Detroit Metal City (デトロイト・メタル・シティ) is a manga series, 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 KISS single "Detroit Rock City".





Soichi Negishi is a shy and gentle young man who dreams of a career as a pop musician. Dreams don't pay the bills, so he's ended up as the lead singer of a death metal band called “Detroit Metal City.” In stage costume he is Johannes Krauser II, rumored to be a demon, to have killed and raped his parents, to wield his giant death penis with abandon, etc. etc. 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 he? No. No, he can't.





As a fictional band, Detroit Metal City has released several real records for both the film and the OVA series. Singles titled "MURDER/Sweet Lover" (SATSUGAI/甘い恋人 ,Satsugai/Amai Koibito?) were released for both the film (subtitled "for the movie"), sung by Kenichi Matsuyama as both Johannes Krauser II and Soichi Negishi, and for the OVA (subtitled "for the animation"), sung by Yūji Ueda as Krauser II and Daisuke Kishio as Negishi. Another single titled "Demon King/Raspberry Kiss ~for the movie~" (魔王／ラズベリーキッス ～for the movie～ ,Maō Razuberī Kissu ~for the movie~?) was released with Matsuyama in character on vocals for both songs. The film's D.M.C also released an album titled Hell Game ~for the movie~ (魔界遊戯～for the movie～ ,Makai Yūgi ~for the movie?) featuring "MURDER," "Demon King," and other songs featured in the film and manga sung by Matsuyama.





And besides all that, I'm trying t hunt down all Detroit Metal City, but apparently, I was a little slow. All merchandise of the "Demon" King" are totally sold out. Yup, totally Out Of Print as stated. And no, I'm not going to give up!! And here's the list of DMC stuffs I wanted:



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And to put in my thoughts here, I've tried everything online store on the Net and either all figurines are sold out or only left with a few that isn't enough to make up a complete set and also I'm into Death Metal actually... Sad...




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