Pegasus Fantasy

"Pegasus Fantasy" (ペガサス幻想（ファンタジー）, Pegasasu Fantajī) 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" (永遠ブルー, Eien Burū) 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,[1] 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 on guest vocals and is used as the opening theme song for the re-imagined Saint Seiya Omega anime.[2] "Pegasus Fantasy Version Omega" reached number 29 on the Oricon's weekly rankings.

"Pegasus Fantasy"
Single by MAKE-UP
from the album Saint Seiya Hit Song Collection
A-side"Pegasus Fantasy"
B-side"Blue Forever"
ReleasedOctober 21, 1986 (1986-10-21)
GenreHard rock, anison
LabelColumbia
MAKE-UP singles chronology
"GET THE HERO / GO FOR TOMORROW"
(1986)		 "Pegasus Fantasy"
(1986)		 "Pegasus Fantasy (2009 ver.) / Blue Forever (2009 ver.)"
(2009)

"Pegasus Fantasy" has also been covered by many other subsequent artists and bands, including Animetal on their albums Animetal Marathon V and Decade of Bravehearts, Animetal USA on their debut self-titled album, Eizo Sakamoto on Eizo Japan 1, Takeshi Tsuruno on Tsuruno Uta, Sadie on V-Anime Rocks, Trick or Treat on Re-Animated, and even Italian power metal band Derdian, as a bonus track on the Japanese release of their album Limbo.[3] It has been translated into various languages for the localized dubs of the anime.

Masami Kurumada has even included "Pegasus Fantasy" in the Saint Seiya manga, with a background character seen singing it.

References
  1. "MAKE-UP : MAKE-UP復活、ミニアルバムをリリース / BARKS ニュース". Barks.jp. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  2. 2012年03月29日 06時00分. "中川翔子、『聖闘士星矢Ω』の声優＆主題歌に抜てき 「改めて絶賛ハマっている」 ニュース-ORICON STYLE". Oricon.co.jp. Retrieved 2012-09-10.
  3. "DERDIAN". spiritual-beast.com. Retrieved 2014-04-04.


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