is a song by Japanese metal band Make-Up. Serving as the band's fourth major release single, "Pegasus Fantasy" and its B-side were used as the theme songs for the first half of the original ''

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'' anime. "Pegasus Fantasy" became Make-Up's most successful release, and they have re-released the song several times since its initial release in 1986. After releasing a "21st century ver." on their mini-album ''The Voice from Yesterday'', Make-Up released a new edition of the song in 2012, subtitled "Version Omega", which features

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, the voice actress for Athena, on guest vocals and is used as the opening theme song for the re-imagined ''

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'' anime. "Pegasus Fantasy Version Omega" reached number 29 on the

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's weekly rankings. Masami Kurumada, the author of the ''Saint Seiya'' manga, has even included "Pegasus Fantasy" in the manga, with a background character seen singing it. It was appereanced in '' Taiko no Tatsujin: Drum 'n' Fun!''.

Cover versions

"Pegasus Fantasy" has also been covered by many other subsequent artists and bands, including

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on their albums '' Animetal Marathon V'' and '' Decade of Bravehearts'', Animetal USA on their debut self-titled album,

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on ''Eizo Japan 1'',

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on ''Tsuruno Uta'', Sadie on ''V-Anime Rocks'',

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on ''Re-Animated'', and even Italian

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band Derdian, as a bonus track on the Japanese release of their album Limbo.

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recorded a cover of the song for their 2020 cover album ''Re>Animator''. Their vocalist Eye sings it as a duet with Make-Up's vocalist NoB, who has been her vocal coach for the last 10 years. The song has been translated into various languages for the localized dubs of the anime; the Brazilian Portuguese version of the song is noteworthy for having

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, former lead singer of power metal band Angra, covering the song. According to Faalschi himself, his version was originally a demo that was placed on-air without his knowledge which explains the "crummy" quality of the end product.

References

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