Review of Detroit Metal City
Have you ever wanted to be like a terrorist ? Rape you own mom and daddy and the kill them ? That is how this hilarious show begins with... It is a short series, and i mean, very short series indeed, about a country emo boy named negishi who comes to tokyo to fulfill the dream of his life: to become a legendary rock star who came from hell and rapes every single woman he encounters...oh wait, this is not what he really wanted to be apparently, it was just a bad dream...wasn't it ? Well, ladies and gentlemen, this is the drama of emo boy "akanegishi", who in fact is a very soft and respectful young lad, who adore simple things in life like butterflies, flowers and love swedish pop music (ugh?!) and french designs for clothes, (did i mentioned emo?) well... that is, until he incarnates Krauser-sama, a demon who came from hell, for his performance in his own death metal band, called of course: Detroit Metal City! Krauser-sama is his own stereotype for a death metal rock star in a constant hate for the world, the women, the capitalism, laws, government et cetera.
But negishi is not only an actor who incorporates Krauser-Sama, in the deep, he really have all those traits of bad behavior in which he let them out in his live performances, but as with everything that comes out of the closet, we can see negishi bad traits starting dominating his own soft (emo?) natrure in some cases which he loses control of his self.
With that being said, the whole series tells this very tale in a fantastic way, with negishi in conflict with his two contradictory parts, and the wrong part assumes him at the wrong moment (for the laughs) and he can control his self most of the time to shows us valuable lessons in life for self-control and how we can use our bad traits to help others around us , and to resolve conflicts with others...of course, in a humouristic nature, because this is a comedy show after all.
The art seems a little cheap to me, but i liked the style they use cropping various parts of the screen with black lines, they managed to turn the low budget problem at their side, but the producers don't fool me !
The music is standard black metal music for Krauser, and swedish pop (ugh?!) for negishi, the rest is ok soundtrack for comedy shows.
Summarizing, Detroit Metal City is a crazy incoherent comedy and you must like contradictory things to really enjoy this series, or in other words, Detroit Metal City is another MASTERPIECE that will never leave our hearts ^^