Animetal Marathon V
# Animetal Marathon V

Animetal Marathon V (アニメタル・マラソンV, Animetaru Marason Faibu) is the fifth full-length album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through VAP on June 25, 2003. The album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers: tracks cover anime themes from the 1960s to the 1990s, while tracks 18-34 cover tokusatsu themes also from that same era, including Super Sentai and Kamen Rider titles, and tracks 35-39 are covers of themes from Tatsunoko's Time Bokan series. Prior to the release of this album, guitarist She-Ja left the band. He was replaced by Syu, who has worked with metal bands Galneryus and Aushvitz.

The album cover depicts the band trio as the Black Tri-Stars of the Mobile Suit Gundam series.

Animetal Marathon V was released in the European market by Wasabi Records in 2006, with an anime-oriented cover art. A limited edition release included a bonus DVD.

## Track listing

All tracks are arranged by Syu, Masaki, Katsuji, and Yorimasa Hisatake.

## Personnel

* Eizo Sakamoto (さかもと えいぞう, Sakamoto Eizō) - Lead vocals
* Syu - Guitar
* Masaki - Bass

with

* Katsuji - Drums

## Footnotes

* ↑ Incorporates intro riff from Racer X's "Street Lethal"
* ↑ Incorporates Judas Priest's "Living After Midnight"
* ↑ Contains a guitar riff from Van Halen's "Panama"
* ↑ Incorporates Metallica's "Battery"
* ↑ Incorporates Rainbow's "Stargazer"
* ↑ Incorporates Judas Priest's "Breaking the Law"
* ↑ Incorporates the opening drum riff of Led Zeppelin's "Rock and Roll"
* ↑ Not a cover of an existing theme song, but a bass solo by Masaki
* ↑ Incorporates Guns N' Roses' "It's So Easy"
* ↑ Incorporates Black Sabbath's "War Pigs"
