This summer, Avex plans to release a compilation mix album to celebrate its 20th anniversary, which is officially on April 11. Tentatively titled "20 Nen 200 Kyoku," the collection is said to fit 200 of the company's biggest hits on 4 CDs. In all, the included songs have shipped a total of 200 million copies (counting singles and albums).

In conjunction with the album, Avex is producing a series of drama shorts that will be aired on TV Asahi (Kanto Local). The series' title is a play on words - "Otome" normally means "maiden," but the name is written as "音女," which are the characters for "sound" and "woman."

The drama consists of 2-minute episodes, with each one being an individual story that is themed around one of the songs on the compilation. Only about 100 of the songs are planned to be used. Episodes will air late at night Monday through Thursday (at roughly 1:23am), starting on April 7. Since 4 episodes will be broadcast each week, the project is scheduled to last for approximately 6 months.

Each week will feature an Avex artist or talento. The first week will star Ami Suzuki, with the first episode themed around Nanase Aikawa's "Yume Miru Shoujo Ja Irarenai" and the second based on Every Little Thing's "Mata Ashita."

misono will star in the second week. Other participating artists include TRF's YU-KI, AAA's Misako Uno, and actress Yuri Nakamura (formerly of YURIMARI).

While the compilation is scheduled for release this summer, Avex also has plans to distribute the dramas through DVD and the internet. No target sale date for the DVD has been announced, but it will reportedly include special cuts of the dramas, each lengthened by a couple minutes. The regular episodes will be available online at the project's website one week after broadcast.
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Songs used as themes so far:
1.相川七瀬「夢見る少女じゃいられない」
2.Every Little Thing 「Mata ashita」
3.hitomi 「LOVE2000」
4.BoA 「shine we are！」
5.相川七瀬「Sweet Emotion」
6.Do As Infinity「陽のあたる坂道」
7.m-flo「How You Like Me Now?」
8.元気ロケッツ「Heavenly Star」
9.安藤裕子「のうぜんかつら(リプライズ)」
10.浜崎あゆみ「glitter」
11.島谷ひとみ「Perseus-ペルセウス-」
12.Janne Da Arc「月光花」
13.大塚愛「さくらんぼ」
14.MOON CHILD「ESCAPE」
15.m.c.A・T「ごきげんだぜっ！」
16.ＭＡＸ「一緒に・・・」
17.speena「タナトス」
18.hitomi「by myself」
19.安良城 紅「Here alone」
20.ARIA「NOT OVER feat.HOKT&BIG RON」
21.島谷ひとみ「亜麻色の髪の乙女」
22.Every Little Thing「恋文」
23.相川七瀬「恋心」
24.m.o.v.e「ROCK IT DOWN」
25.hitomi「CANDY GIRL」
26.谷村新司「風の暦」
27.浜崎あゆみ「Dearest」
28.大塚　愛「Happy Days」
29.MEGARYU「Day by Day」
30.hitomi「SAMURAI DRIVE」　　
31.高杉さと美「旅人」
32.永岡昌憲「情熱男・灼熱女(ナツオトコ・ナツオンナ)」
33.OLIVIA「a little pain」
34.TRF「Overnight Sensation～時代はあなたに委ねてる～」
35.m.o.v.e「Gamble Rumble」
36.sweetbox「Life Is Cool」
37.Every Little Thing「UNSPEAKABLE 」
38.ASIAN2「遠く」
39.DA PUMP「Feelin'Good〜It's PRADISE〜」
40.m-flo「come again」
41.MAX「Give me a Shake」
42.浜崎あゆみ「Greatful days」
43.：伴都美子　「Flower」
44.BoA 「VALENTI」
45.Do As Infinity「遠くまで」
46.笹川美和「笑」
47.globe「DEPARTURES」
48.島谷ひとみ「Destiny -太陽の花-」
49.ＴＲＦ「BOY MEETS GIRL」
50.BoA「メリクリ」
51.Do As Infinity「楽園」
52.ＴＲＦ「寒い夜だから・・・」
53.Do As Infinity「Yesterday&Today」
54.globe「Many Classic Moments」
55.day after tomorrow「Starry Heavens」
56.EXILE「Lovers Again」
57.TRF「CRAZY GONNA CRAZY」
58.COLOR「涙が落ちないように」
59.Fantastic Plastic Machine「Why Not?」

wow...a huge celebration, I see. I am amazed, TV episodes running for six months? this only proves how rich and powerful avex has become over the course of 20 years.

AVBF-26895
Japanese TV Series/OTOME DVDVol.1 (Title subject to change) DVD
2838 yen US$27/105.32 Release Date:2008/07/23
Description:Avex label 20th anniversary DVD release featuring short dramas and music with avex label artists. Volume 1 features episodes "Yume Miru Shojo Ja Iranai" starring Ami Suzuki and with music by Nanase Aikawa, "How you Like Me Now?" starring misono and featuring music by m-flo, "glitter" sstarring YU-KI and with music by Ayumi Hamasaki, and "Sakuranbo" starring Misako Uno (AAA) with music by Ai Otsuka.
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=AVBF-26895
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AVBF-26896
Japanese TV Series/OTOME DVDVol.2 (Title subject to change) DVD
2838 yen US$27/105.32 Release Date:2008/07/23
Description:Avex label 20th anniversary DVD release featuring short dramas and music with avex label artists. Volume 2 features episodes "Koi wo Shiteru" starring Narumi Konno and with music by Every Little Thing, "by myself" starring Mayuko Iwasa and featuring music by hitomi, "Dearest" starring Yuri Nakamura with music by Ayumi Hamasaki, and "Happy Days" starring Chisa with music by Ai Otsuka.
URL - http://cdjapan.jp/d.html?KEY=AVBF-26896