''This is Japanimetal Marathon'' is a

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by Japanese novelty heavy metal band

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, released in Asia by Sony Music Entertainment Asia on April 7, 1998. The album consists mainly of ''

Animetal Marathon is the first full-length album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through Sony Records on March 21, 1997. The album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of anime themes from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. A karaoke ve ...

'' mixed with select tracks from the band's singles along with those of Animetal Lady. Each track is labeled by the anime/

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title they come from, not by their original song title. "

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" (from ''

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'') 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

References

External links

* {{Authority control Animetal albums 1998 compilation albums Japanese-language compilation albums Sony Music albums