Detroit Metal City
| Detroit Metal City | |
North American manga release, Vol. 1
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デトロイト・メタル・シティ (Detoroito Metaru Shiti) |
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| Manga | |
| Written by | Kiminori Wakasugi |
| Published by | Hakusensha |
| English publisher | |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Magazine | Young Animal |
| Original run | 2005 – 2010 |
| Volumes | 10 |
| Live-action film | |
| Directed by | Toshio Lee |
| Produced by | Genki Kawamura |
| Written by | Mika Ōmori |
| Music by | Takayuki Hattori |
| Studio | Toho |
| Released | August 23, 2008 |
| Runtime | 105 minutes |
| Original video animation | |
| Directed by | Hiroshi Nagahama |
| Studio | Studio 4°C |
| Licensed by | |
| Released | August 8, 2008 |
| Runtime | 13 minutes |
| Episodes | 12 |
Detroit Metal City (Japanese: デトロイト・メタル・シティ Hepburn: Detoroito Metaru Shiti?) is a vulgar comedy manga series by Kiminori Wakasugi, serialized in Young Animal from 2005 to 2010. An anime OVA series, twelve episodes of approximately 13 minutes each, was released starting on August 8, 2008. A live film adaptation directed by Toshio Lee appeared in Japanese theaters on August 23, 2008. The series takes its name from the KISS single "Detroit Rock City".
Soichi Negishi is a shy young musician who dreams of a career in pop. Dreams don't pay the bills, so he's ended up as the lead singer and guitarist of a blackened death metal band, "Detroit Metal City." In stage costume he is Johannes Krauser II, rumored to be a terrorist demon from hell, to have killed and raped his parents, to wield his giant death penis with abandon, and other menacing tales being said about him after each public performance. The songs of DMC often encourage the audience to engage in immoral and illegal behavior, such as rape or murder, or tell of Krauser's exploits with similar actions, in a parody of the genre.
Negishi despises DMC and all that it stands for, but he can't walk away as he has a talent to play the psychotic frontman of the band. Negishi is under his meager exterior a rageaholic and also is very skilled in his guitar play. Further, he feels obligation to the rest of the band and his label and even if he manages to escape, he is invariably roped back in by the manager of the band's label. The Krauser persona also functions as an outlet to vent his frustration over his failing personal career, which has not advanced beyond him being a street musician. Playing his music in the street earns him nothing but the disapproval of bystanders over his cheesy pop songs.
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