Detroit Metal City is a gag series about music. Similar in nature to Metalocalypse. There are a whole slew of adaptations for this show, so I’ll only focus on the 12 episode animation that was animated by the lovely Studio 4°C.
Rising death metal band Detroit Metal City is getting popular day by day. However, country-boy lead singer didn’t exactly come to Tokyo to sing about being a demon, murdering his parents, or rape. No, instead he would really rather create songs about love, bread, and melons. The main character really isn’t a metalhead, and that’s what the gag is in this series. He’s split between being the lord of darkness, and also being a coy country boy who used to write cheeky love songs.
This show is pretty extreme compared to the likes of Metalocalypse. I don’t want to keep comparing it to that, but it’s all I have. This show has seemingly less amounts of slapstick comedy, and features more aggressive lyrics. It seems to have more of a storyline, or more of a point to it. Both are quite good though, don’t get me wrong.
There are a handful of metal references, but there’s also non-metal references that may require some knowledge of Japanese music. For the most part, the show is pretty realistic. They are treated like real people instead of just characters to be joked around with. Regardless, I laughed a lot more at the “brutal” moments in this show than any other. It does a really good job at portraying the metal in a satirical fashion. It goes over the top, and isn’t afraid to take names.
So it’s basically Metalocalypse with a little more substance, and a little more laughs. It’s pretty damn hilarious. Here’s the intro with subtitles. You’ll see what I mean:
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