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Detroit Metal City

(Detoroito Metaru Shiti)

Genre

Comedy, Music

Manga Written by Published by English publisher Demographic Magazine Original run Volumes
Kiminori Wakasugi Hakusensha VIZ Media Seinen Young Animal

2005 ongoing 10 Live-action film

Directed by Produced by Written by

Toshio Lee Genki Kawamura Mika mori

Music by Studio Released Runtime

Takayuki Hattori
Toho

August 23, 2008 104 min

Original video animation

Directed by Studio Released Runtime Episodes

Toshio Lee
Studio 4C

August 8, 2008 approx. 13 minutes 12

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Detroit Metal City ( Detoroito Metaru Shiti?) is a mangaseries, serialized in Young Animal from 2005 onward. An anime OVA series, twelve episodes of approximately 13 minutes each, was released 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 KISSsingle "Detroit Rock City".
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1 Plot 2 Characters 3 Media

3.1 Manga o 3.2 Film o 3.3 OVA o 3.4 Music o 3.5 Video game 4 References 5 External links
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[edit]Plot
Soichi Negishi is a shy and gentle young guitar player / singer who dreams of a career as a pop musician. Dreams don't pay the bills, so he's ended up as the lead singer and lead guitarist of a death metal band called 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. Another song suggests that his fans should murder everyone, in a comic parody of the genre (if all his fans killed each other, he'd have no show). Negishi despises DMC and all that it stands for, but so help him, he's a terrific performer and can't walk away from that. As DMC's star rises Negishi tries to satisfy both worlds, but can't.

[edit]Characters

Soichi Negishi ( Negishi Sichi?): The main protagonist. A calm and peaceful musician from Inukai, ita, he is a fan of Swedish pop and Shibuya-kei who is the exact opposite of his alter-ego Johannes Krauser II (II Yohane Kurauz Nisei?), leader of the Death Metal band DMC (short for Detroit Metal City). Ashamed of his true job, Negishi must cope with DMC's rising fame while keeping it a secret from friends and family. Even though Negishi despises Krauser so much, he can never resist the temptation of invoking his demonic ego every time he feels irritated. While performing as Krauser, Negishi proves to be a skilled guitarist, able to play just with his teeth.

In the OVA, Daisuke Kishio voices Negishi, while Yuji Ueda voices Krauser. In the film, Kenichi Matsuyama portrays both roles. Yuri Aikawa ( Aikawa Yuri?): Negishi's friend from his college times and his main love interest. She loves Negishi's calm nature and songs, but dislikes DMC's music and its vocalist Krauser, unaware that they're the same person. Voiced by Masami Nagasawa in the OVA, and portrayed by Rosa Kato in the live-action movie. Terumichi Nishida ( Nishida Terumichi?): Curry-loving, overweight pervert of few words. An otaku; he is a fan of the ecchi anime "Cameltoe Squadron Bloomer" ( Kuikomi Sentai Buruma-chan). Nishida plays the part of Camus( Kamyu?), DMC's drummer. Perhaps the most dedicated in the group; not even fire or venomous snakes will stop his drumming. Voiced by Makoto Yasumura in the OVA, and portrayed by Ryuji Akiyama in the live-action movie. Masayuki Wada ( Wada Masayuki?): Plays the part of Alexander Jagi ( Arekisand Jagi?), DMC's bassist and a ladies' man from Saitama. He would like to leave DMC to perform in a visual kei/J-rock type band like X Japan, but just like the other members of the band, he fears their manager. Voiced by Yuto Nakano in the OVA, and portrayed by Yoshihiko Hosoda in the live-action movie. Death Records President ( Desu Rekzu Shach?): A foul-mouthed, sex-crazy blond woman in charge of DMC's career, who always comes with weird schemes to promote the band, most of them to Negishi's despair. Voiced by Ai Kobayashi in the OVA, and portrayed by Yasuko Matsuyuki in the live-action movie.

Keisuke Nashimoto ( Nashimoto Keisuke?): A masochistic middle-aged man hired to perform during DMC's concerts as the "Capitalist Pig" (Shihonshugi no Buta?), whose role is to let himself being beaten and abused by Krauser during the shows. He works part-time at a convenience store to make ends meet. Voiced by Takashi Matsuyama in the OVA. Jack ill Dark ( Jakku iru Dku?): Also known as "The Emperor", he is a legendary Black Metal guitarist from the United States who chose to crush DMC during his farewell concert in Japan. But after inadvertently bringing out Negishi's anger, he ended up being upstaged by Krauser, who became the legitimate heir to his legendary guitar and the title of "Emperor." Voiced by Riki Takeuchi and Eugene Nomura in the OVA, and portrayed by Gene Simmons in the live-action movie.

[edit]Media
Please help improve this article by expanding it.Further information might be found on the talk page.(September 2008) [edit]Manga

The manga has reached 2 million copies.[1]

[edit]Film

The live action film adaptation of the series, directed by Toshio Lee and written by Mika mori, was released on August 23, 2008. It features performances by Ken'ichi Matsuyama,Rosa Kato, Rumi Hiiragi, Yasuko Matsuyuki and a cameo appearance by Gene Simmons. It has been watched by more than 1 million people. It has been reported that several offers have been made from United States and Hong Kong based companies to remake the film.[1]Detroit Metal City was selected as a part of the 33rd Annual Toronto International Film Festival's Midnight Madness Program on

September 5, 2008. It was also shown for the first time in the United Kingdom on November 2008 in Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds. It was also shown as part of the 13th Japanese F