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.

Animetal Marathon V
Studio album by
Animetal
ReleasedJune 25, 2003 (2003-06-25)
Recorded2003
Studio
  • Freiheit
  • U'sus Waseda Studio
  • MIT Studio
Genre
Length56:38
LanguageJapanese
LabelVAP
ProducerYorimasa Hisatake
Animetal chronology
Animetal Lady Marathon II
(2002)		 Animetal Marathon V
(2003)		 The Animetal: Re-Birth Heroes
(2004)
Alternate cover
European release cover

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.

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