This Is Japanimetal Marathon

1998 compilation album by Animetal

This is Japanimetal Marathon

Compilation album by

Animetal

Released

April 7, 1998 (1998-04-07)

Recorded

1996–1997

Studio

MIT Studio

Genre

Heavy metal
anison

Length

42:22

Language

Japanese

Label

Sony Music Entertainment Asia

Producer

Animetal
Junzo Tsukuda
Yorimasa Hisatake

Animetal chronology

Animetal Marathon II /
Animetal Lady Marathon
(1998)

This is Japanimetal Marathon
(1998)

Best of Animetal
(1998)

This is Japanimetal Marathon is a compilation album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released in Asia by Sony Music Entertainment Asia on April 7, 1998. The album consists mainly of Animetal Marathon mixed with select tracks from the band's singles along with those of Animetal Lady. Each track is labeled by the anime/tokusatsu title they come from, not by their original song title.^[1]^[2]

"Makafushigi Adventure!" (from Dragon Ball) is an exclusive track not found in Animetal's other releases.^[3]

Track listing

All tracks are arranged by Animetal.

No.	Title	Original title	Length
1.	"Theme of Animetal"		1:02
2.	"Kagaku Ninjatai Gatchaman"	"Gatchaman no Uta"	0:44
3.	"Umi no Triton"	"Umi no Triton"^{[fn 1]}	1:06
4.	"Babel II"	"Babel Nisei"	0:44
5.	"Chōdenji Robo Combattler V"	"Combattler V no Theme"	0:46
6.	"Chōdenji Robo Combattler V^{[fn 2]}"	"Ike! Combattler V"	0:51
7.	"Chōdenji Machine Voltes V"	"Voltes V no Uta"	1:32
8.	"Tōshō Daimos"	"Tate! Tōshō Daimos"	1:09
9.	"Yūsha Raideen"	"Yūsha Raideen"	0:53
10.	"Wakusei Robo Danguard Ace^{[fn 3]}"	"Suki da Danguard Ace"	0:55
11.	"Dragon Ball^{[fn 4]}"	"Makafushigi Adventure!"	1:40
12.	"Kamen Rider V3^{[fn 5]}"	"Tatakae! Kamen Rider V3"	0:54
13.	"Tiger Mask"	"Tiger Mask"	0:30
14.	"Cyborg 009"	"Taga Tame ni"	1:00
15.	"Ganbare Genki^{[fn 6]}"	"Kaze ni Nare"	1:14
16.	"Ashita no Joe^{[fn 7]}"	"Ashita no Joe"	1:13
17.	""Galaxy Express 999""	"Ginga Tetsudō 999"	1:46
18.	"Candy Candy^{[fn 8]}"	"Candy Candy"	0:59
19.	"Alps no Shōjo Heidi^{[fn 9]}"	"Oshiete"	1:02
20.	"Haha wo Tazunete Sanzenri^{[fn 10]}"	"Sōgen no Marco"	1:43
21.	"Sailor Moon^{[fn 11]}"	"Moonlight Densetsu"	1:08
22.	"Cutie Honey^{[fn 12]}"	"Cutie Honey"	0:48
23.	"Mahōtsukai Sally^{[fn 13]}"	"Mahōtsukai Sally"	1:00
24.	"Jungle Taitei Leo^{[fn 14]}"	"Leo no Uta"	1:41
25.	"Uchū Senkan Yamato^{[fn 15]}"	"Uchū Senkan Yamato"	1:01
26.	"Kidō Senshi Gundam^{[fn 16]}"	"Tobe! Gundam"	0:38
27.	"Densetsu Kyōjin Ideon"	"Fukkatsu no Ideon"	1:04
28.	"Chōjikū Yōsai Macross"	"Macross"	1:35
29.	"Muteki Chōjin Zambot 3"	"Ike! Zambot 3"	1:41
30.	"Muteki Kōjin Daitarn 3^{[fn 17]}"	"Come Here! Daitarn 3"	1:16
31.	"Seisenshi Dunbine"	"Dunbine Tobu"	1:49
32.	"Mazinger Z"	"Mazinger Z"	0:51
33.	"Great Mazinger"	"Ore wa Great Mazinger"	1:04
34.	"UFO Robo Grendizer"	"Tobe! Grendizer"	0:54
35.	"Getter Robo"	"Getter Robo!"	0:56
36.	"Kidō Senshi Gundam Movie II^{[fn 18]}"	"Ai Senshi"	1:38
37.	"Theme of Animetal (Reprise)"		0:53
Total length:			42:22

Personnel

Eizo Sakamoto - Lead vocals
Mie - Lead vocals (Animetal Lady)
She-Ja - Guitar
Masaki - Bass

with

Munetaka Higuchi - Drums
Katsuji - Drums
Yasuhiro Umezawa - Drums
Shinki - Drums

Footnotes

^ "This Is Animetal" single version
^ From "Sentimetal"
^ Incorporates Led Zeppelin's "Communication Breakdown"
^ Previously unreleased
^ From "Tokusatsu de Ikō!"
^ From "Animetal Summer"
^ From "Animetal Summer"
^ From "Animetal Lady Kenzan!"
^ From "Animetal Lady Kenzan!"; guitar riff is loosely based on Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song"
^ From "Animetal Lady Kenzan!"; incorporates Whitesnake's "Fool for Your Loving"
^ From Animetal Lady Marathon; song ending incorporates main riff from Metallica's "Battery"
^ From "Animetal Lady Sanjō!"
^ From "Animetal Lady Sanjō!"
^ From "Animetal Lady Kenzan!"
^ "This Is Animetal" single version
^ Shortened version; incorporates Scorpions' "Blackout"
^ Incorporates Iron Maiden's "Running Free"
^ From "Sentimetal"; incorporates Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast"

References

^ "This Is Japanimetal Marathon". Spirit of Metal. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
^ "Animetal - This Is Japanimetal Marathon". Metal Music Archives. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
^ "Animetal - This Is Japanimetal Marathon". Encyclopaedia Mettalum. Retrieved 2021-09-19.

External links

This Is Japanimetal Marathon at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

Animetal

Animetal / Animetal Lady (1996–2006): Eizo Sakamoto
Syu
Masaki
She-Ja
Mie
Yasuhiro Umezawa

Animetal USA (2011–present): Michael Vescera
Chris Impellitteri
Rudy Sarzo
Jon Dette
Scott Travis

Aisenshi (2013): Eizo Sakamoto
She-Ja
Hiro
Katsuji

Animetal the Second (2015–present): Queen.M

Albums

Animetal	Animetal Marathon Animetal Marathon II Animetal Marathon III Animetal Marathon IV Animetal Marathon V Animetal Marathon VI Animetal Marathon VII Decade of Bravehearts
Animetal Lady	Animetal Lady Marathon Animetal Lady Marathon II
Animetal USA	Animetal USA Animetal USA W
Aisenshi	Heartstrings
Animetal the Second	Animetal the Second Blizzard of Animetal the Second