Community hub
Recent from talks
Knowledge base stats:
Talk channels stats:
Members stats:
Detroit Metal City
Detroit Metal City (Japanese: デトロイト・メタル・シティ, Hepburn: Detoroito Metaru Shiti) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kiminori Wakasugi. It was serialized in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal from September 2005 to April 2010, with its chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes. The manga was licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media. The series takes its name from the song "Detroit Rock City" by the American band Kiss.
The manga was adapted into a twelve-episode (of thirteen minutes long and divided into two six-minute sections) original video animation (OVA) released in August 2008; a live action film adaptation also premiered in Japan in August 2008.
Soichi Negishi is a shy young musician who dreams of a career in pop. Dreams do not pay the bills, so he has ended up as the lead singer and guitarist of a blackened death metal band, "Detroit Metal City". In his stage costume, he adopts the persona of "Johannes Krauser II", a terrorist demon from hell said to have raped and killed his parents. The songs of DMC often encourage their audience to engage in similar immoral and illegal behavior, or tell stories of Krauser's criminal exploits in a parody of the genre.
Negishi despises DMC and all that it stands for, but he cannot walk away from his role as the band's psychotic frontman. Under his meager exterior, Negishi is a rageaholic and also is very skilled at guitar playing. Furthermore, he feels obligation to the rest of the band and his label and is always 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 playing his original pop songs in the streets and earning the harsh disapproval of bystanders.
Negishi is envious of the popularity DMC and his Krauser persona have achieved in contrast to the music he actually wants to play being ridiculed; his Krauser persona begins to emerge more often, which leads to Krauser's popularity growing. The series explores the futile attempts of Negishi to break this vicious circle, escape his DMC persona, and become a successful pop musician.
Written and illustrated by Kiminori Wakasugi, Detroit Metal City was first published in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal as a one-shot on April 22, 2005. The series takes its name from the song "Detroit Rock City" of the American rock band Kiss. Detroit Metal City was later serialized in Young Animal, where it ran from September 22, 2005, to April 23, 2010. Hakusensha collected its chapters in ten tankōbon volumes, released from May 29, 2006, to July 29, 2010.
In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Viz Media. The ten volumes were published from June 9, 2009, to September 13, 2011.
A twelve-episode (of thirteen minutes long and divided into two six-minute sections) original video animation (OVA) animated by Studio 4°C was released on DVD on August 8, 2008. In North America, the OVA was licensed by Sentai Filmworks. It was released on DVD on October 2, 2012, and on Blu-ray on December 16, 2014.
Hub AI
Detroit Metal City AI simulator
(@Detroit Metal City_simulator)
Detroit Metal City
Detroit Metal City (Japanese: デトロイト・メタル・シティ, Hepburn: Detoroito Metaru Shiti) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kiminori Wakasugi. It was serialized in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal from September 2005 to April 2010, with its chapters collected in ten tankōbon volumes. The manga was licensed for English release in North America by Viz Media. The series takes its name from the song "Detroit Rock City" by the American band Kiss.
The manga was adapted into a twelve-episode (of thirteen minutes long and divided into two six-minute sections) original video animation (OVA) released in August 2008; a live action film adaptation also premiered in Japan in August 2008.
Soichi Negishi is a shy young musician who dreams of a career in pop. Dreams do not pay the bills, so he has ended up as the lead singer and guitarist of a blackened death metal band, "Detroit Metal City". In his stage costume, he adopts the persona of "Johannes Krauser II", a terrorist demon from hell said to have raped and killed his parents. The songs of DMC often encourage their audience to engage in similar immoral and illegal behavior, or tell stories of Krauser's criminal exploits in a parody of the genre.
Negishi despises DMC and all that it stands for, but he cannot walk away from his role as the band's psychotic frontman. Under his meager exterior, Negishi is a rageaholic and also is very skilled at guitar playing. Furthermore, he feels obligation to the rest of the band and his label and is always 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 playing his original pop songs in the streets and earning the harsh disapproval of bystanders.
Negishi is envious of the popularity DMC and his Krauser persona have achieved in contrast to the music he actually wants to play being ridiculed; his Krauser persona begins to emerge more often, which leads to Krauser's popularity growing. The series explores the futile attempts of Negishi to break this vicious circle, escape his DMC persona, and become a successful pop musician.
Written and illustrated by Kiminori Wakasugi, Detroit Metal City was first published in Hakusensha's seinen manga magazine Young Animal as a one-shot on April 22, 2005. The series takes its name from the song "Detroit Rock City" of the American rock band Kiss. Detroit Metal City was later serialized in Young Animal, where it ran from September 22, 2005, to April 23, 2010. Hakusensha collected its chapters in ten tankōbon volumes, released from May 29, 2006, to July 29, 2010.
In North America, the manga was licensed for English release by Viz Media. The ten volumes were published from June 9, 2009, to September 13, 2011.
A twelve-episode (of thirteen minutes long and divided into two six-minute sections) original video animation (OVA) animated by Studio 4°C was released on DVD on August 8, 2008. In North America, the OVA was licensed by Sentai Filmworks. It was released on DVD on October 2, 2012, and on Blu-ray on December 16, 2014.