DetroitMetalCity

Last week, the big-screen adaptation of one of my favorite graphic novel series of the year finally got its much anticipated DVD release. I refer, of course, to the live-action movie version of Kiminori Wakasugi's incredible Detroit Metal City! What? You thought it was going to be something else?

One of the most metal manga of all time is coming to an end, but not before it fills what will be its final (and possibly most intense) volume to date. As reported by Anime News Network Kiminori Wakasugi's rock-themed "Detroit Metal City" is coming to a close on April 23 in the pages of the Japanese "Young Animal Magazine," its serialized home for nearly a half a decade... Read

This week, "Detroit Metal City" volume 4 hits shelves courtesy of Viz, and whlie I could not be more excited to get my hands on it, it occurs to me that there are probably some people out there who might not be familiar with the series, and who are therefore leading lives that are empty and completely devoid of meaning...