Detroit Metal City anime poster

Anime Watch Time

How Long Does It Take to Watch Detroit Metal City?

Native: デトロイト・メタル・シティ

Detroit Metal City takes about 2.6 hours (2 hours 36 minutes) to watch in full, across 12 episodes. Use the watch time calculator for an estimate based on your own pace and playback speed.

About Detroit Metal City

Led by phallus-waiving terrorist-from-hell Johannes Krauser II (guitar/vocals,) and given pulsing, throbbing life by indestructible drummer Camus and bassist Alexander Jagi, Detroit Metal City is the hottest ticket on the concert circuit! There's just one catch. That "hottest ticket" is just a meal ticket, and beneath the makeup, these ultimate head-bangers are hired doppelgangers who don't even LIKE what they do! Jaggi is actually Wada, who wants to play glam rock; Camus is Nishida, an anime fan with an appalling weakness for curry and NSFW videos; and Krauser is... oh the shame... street-singing Soichi Negishi, whose dreams of singing happy pop hits seem hopelessly doomed by the success of his rage-fueled alter ego! Worse, he can't even tell anyone who Krauser is. Not even the girl he likes, who HATES DMC! Will rage against the corporate machine consume Negishi's tortured soul? Is there life after death metal? What it's like to put your head in a jet engine and turn up the volume?

Series Context

Score

7.60

Year

2008

Format

OVA

Source

Manga

Status

Finished Airing

Prequels, Sequels & Related Entries

Detroit Metal City connects to 1 other entry — useful to know if you want the full watch time for the whole story, not just this one.

Franchise Guide

Watching the full Detroit Metal City franchise?

The franchise page groups the connected seasons, movies, and specials into one watch-order guide, with a combined total watch time.

Episode Count and Watch Time

Detroit Metal City Episode Count and Total Watch Time

Episodes

12

Episode length

13 min

Total watch time

2 hours 36 minutes

Status

Finished Airing

At this length, it's a manageable watch over a single weekend for most viewers.

Binge Watching Schedule

Simple Watch Schedule for Detroit Metal City

Based on average episode length and normal playback speed.

Episodes per dayDays to finish
26 days
52.4 days
101.2 days

Quick Answers About Detroit Metal City

Does Detroit Metal City have filler episodes?+

No — Detroit Metal City has no filler episodes, so the full watch time already reflects the main story only.

What changes if you skip intros and outros?+

Skipping roughly 3 minutes per episode lowers the total watch time to about 2 hours, versus 2.6 hours with intros and outros included.

Is Detroit Metal City worth binge-watching?+

At this length, it's a manageable watch over a single weekend for most viewers.