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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.

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

Track listing

All tracks are arranged by Animetal.

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

1. "This Is Animetal" single version
2. From "Sentimetal"
3. Incorporates Led Zeppelin's "Communication Breakdown"
4. Previously unreleased
5. From "Tokusatsu de Ikō!"
6. From "Animetal Summer"
7. From "Animetal Summer"
8. From "Animetal Lady Kenzan!"
9. From "Animetal Lady Kenzan!"; guitar riff is loosely based on Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song"
10. From "Animetal Lady Kenzan!"; incorporates Whitesnake's "Fool for Your Loving"
11. From Animetal Lady Marathon; song ending incorporates main riff from Metallica's "Battery"
12. From "Animetal Lady Sanjō!"
13. From "Animetal Lady Sanjō!"
14. From "Animetal Lady Kenzan!"
15. "This Is Animetal" single version
16. Shortened version; incorporates Scorpions' "Blackout"
17. Incorporates Iron Maiden's "Running Free"
18. From "Sentimetal"; incorporates Iron Maiden's "The Number of the Beast"

References

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

External links

• This Is Japanimetal Marathon at MusicBrainz (list of releases)

• Animetal albums
• 1998 compilation albums
• Japanese-language compilation albums
• 1990s Japanese-language albums
• Sony Music albums