Detroit Metal City

Dominating the world of indie music, Detroit Metal City (DMC) is a popular death metal band known for its captivatingly dark and crude style. Its extravagant lead singer, Johannes Krauser II, is especially infamous as a demonic being who has risen from the fiery pits of hell itself in order to bring the world to its knees and lord over all mortals—or at least that's what he's publicized to be.

Unbeknownst to his many worshippers, Krauser II is just the alter ego of an average college graduate named Souichi Negishi. Although he is soft-spoken, peace-loving, and would rather listen to Swedish pop all day, he must participate in DMC's garish concerts in order to make ends meet. Detroit Metal City chronicles Negishi's hilarious misadventures as he attempts to juggle his hectic band life, a seemingly budding romance, and dealing with his incredibly obsessive and dedicated fans.

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Negishi, Souichi Main

Ueda, Yuuji Japanese

Death Records Manager Supporting

Kobayashi, Ai Japanese

Krauser-tan Supporting

Ise, Mariya Japanese

Nishida, Terumichi Supporting

Yasumura, Makoto Japanese

Nashimoto, Keisuke Supporting

Matsuyama, Takashi Japanese

Wada, Masayuki Supporting

Nakano, Yuto Japanese

DMC Fan Supporting

Saji, Hideki Supporting

Nagashima, Shuugo Japanese

ILL Dark, Jack Supporting

Takeuchi, Riki Japanese

Aikawa, Yuri Supporting

Nagasawa, Masami Japanese

Takahashi, Atsushi Producer

Nagahama, Hiroshi Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Tanaka, Kazuya Sound Director

Miyazaki, Nagisa Episode Director, Animation Director, Key Animation

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Feb 28, 2024

Reiko_chan23

Recommended

Detroit Metal City: The Best Comedy Anime Ever!
Absurd Humor and Sharp Satire:

Detroit Metal City is one of the best comedy anime I've ever watched. Its absurd humor and sharp satire had me laughing out loud. The anime doesn't shy away from poking fun at everything from the music industry to fandom culture.

Engaging Story and Memorable Characters:

The story of Detroit Metal City is not only funny but also engaging and thought-provoking. We follow the adventures of Souichi Negishi, a quiet young man who secretly has a brutal alter ego named Johannes Krauser II, the famous death metal vocalist!

The characters in this anime are just as interesting ... as the story. Each character has a unique and unforgettable personality, especially Negishi/Krauser II. His interactions with his fanatic fans and eccentric bandmates always make you laugh and are full of unexpected funny moments.

Conclusion:

Detroit Metal City is a must-watch comedy anime for anyone looking for entertainment and reflection. It's funny, entertaining, meaningful, and unforgettable!

Recommendation:

I highly recommend this anime to anyone looking for entertainment and critical reflection. It is suitable for adults and teenagers who enjoy absurd humor and satire.

Reviewer’s Rating: 9

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Dec 31, 2024

catsarecool_

Mixed Feelings

Christmas decorations lit up the streets, snow falling outside my window and the night was full of holiday cheer. And I’m in my bed, thinking quite strongly about drinking or something else self-damaging. It’s amazing what willpower gets you these days, so instead I scroll through IG. It’s not every day you see an anime clip of some loser humping a tower, and amazingly enough it made the Scrooge in me laugh. A Christmas miracle! So well, why not?
Essentially, this is a caricature of hardcore metal and the scene, yet it feels appreciative of the culture and seems to poke at the stereotypes metal ... has gotten over the years. As someone who has enjoyed music that to put mildly is “less savory,” I appreciate that it doesn’t take itself too seriously, and that alone makes it a breath of fresh air. And if you were to take this seriously and look below the surface, you would find an accurate critique of the exploitation of the music industry, personified in the manager of the DMC, who Soichi is afraid of and leads him to continue with the DMC, despite being the polar opposite to his onstage persona, Krauser. She tells Soichi “DMC is mine, don't forget it,” forcing him to stand down at any opposition or suggestions he has for the band he is literally the face of. The lack of authenticity in the DMC is due to the manager trying to promote an image, one that “makes people wet” and most importantly one that sells.
We follow most of the story through Soichi’s eyes, with his split personality and his whinging on about wanting to be a loser, oops, I meant popstar. Soichi’s split personality plot device is a formula that the writers use to make the story move, no matter how half-assed it is. Whenever it seems that he is becoming more accepting of his role in the DMC and starting to be proud of his work, he goes through a brainwash that ensures by the next episode, he is back to where he started, trying to find a way out of the DMC, then using his Krauser persona to get out of a situation, then right back again. Rinse, repeat. It's a formula that barely worked at the beginning and becomes grating by the end. The story sets up no real depth to hold this up, making Soichi, at best, really annoying. The only time this formula isn't used is when they set up an overused storyline where the MC has to be in two places at the same time, in this case with the Yuri birthday date and the DMC promotional event. Super original!
My next big criticism is well, for a comedy, this isn't as funny as I hoped. I went into this hoping for ridiculous comedy, and minutes will go by with barely a snort. To be fair, the tower scene is really funny, and if you saw that and that made you watch this show, it's a setup to be disappointed. The show very frequently oscillates between ridiculously funny to pretty boring. If the story was interesting, then it would still be a good watch, but as it is, it's not. The problem is, the writers weren’t high enough. Or rather, they refused to make this as ridiculous as possible. This is a story with such a stupid premise with no real backing or depth so what stopped them from genuinely fucking around? Like there’s the scene where Soichi is imitating fucking the grandpa, the apartment manager, and then it doesn’t continue with that trend of ridiculous comedy, but instead falls flat. I genuinely don't understand why the writers keep shoving half-baked storylines into my face. I, frankly, don’t care. The character of Yuri is a poor excuse of a character, and is only present to further the dichotomy of Soichi the “innocent person” and his onstage persona. Bring back the funny!!
Yet, I like this. I think it has enough charm and it isn't long enough to make it a hard watch. I don’t know what that says about me as I consider this show an incel wet dream, calling women ‘horny slaves” and rape as humor. There's no other anime where the MC shouts “I conduct public rapes!” at a poster in his empty apartment and the story completely moves past it. I think a lot of the humour for me came from the way Krauser’s fans excused anything he did and made him into this sort of god. He falls on top of a policewoman? He must be raping her. He does anything? He’s just “showing off his manliness.” There’s a scene where the fans genuinely think he has a 30-inch pole of a penis out. It’s pretty great.
To be honest, talking about overused storylines and plotholes is so useless because who cares? Kauser said rape 11 times a second instead of his record ten. What a demon legend!
The style of the anime feels nostalgic (as nostalgic as 2008 can get) and while it feels washed out and bland, I can’t for the life of me bring myself to care. I know edgy 15-year-old me would have loved this, but as an “adult”, I still feel a rush of fondness. A Christmas miracle in of itself. Who knew I could give a fuck?

Reviewer’s Rating: 5

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Aug 17, 2016

Hibbington

Not Recommended

Now before I start writing my review it is good to note that this is coming from a person that has a history of watching shows like Beavis and Butthead and South Park. But the issue with shows like that is when you create a cesspool of stupidity than it falls under the subjectiveness of comedy if you actually want to eat the shit they are feeding you or not.

Detroit Metal City didn't produce any laughter for me watching the show. So this was not an enjoyable experience to me.
I’m not looking for any emotional attachment to any characters. The show lives and dies on ... its comedy.
I did a couple of smirks before face palming if you want to count that.

I also understand that this is a satire. I am actually a Metal music fan and do think most Doom Metal songs are garbage.
The show unfortunately never actually shows any good metal. There is no telling if the show is just making fun of Doom Metal or making fun of all metal in general.
So as a Metal fan I got no enjoyment out of this show either.

Negishi throughout the anime suffers from Multi-personality disorder due to him at heart wanting to be a pop star but knows that all he is good at is being “The Demon Lord”.
I do believe that this is something that most of us can relate to.
I wish I could express myself artistically but my brain is more logic heavy than on the creative side.
So I’m better suited for things like management and business skills than being a guitarist or being able to draw well.

So on a story standpoint I believe could have been solid, but still gets dragged down due to the rest of the show’s elements.
The plot also gets dragged out in the middle part of the show. There is no progression and becomes episodic.
Then just finishes the show off with band battles instead of completing any plot points.
Clearly this is a low budget anime. I try to not let that get in the way of my scoring but at the same time I’m not a fan of character designs and derpy eyes.
I tend to be very picky with eyes and hair and this anime is appealing in neither of those departments.

The only positive part of this show was showcasing multi-personality disorder but doesn’t attempt to bring out the full potential of what it could have been.
This could also be classified as a gag show and I don’t exactly have the best history with those shows either.
It seems that on every facet of what I enjoy in anime. This anime does not reach
It is because of that is why I can’t suggest who exactly this is made for.
Clearly it is a very popular show with the average rating.
My only conclusion is either you’re the type of person that laughs at everything or you have a dark soul and like to hear songs of people getting raped every episode.
I for one am neither and find this show to be an abysmal experience and suggest you leave this cesspool be.

Reviewer’s Rating: 2

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