hits series. Mixed by DJ Earnee.

Available on iTunes Japan.

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Luxy Party Vol. 3
Release Date: 8/27/14
Price: 600 yen

Third release in the Luxy Party series from Groovy inc., makers of the Party Hits series.

Available on iTunes Japan.

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music concierge -sky drive at future-
Release Date: 8/27/14
Price: 1750 yen

New house compilation from PREGET Records, featuring a random assortment of pop songs like “Let It Go,” “Don’t You Worry Child,” and “Get Lucky.”

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