Animetal Lady Marathon

Animetal Lady Marathon
Studio album by Animetal Lady
Released	February 21, 1998
Genre	Heavy metal
Label	Sony Japan
Animetal Lady chronology
Animetal Marathon (1997) Animetal Marathon II Animetal Lady Marathon (1998) This is Japanimetal Marathon (1998)

Animetal Lady Marathon (アニメタル・レディー・マラソン, Animetaru Redī Marason) is the first album by Animetal unit Animetal Lady, featuring Mie of Pink Lady as the vocalist in place of Eizo Sakamoto. As Animetal Lady, the group releases heavy metal covers of shōjo anime theme songs, children's anime theme songs, and other anime theme songs sung by women.

As with the first three Animetal albums, the cover of this album features a skeleton-like figure, which is a parody of heavy metal mascots such as Eddie the Head of Iron Maiden and Vic Rattlehead of Megadeth. Also, certain songs incorporate instrumental arrangements of well-known rock and metal songs. For example: "Haikara-san ga Tōru" uses a bass line similar to Iron Maiden's "Wrathchild".

Songs originally recorded on the singles "Animetal Lady Sanjō!" (アニメタル・レディー参上！, Animetaru Redī Sanjō!) and "Animetal Lady Kenzan!" (アニメタル・レディー見参！, Animetaru Redī Kenzan!) are featured in this album.

Track list

1. "Theme of Animetal Lady" (アニメタル・レディーのテーマ, Animetaru Redī no Tēma)
2. "Cutie Honey" (キューティーハニー, Kyūtī Hanī)
3. "Bara wa Utsushiku Chiru" (薔薇は美しく散る, "The Roses Fall Beautifully", The Rose of Versailles)
4. "Princess Knight" (リボンの騎士, Ribon no Kishi, "Ribbon Knight")
5. "Haikara-san ga Tōru" (はいからさんが通る, "Here Comes Miss Modern")
   • Incorporates Iron Maiden's "Wrathchild"
6. "Aim for the Ace!" (エースをねらえ！, Ēsu o Nerae!)
7. "Theme of Attack No. 1" (アタックNo.1のテーマ, Atakku Nanbā Wan no Tēma)
8. "Theme of Maya the Bee" (みつばちマーヤのテーマ, Mitsubachi Māya no Tēma)
   • Incorporates Aerosmith's "Walk This Way"
9. "Nee! Moomin" (ねぇ！ムーミン, Nee! Mūmin)
10. "Sukina no Priscilla" (好きなのプリシラ, Suki na Purishira, Calimero)
    • Incorporates Yngwie Malmsteen's "As Above, So Below"
11. "Ore wa Kaibutsu-kun" (おれは怪物くんだ)
12. "Oshiete" (おしえて, "Teach Me", Heidi, Girl of the Alps)
    • Guitar riff is loosely derived from Led Zeppelin's "Immigrant Song"
13. "Sōgen no Marco" (草原のマルコ, Sōgen no Maruko, "Marco's Grassland", 3000 Leagues in Search of Mother)
    • Song ending incorporates Whitesnake's "Fool for Your Loving"
14. "Mister Anderson" (ミスター・アンデルセン, Misutā Anderusen, Andersen Monogatari)
    • Incorporates Brownsville Station/Mötley Crüe's "Smokin' In the Boys Room"
15. "Hoshi no Ko Chobin" (星の子チョビン, Chobin, Child of the Stars)
16. "Akubi Musume" (アクビ娘, "Sister Akubi", The Genie Family)
17. "Hahaue-sama" (ははうえさま, Ikkyū-san)
18. "Hana no Ko Lunlun" (花の子ルンルン, Hana no Ko Runrun)
19. "Marvelous Melmo" (ふしぎなメルモ, Fushigi na Merumo)
20. "Mahō no Mako-chan" (魔法のマコちゃん, Magical Mako-chan)
21. "Majokko Tickle" (魔女っ子チックル, Majokko Chikkuru)
22. "Himitsu no Akko-chan" (ひみつのアッコちゃん)
23. "Love Love Minky Momo" (ラブ・ラブ・ミンキーモモ, Rabu Rabu Minkī Momo)
24. "Lum's Love Song" (ラムのラブソング, Ramu no Rabu Songu, Urusei Yatsura)
25. "Moonlight Densetsu" (ムーンライト伝説, Mūnraito Densetsu, "Moonlight Legend", Sailor Moon)
    • Song ending incorporates main riff from Metallica's Battery
26. "Candy Candy" (キャンディ♥キャンディ, Kyandi Kyandi)
27. "Majokko Megu-chan" (魔女っ子メグちゃん)
28. "Sally the Witch" (魔法使いサリー, Mahōtsukai Sarī)
    • Shortened version of the song covered in "Animetal Lady Kenzan!", with the second chorus replaced with a guitar rendition of Mozart's Marcia alla turca from Piano Sonata No.11
29. "Kabatot no Samba" (カバトットのサンバ, Kabatotto no Sanba)
30. "First Human Gatrus" (はじめ人間ギャートルズ, Hajime Ningen Gyātoruzu)
    • Incorporates Guns N' Roses' "Welcome to the Jungle" and the guitar solo from Deep Purple's "Smoke on the Water"
31. "Obake no Q-tarō" (オバケのQ太郎, Obake no Kyūtarō)
32. "Sazae-san" (サザエさん)
33. "Suki Suki Song" (すきすきソング, Suki Suki Songu, Himitsu no Akko-chan)
    • Incorporates Queen's "We Will Rock You", the keyboard intro of Journey's "Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)" and a bass riff from Iron Maiden's "Phantom of the Opera"
34. "Hutch the Honeybee" (みなしごハッチ, Minashigo Hatchi)
35. "Leo no Uta" (レオのうた, Reo no Uta, "Song of Leo", Kimba the White Lion)
36. "Ending Theme of Animetal Lady (Sister Moon)" (アニメタル・レディーのエンディング・テーマ(Sister Moon), Animetaru Redī Endingu Tēma (Sister Moon))

Personnel

• Mie - lead vocals
• She-Ja (屍忌蛇, Shiija) - guitar
• Masaki - bass

with

• Shinki - drums
• Yasuhiro Umezawa (梅澤 康博, Umezawa Yasuhiro) - drums
• Katsuji - drums
• Rei Atsumi (厚見 玲衣, Atsumi Rei) - keyboard
• Kenji Shimizu (清水 賢治, Shimizu Kenji) - keyboard

References

• Animetal Lady Discography