Detroit Metal City (2008)

Detroit Metal City 2008 / デトロイト・メタル・シテ 2008 /

Negishi Soichiro is a music obsessed teenager who makes the jump from his rural hometown to the big city of Tokyo. His goal is to become a successful musician, but not the typical J-pop star: Negishi has a love for indie twee pop, a kind of music popular in the trendier areas of Tokyo like Shibuya. Unfortunately for Negishi, he fails miserably in gaining any type of following for his music. One day, he spots a flier for a music agency looking to recruit musicians. With his home-burned CD in hand, he enters the music agency's office. Fast forward a few more months and Negishi is now the front man for an up-and-coming band. Unfortunately for him, the band is an ultra-heavy death metal band that sings about Satanism, rape, and murder. Negishi is absolutely miserable performing this type of music, but his fear of his abusive female manager keeps him in the band. Meanwhile, Negishi runs across his old college sweatheart, Aikawa Yuri. Aikawa shares Negishi's love for twee pop and works for a hip magazine as a music columnist. Negishi is too embarrassed to tell Aikawa what type of music he now plays. Can Negishi gain the affection of Aikawa without her discovering the truth behind his day time gig? Complicating matters even more, the infamous death metal artist known as Jack is set to retire, but first sets out on a farewell world tour. Negishi's band ‟Death Metal City‟ then gets thrust into a death metal challenge with Jack for the adoration of all Japanese music fans.