Animetal was a Japanese heavy metal band who specialized in metal covers of theme songs from classic and modern Japanese anime and tokusatsu television series.
Animetal Marathon is the first full-length album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through Sony Records on March 23, 1997. The album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of anime themes from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s. A karaoke version of this album was also released on April 23, 1997. This is also the only studio album to feature the band as a quartet; all other releases have the band as a trio with a guest drummer.
Animetal Marathon VII: Fight! The Metal Heroes is the seventh full-length album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through VAP on October 21, 2005. The album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of various tokusatsu themes: the first three songs are from the newest Super Sentai series at the time of the album's recording, tracks 5-34 are tokusatsu ending themes, and tracks 35-41 are opening themes of solo tokusatsu and Metal Hero Series titles. The last track, "Jump in the Fire!", is a marathon of anime songs adapted from manga published in Weekly Shōnen Jump. Animetal Marathon VII was also the band's final marathon album.
Animetal Marathon II: Tokusatsu Collection 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. A karaoke version of this album was also released.
Animetal Marathon III: Tsuburaya Productions Collection is the third full-length album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through Sony Records on October 21, 1998. The album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of theme songs of shows produced by Tsuburaya Productions and Eiji Tsuburaya, primarily the Ultra Series.
Animetal Marathon IV is the fourth full album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through Cutting Edge Records on September 12, 2001. The album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of anime themes from the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. It also marked the return of Animetal after a two-year hiatus. However, it was also the last to feature lead guitarist She-Ja, who was then replaced by Syu on the band's subsequent releases.
Animetal Marathon V 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 1980s, 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.
Animetal Marathon VI: The Sentimetal is the sixth full-length album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through VAP on September 22, 2004. The album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of anime ending themes; mainly from the Super Robot series. Some songs were previously recorded as the band's 1997 single Sentimetal.
Best of Animetal is a compilation album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through Sony Records on May 21, 1998. The album compiles the A-sides of the various singles they had released from 1996 to 1998. With the exception of "Animetal", all of the singles were released by Sony.
Animetal Lady Marathon is the first album by Animetal unit Animetal Lady, featuring Mie of Pink Lady as the vocalist in place of Eizo Sakamoto. Released through Sony Records on February 21, 1998, the album consists of a non-stop marathon of metal covers of shōjo anime theme songs, children's anime theme songs, and other anime theme songs sung by women. A karaoke version of the album was also released on March 21, 1998.
"Pegasus Fantasy" is a song by Japanese metal band Make-Up. Serving as the band's fourth major release single, "Pegasus Fantasy" and its B-side "Blue Forever" were used as the theme songs for the first half of the original Saint Seiya 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 Shoko Nakagawa, the voice actress for Athena, on guest vocals and is used as the opening theme song for the re-imagined Saint Seiya Omega anime. "Pegasus Fantasy Version Omega" reached number 29 on the Oricon'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!.
Animetal USA are a Japan-based American heavy metal band formed as a tribute to Eizo Sakamoto's band Animetal. They made their world debut at the 2011 Loud Park Festival, where they performed on stage with Momoiro Clover Z.
Animetal USA is the debut album by Japan-based American heavy metal band Animetal USA, formed as a tribute to Eizo Sakamoto's band Animetal. Released through SME Records on October 12, 2011, the album consists of a series of English language covers of popular anime theme songs. It received an American release on June 26, 2012, containing four bonus tracks from their follow up album Animetal USA W.
Animetal USA W is the second studio album by Japan-based American heavy metal band Animetal USA, formed as a tribute to Eizo Sakamoto's band Animetal. Released through SME Records on June 6, 2012, the album consists of a series of English language covers of popular anime theme songs. Unlike the previous album, Animetal USA sought out the input from their Japanese and American fans for suggestions on tracks to include on their second album and it also includes an original track. "Give Lee Give Lee Rock Lee" is a collaboration with Hironobu Kageyama of LAZY and JAM Project. A limited edition release includes a bonus DVD
Complete First Live is the first of two double live albums by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal. Released by Sony Records on October 1, 1999, it was recorded at the band's debut concert at the Shibuya Club Quattro on March 23, 1997. An edited version of the concert was previously released direct-to-video as Animetalive in 1997.
Complete Last Live is the second of two double live albums released by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal. Released by Sony Records on October 1, 1999, it was recorded at the band's concert at the Shibuya Club Quattro on July 31, 1999. This was the band's last release before undergoing a two-year hiatus.
Animetalive is the first live concert video released by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal. Released by Sony Records on May 21, 1997, it was recorded at the band's debut concert at the Shibuya Club Quattro on March 23, 1997. The full audio version of this concert was released on double-CD On October 1, 1999, as Complete First Live. Animetalive was re-released on DVD on November 23, 2005.
The Animetal: Re-Birth Heroes is a live album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Animetal, released through VAP on June 23, 2004. The album features "The Animetal", a re-recording of the band's self-titled 1996 debut single.
Animetal the Second is the first full-length album by Animetal the Second, a solo project by anonymous female singer Queen.M. Released through Gr8! Records on March 25, 2015, it is a spiritual continuation of Eizo Sakamoto's cover band Animetal. The album consists of heavy metal covers of popular anime theme songs from the 1990s and 2000s. It also features guest performances by Dokken guitarist George Lynch, Pretty Maids guitarist Ken Hammer, Ratt guitarist Warren DeMartini, Granrodeo guitarist E-Zuka and Loudness members Akira Takasaki and Masayoshi Yamashita.
Heartstrings is the debut studio album by Japanese novelty heavy metal band Aisenshi, released through Metallic Core on June 5, 2013. Released as the spiritual successor to lead vocalist Eizo Sakamoto's previous band Animetal, the album features metal covers of various anime theme songs.
