Detroit Metal City
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Detroit Metal City (デトロイト・メタル・シティ Detoroito Metaru Shiti?) is a gag manga serialized in Young Animal starting in 2005. A live film adaptation directed by Toshio Lee is to appear in Japanese theaters on August 23, 2008.
[edit] Plot
Negishi Souichi leaves his family's farm in Oita Prefecture for the bright lights of Tokyo. There he swaps his taste in Swedish pop for the totally out-of-character death metal, taking on the role of vocalist in the trio Death Metal City and adopting the name Johannes Krauser II.
[edit] Film cast
- Soichi Negishi (根岸 崇一 Negishi Sōichi?)/Johannes Krauser II (ヨハネ・クラウザーII世 Yohane Kurauzā Nisei?) - Ken'ichi Matsuyama
- Yuri Aikawa (相川 由利 Aikawa Yuri?) - Rosa Kato
- Camus (カミュ Kamyu?) - Ryuji Akiyama
- Alexander Jagi (アレキサンダー・ジャギ Arekisandā Jagi?) - Yoshihiko Hosoda
- Death Records Manager (デスレコーズ社長 Desu Rekōzu Shachō?) - Yasuko Matsuyuki
- Jack ill Dark (ジャック・イル・ダーク Jakku iru Dāku?), Demon God of Rock and Roll - Gene Simmons
