Review of Detroit Metal City

I for one find death metal quite funny. So much hate and on-stage disturbia, with low growls and dangerous mosh-pits...how cute:) But seriously, death metal is one musical style that I never thought would make a good topic for an anime, but apparently I was wrong. As a matter a fact, I was quite wrong. DMC (Detroit Metal City) is about a young man named Soichi Negishi who longed to make a living in the world of music. However, even though he had a love for Swedish pop and liked playing similar music, he instead found himself fronting one of the hottest indie bands, DMC. Hetakes on the name Krauser, and him and his death metal companions put on shows for an onslaught of misfit teens. Krauser is the polar opposite of his normal self, and the series is his very amusing struggles of keeping his alter-ego out of his personal life. This concept is brilliant in itself, and immensely entertaining. I would've personally liked a little more dramatic element, but the comedy is so good, it honestly doesn't matter.

The design for the series is pretty much normal. You would expect something way darker, but it isn't a huge setback. The design for Krauser is pretty cool, but it is the only character in my opinion that looks interesting.

The sound is what you would expect in a music anime. The OP is pretty cool and sets the mood nicely, and the other metal tracks are good as well. The tracks I love are the pop tracks, because they are so girly in contrast. Every time they come up it's naturally funny.

The characters are fantastic. Negishi is a very well written character obviously, but the other characters are interesting as well, including the metal devoted drummer, the communist-pig who is a masochist but has a struggling personal love life, and the vulgar manager (who is my favorite character of the series.)

This series would extremely enjoyable and I have re-watched it many times. Its offensive and vulgar and I wouldn't want it any other way. Why? Because its funny as hell! I recommend this to anyone who is attracted to dark humor and funny characters. NOW....music wise, I wouldn't recommend it over other music anime, because when DMC performs, its not really music. DMC is about a band and there success, but personally I don't believe it is a music anime. So watch this for the humor, do not watch it if you're looking for a music devoted anime. Saying this, humor is where this series shines, so watch it for what it is: a gem in the world of dark humored anime.