As reported earlier out of E3, Tokyopop is set to expand their Tokyopop Soundtrax label to include anime come August 23rd with the release of three soundtracks: Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040, Vampire Princess Miyu, and Trigun. We've now learned some addition information on the release of these albums, some of which should please all the Trigun fans out there.

Martin Do, Product Specialist at Tokyopop, has passed along some information about the three upcoming anime soundtracks. First of all, the Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 and Vampire Princess Miyu albums will be "as is" reproductions of their Japanese counterparts. While I haven't heard the Miyu OST myself - Tokyopop will be releasing the TV series itself as well, however - I can tell you this is good news as far as the BGC Tokyo 2040 OST is concerned, as the electronic rock of that album is a real treat. The track info for these two soundtracks will be as follows:

Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 OST:

1. Punk It Up
2. Heat In Beat
3. Monster's Walk
4. Phank It Up
5. DGR-1
6. A Mood In Bossa
7. 10:30 AM
8. Industrial-Line
9. Instinctive
10. Hick It Up
11. Prot #1
12. No Justice
13. Psychic (DGR-2)
14. Panic-Attack
15. River Flows
16. Solo
17. Intensive
18. The Hacker
19. Rebel Asia
20. You're In The Battle Field

Vampire Princess Miyu TV OST:

1. Heart Beat Of Shinma
2. Subtitle
3. Destined Catharsis
4. The Devil's Hand
5. The Flute Of The Dark
6. An Escape
7. In Peace
8. Friends
9. I Wanna See You
10. Smile Of Ice
11. The Promise
12. The Melody Of The Sadness
13. Sepia Color Romance
14. Supernatural Power
15. Inexhaustible Treat
16. Ripples
17. The Sword Of The Death Crystal
18. Resoultion
19. The Shadow Of The Evil
20. The Battle Of The Shinma
21. A Seal
22. For The Feeling Of Love...
23. The Song Of A Round Ball
24. The Sadness For The Lost Love
25. A Whisper Of The Flower Field
26. A Female Buddhist
27. A Waltz Of A Puppeteer
28. The Killer Wind Song
29. In The Time Of The Kindness
30. Suffer
31. Assassin Of The Sky
32. A Beautiful Battle
33. The Destiny
34. Miyu Forever

In much more interesting news, however, the Trigun OST will be an all new compilation album. This US exclusive soundtrack will feature a selection of tracks spanning the best of both import albums, The First Donuts and The Second Donuts. The new Trigun CD will also feature completely redesigned packaging (cover, booklet, etc.) with previously unpublished Yasuhiro Nightow art. Nightow's staff is designing the art for the CD itself as well. This should come as a welcome surprise to Trigun fans who already own the import albums, as the all new art and alternate ordering of compiled tracks should offer something new for everyone. The track list for the Trigun OST is as follows:

Trigun OST:

1. H.T
2. No Beat
3. Big Bluff
4. Unhappy Song
5. Philosophy In A Tea Cup
6. Cynical Pink
7. Nerve Rack
8. Zero Hour
9. Knives
10. Permanent Vacation
11. Blue Funk
12. Yellow Alert
13. Carot & Stick
14. Suna-no Hoshi
15. Kaze-wa Mirai-ni Fuku

August 23rd is still a long way off though, but those attending either Anime Expo in Long Beach, CA July 5th through 7th or Comic-con in San Diego, CA July 19th through 22th will have an opportunity to pick up the three soundtracks early. Tokyopop will be selling the albums at both conventions, giving fans a chance to be the first to grab their own copies of each.