Animetal Marathon II

Animetal Marathon II
Animetal Marathon II
Studio album by Animetal
Released	February 21, 1998; March 21, 1998 (karaoke)
Recorded	1997
Studio	MIT Studio
Genre	Heavy metal; anison;
Length	43:34 (Disc 1); 21:56 (Disc 2)
Language	Japanese
Label	Sony Records
Producer	Animetal
Animetal chronology

Animetal Marathon II: Tokusatsu Collection (アニメタル・マラソンII ～特撮編～, Animetaru Marason Tsū ~Tokusatsu Hen~) is the second album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through Sony Records on February 21, 1998. The album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of theme songs of tokusatsu series from the 1970s and 1980s.^[1]^[2] A karaoke version of this album was also released.^[3]^[4]

"Let's Go! Rider Kick," "Fight! Kamen Rider V3," "Setup! Kamen Rider X," "Amazon Rider Koko ni Ari," "Kamen Rider Stronger no Uta," and "Moero! Kamen Rider" were recorded separately as a marathon EP titled Tokusatsu de Ikou! Like the first marathon CD, some songs incorporate guitar riffs from well-known hard rock and heavy metal songs. Most notable is "Tatakae! Chōjin Bibyūn", which uses the guitar riff of Van Halen's "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love."

Animetal Marathon II includes a bonus disc containing the band's songs for the 1997 anime film Rurouni Kenshin: Ishin Shishi e no Chinkonka.

Track listing

All tracks are arranged by Animetal.

Disc 1
No.	Title	Original tokusatsu series	Length
1.	"Theme of Animetal II (Ryūketsu no Sanmika)" (Animetaru no Tēma Tsū (Ryūketsu no Sanmika) (アニメタルのテーマII (流血の讃美歌), "Theme of Animetal II (Bloodshed's Eulogy Beautiful Song)"))		1:51
2.	"Let's Go! Rider Kick" (Rettsu Gō!! Raidā Kikku (レッツゴー！！ライダーキック))	Kamen Rider	0:45
3.	"Tatakae! Kamen Rider V3" (Tatakae! Kamen Raidā Bui Surī (戦え！仮面ライダーV3, "Fight! Kamen Rider V3"))	Kamen Rider V3	0:46
4.	"Setup! Kamen Rider X" (Setappu! Kamen Raidā Ekkusu (セタップ！仮面ライダーX))	Kamen Rider X	0:46
5.	"Go Go Kikaider" (Gō Gō Kikaidā (ゴーゴー・キカイダー))	Android Kikaider	0:41
6.	"Kikaider 01" (Kikaidā Zero Wan (キカイダー０１))	Kikaider 01	1:01
7.	"Robot Keiji" (Robotto Keiji (ロボット刑事))	Robot Detective	0:44
8.	"Tatakae Inazuman" ((戦えイナズマン, "Fight, Inazuman"))	Inazuman	1:09
9.	"Flash! Inazuman" (Furasshu! Inazuman (フラッシュ！イナズマン))	Inazuman Flash	0:57
10.	"Arashi yo Sakebe" ((嵐よ叫べ, "Shout, Arashi"))	Henshin Ninja Arashi	0:41
11.	"Kaze yo Hikari yo^{[fn 1]}" ((風よ光よ, "Oh Wind, Oh Light"))	Kaiketsu Lion-Maru	0:50
12.	"Tetsujin Tiger Seven" (Tetsujin Taigā Sebun (鉄人タイガーセブン))	Tetsujin Tiger Seven	0:47
13.	"Tatakae! Denjin Zaborger^{[fn 2]}" (Tatakae! Denjin Zabōgā (戦え！電人ザボーガー, "Fight! Denjin Zaborger"))	Denjin Zaborger	0:54
14.	"Ike Rainbowman" (Ike Reinbōman (行けレインボーマン, "Go Rainbowman"))	Warrior of Love Rainbowman	0:39
15.	"Diamond Eye^{[fn 3]}" (Daiyamondo Ai (ダイヤモンドアイ))	Diamond Eye	0:49
16.	"Condorman^{[fn 4]}" (Kondōruman (コンドールマン))	Condorman	1:18
17.	"Spectreman Go Go" (#Supekutoruman Gō Gō (スペクトルマン・ゴーゴー))	Spectreman	0:55
18.	"Kokyō wa Chikyū" ((故郷は地球, "My Home is the Earth"))	Silver Mask	1:23
19.	"Iron King^{[fn 5]}" (Aian Kingu (アイアンキング))	Iron King	0:52
20.	"Dengeki! Strada 5^{[fn 6]}" (Dengeki! Sutorada Faibu (電撃！ストラダ５, "Blitzkrieg! Strada 5"))	Strada 5	0:51
21.	"Wild 7" (Wairudo Sebun (ワイルドセブン))	Wild 7	1:01
22.	"Bokura no Barom-1" (Bokura no Baromu Wan (ぼくらのバロム１, "Our Barom-1"))	Barom-1	1:01
23.	"Shōri da! Akumaizer 3^{[fn 7]}" (Shōri da! Akumaizā Surī (勝利だ！アクマイザー３, "The Victory! Akumaizer 3"))	Akumaizer 3	1:06
24.	"Tatakae! Chōjin Bibyūn^{[fn 8]}" ((斗え！！超神ビビューン, "Fight! Chōjin Bibyūn"))	Chōjin Bibyūn	1:17
25.	"Kagayaku Taiyō Kagestar" (Kagayaku Taiyō Kagesutā (輝く太陽カゲスター, "Shining Sun Kagestar"))	The Kagestar	0:51
26.	"Tatakae Ninja Captor" (Tatakae Ninja Kyaputā (斗え忍者キャプター, "Fight Ninja Captor"))	Ninja Captor	1:04
27.	"Jigoku no Zubat" (Jigoku no Zubatto (地獄のズバット, "Zubat of Hell"))	Kaiketsu Zubat	1:17
28.	"Uchū Tetsujin Kyōdain" ((宇宙鉄人キョーダイン))	Space Ironman Kyodain	0:58
29.	"Oh! Daitetsujin 17" (Ō!! Daitetsujin Wan Sebun (オー！！大鉄人ワンセブン))	Daitetsujin 17	1:38
30.	"Uchū Keiji Gavan^{[fn 9]}" (Uchū Keiji Gyaban (宇宙刑事ギャバン))	Space Sheriff Gavan	1:18
31.	"Uchū Keiji Sharivan" (Uchū Keiji Shariban (宇宙刑事シャリバン))	Space Sheriff Sharivan	1:37
32.	"Uchū Keiji Shaider^{[fn 10]}" (Uchū Keiji Shaidā (宇宙刑事シャイダー))	Space Sheriff Shaider	1:06
33.	"Kagaku Sentai Dynaman^{[fn 11]}" (Kagaku Sentai Dainaman (科学戦隊ダイナマン))	Kagaku Sentai Dynaman	1:18
34.	"J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai" (Jakkā Dengekitai (ジャッカー電撃隊))	J.A.K.Q. Dengekitai	1:18
35.	"Susume! Gorenger" (Susume! Gorenjā (進め！ゴレンジャー, "Advance! Gorenger"))	Himitsu Sentai Gorenger	1:09
36.	"Himitsu Sentai Gorenger" (Himitsu Sentai Gorenjā (秘密戦隊ゴレンジャー))	Himitsu Sentai Gorenger	1:04
37.	"Amazon Rider Koko ni Ari" (Amazon Raidā Koko ni Ari (アマゾンライダーここにあり, "Amazon Rider is Here"))	Kamen Rider Amazon	1:01
38.	"Kamen Rider Stronger no Uta" (Kamen Raidā Sutorongā no Uta (仮面ライダーストロンガーのうた, "Song of Kamen Rider Stronger"))	Kamen Rider Stronger	1:01
39.	"Moero! Kamen Rider" (Moero! Kamen Raidā (燃えろ！仮面ライダー, "Burn! Kamen Rider"))	Kamen Rider (Skyrider)	1:27
40.	"Ending Theme of Animetal (Saigo no Komoriuta)" (Animetaru no Endingu Tēma (Saigo no Komoriuta) (アニメタルのエンディング・テーマ(最期の子守唄), "Ending Theme of Animetal (The Last Lullaby)"))		0:46
Total length:			43:34

Disc 2
No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Shukuteki Kenzan!" ((宿敵見参！, "Meeting the Old Enemy!"))	Yū Aku	Masaaki Hirao Chumei Watanabe Asei Kobayashi Shunsuke Kikuchi Hiroshi Miyagawa	8:24
2.	"The Jūppon Gatana" (Za Jūppon Gatana (The 十本刀, "The Ten Swords"))	Aku	Hirao Miyagawa Kikuchi Kobayashi Watanabe	8:23
3.	"Towa no Mirai" ((永遠の未来, "Eternal Future"))	Yukinojo Mori	Toshiaki Yamazaki	5:08
Total length:				21:56

Personnel

Eizo Sakamoto (坂本英三, Sakamoto Eizō) - Lead vocals
She-Ja (屍忌蛇, Shiija) - Guitar, backing vocals ("Tetsujin Tiger Seven")
Masaki - Bass, backing vocals ("Tatakae! Chōjin Bibyūn")

with

Katsuji - Drums
Mie - Backing vocals on "Susume! Gorenger"

Footnotes

^ Initial guitar riff is partially based on Helloween's "Heavy Metal (Is the Law)"
^ Incorporates Dio's "Stand Up and Shout"
^ Bass line is a loose parody of Motörhead's "Ace of Spades"
^ Guitar riff is a loose parody of Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild"
^ Initial guitar riff is partially based on Dio's "We Rock"
^ Incorporates Angra's "Carry On"
^ Incorporates Anthrax's "Madhouse"
^ Incorporates Van Halen's "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"
^ Initial and final guitar riffs are based on Yngwie Malmsteen's "Rising Force"
^ Incorporates the opening guitar riff of Iron Maiden's "The Trooper"
^ Incorporates Loudness's "Crazy Doctor"

References

^ "アニメタル・マラソンII | アニメタル". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
^ "アニメタル / アニメタル・マラソン2 [2CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
^ "アニメタル・マラソン2のカラオケ | アニメタル". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-09-19.
^ "ANIMETAL MARATHON 2 NO KARAOKE / アニメタル・マラソン2のカラオケ | ANIMETAL アニメタル". Disk Union. Retrieved 2021-09-19.

External links

Official website
Animetal Marathon II at MusicBrainz (list of releases)
Animetal Marathon II at Discogs

[5] Initial guitar riff is partially based on Helloween's "Heavy Metal (Is the Law)"

[6] Incorporates Dio's "Stand Up and Shout"

[7] Bass line is a loose parody of Motörhead's "Ace of Spades"

[8] Guitar riff is a loose parody of Steppenwolf's "Born to be Wild"

[9] Initial guitar riff is partially based on Dio's "We Rock"

[10] Incorporates Angra's "Carry On"

[11] Incorporates Anthrax's "Madhouse"

[12] Incorporates Van Halen's "Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"

[13] Initial and final guitar riffs are based on Yngwie Malmsteen's "Rising Force"

[14] Incorporates the opening guitar riff of Iron Maiden's "The Trooper"

[15] Incorporates Loudness's "Crazy Doctor"

[Oricon-1] "アニメタル・マラソンII | アニメタル". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-09-19.

[2] "アニメタル / アニメタル・マラソン2 [2CD]". CDJournal. Retrieved 2021-09-19.

[3] "アニメタル・マラソン2のカラオケ | アニメタル". Oricon. Retrieved 2021-09-19.

[4] "ANIMETAL MARATHON 2 NO KARAOKE / アニメタル・マラソン2のカラオケ | ANIMETAL アニメタル". Disk Union. Retrieved 2021-09-19.

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