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. Released through Sony Records on February 21, 1998, the album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of shōjo anime theme songs, children's anime theme songs, and other anime theme songs sung by women. A

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Track listing

All tracks are arranged by Animetal.

Personnel

* - lead vocals * -

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*Masaki - bass with *Shinki - drums (all tracks except below) *Katsuji - drums (7, 12-13, 26, 33-35) * - drums (2, 18-21, 27-28) * - keyboards * - keyboards

Footnotes

References

External links

* * * {{Authority control 1998 debut albums Animetal albums Japanese-language albums Covers albums Sony Music Entertainment Japan albums