iM@S characters covering Futari no Mojipittan and Tsugaru Kaikyou Fuyugeshiki on the same album is the kind of unhinged energy only 2007 Namco would greenlight. Your Song is this PS2/arcade-era cover album where the 765Pro idols take on classic J-pop and anime songs, and the timestamp track structure from 9:02am to Next Day gives it a full-day concept album feel.
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Kamen Butoukai drips with theatrical drama. Tori no Uta gets this softer, more vulnerable read that actually works. Lum's Love Song as a mid-afternoon pick-me-up, somehow perfect. The whole thing feels like raiding someone's karaoke setlist from another timeline.
If you want early iM@S at its most charming and weird, start here.