[Anime] Death Note

Originally Posted by Outlaw

An anime is labled virtualy imposable by some fans, because one, the series is just to dark for the average anime goer. And 2, since L and Light think....alot....they don't think that it would work with all that thinking. I personaly am on the fence about their being a Death Note anime. On one side I think it would be cool to see it animated but on the other side....I have a bad feeing that the shinigami would be the only thing computered in a 2D inviroment and that it won't live up to the manga.....

I think the excessive wordiness of the series is one of the primary reasons that an anime adaption wouldn't work out so well. I'm curious to see how they'll deal with the internal dialogue in the movie.

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Originally Posted by chato

so only cause of so much dialogue and thinking.. it can't be animated? that shouldn't be the reason cause if it is, there shouldn't be a real life movie... and also..Ryuuku doesn't have to be cg'ed in a anime. the only thing that may NOT live into the manga is the live action movie but since none of us have seen it , we can't really tell what they plan to do with it.

all that thinking isn't really hard either.. take a look at detective conan..thats a good example when it comes to thinking..sorta >.>

I said the "primary reason," not the "only reason." The slight controversy surrounding the very plot of Death Note itself is probably one of the other reasons.

I actually got quite overwhelmed at the sheer amount of text in Death Note when I first read it. Some of the logic was a bit tough to grasp, too.

Originally Posted by Yunnie

How many volumes of the manga has been released in the North America so far? I haven't seen any in the bookstore here though.

Four, I think.

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The poster's quite simple. I like it.

The trailer does seem to imply that this is going to be your standard-fare horror movie. It's good, but it just seems to be a bit misleading.

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Apparently, Misa's cropped up on the side of a bus.



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Originally Posted by Outlaw

As for the Misa bus picture.....odd O_o ....but a good way to promote the movie I guess.....

I don't know the exact source of the picture. It could be promotion, or it could be a bus that's going to be in the movie. Who knows?

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Originally Posted by chato

if this is what L looks like..where the hell is that spikey hair??

I think it's a matter of whether or not it looks believable as opposed to what it should look like.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by Outlaw

Some magozine scans of Matsuyama Kenichi as L, one of Light, and the new movie poster. All scans found off of LJ and Justice forums (deathgod.org):

The movie's lookin' pretty good so far. L's looking far more emo than I expected, but what should really matter is acting ability, not appearance.

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Wow. I'm pretty impressed by the trailer. Can't wait to see the full scene where Naomi holds the gun to her head.

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Originally Posted by Casaubon

Speaking of Light/Raito, what's the deal with the change anyways?

What change? You mean in how the name's rendered or what?

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It appears that Dani California's not going to be the only song featured in Death Note. I checked out Suga Shikao's site on a whim just now and found information on a new single of his to be released on June 21. Apparently it's going to be an insert song for the movie. The song itself is titled "Manatsu no Yoru no Yume" (A Midsummer Night's Dream), which happens to have the same title (though not necessarily the exact same kanji reading) as the xxxHOLiC movie.

Go go Suga Shikao!

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Originally Posted by jouhou

since there's the live action movie, i doubt there'll be an anime version of it.

Oh, how quickly we all forget NANA.

I wouldn't be surprised to see an anime adaptation of Death Note, but for some reason I like the idea of it being a movie better than it being an anime series.

EDIT: According to the Weekly Shounen Jump issue 24 table of contents, Death Note really is receiving an anime adaptation.

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Originally Posted by Outlaw

As for the game, an anime I can see.....but not a video game. I mean sure there is Jump Superstars....however a video game based off of the series is a bad move if I say so myself. I mean....the series doesn't really have enugh to have a video game based off of it....it's not something like Naruto or DB/Z/GT that it is easy to base a game off of.

"Mission: Grab the Death Note before (insert name of that guy from the Yotsuba group)!"

I'm just kidding, of course.

Or maybe it'll just be a Death Note fighting game. "L vs. Rem! Round 1, FIGHT!"

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Originally Posted by chato

When the anime comes out, I get the feeling they're going to drag the L story (in between the 50 day suspension and yotsuba arc) a tad bit longer. Its nothing bad IMO. Everyone loves L , he's my favorite character and to see him team up with Yagami a little longer would be nice.

Spoiler:

Now that yagami died, So many fans say the manga sucks and are dissappointed at Ohba

seriously.. some fans take it too seriously..

I agree.

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Honestly, did they think that Light would get away scot-free? He's done so much crap and caused so much strife that anything but death as an ending would've shortchanged the series. Props to Ohba for killing off Light.

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Originally Posted by evergreen

He was cleansing the world!!

Spoiler:

So you're saying he should've gotten off with a medal for his efforts and be placed on a pedestal? No. What he did was immoral. While it did make for an entertaining series, when you get down to it, Light is an ugly, ugly character.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Originally Posted by evergreen

"The story of Death Note is end."

According to the townl message board, that's the parting shot, right there.

Gotta love Ohba's use of Engrish.

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Originally Posted by chato

The main Death Note theme is by Shikao Suga Manatsu no Yoru no Yume.

Yay for Suga Shikao! I always thought that Dani California, while a great song, seemed slightly out-of-place for DN.

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Originally Posted by Arkhangelsk

And are you quite sure that Dani California will not be the OP theme? Because it's pretty official, considering it's listed under the "Music" part of the DN official site and referred to in the official trailer. The Shikao Suga song most likely is the ED theme, or something to that effect. And on the subject, the official site is really spiffy! I hadn't poked around it in quite a while.

The term associated with Dani California is 主題歌 (shudaika, theme song) and the term associated with Manatsu no Yoru no Yume is 挿入歌 (sounyuu uta, insert song). I've seen theme songs (such as FFXII's Kiss Me Good-Bye) labeled as "insert songs," but when you have one of each, I believe that the shudaika song is the OP and the other is the ED.

I'm not entirely sure, though.

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Originally Posted by Luckee Cookie

so you mean Dani California is still going to be in there some way or another o_O!? eep :S

Yes, it is. It's just not going to be *the* song, I guess you could say.

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Originally Posted by chato

pv looks like the vocalist is pulling a matt with Shades ;p

Suga Shikao always wears sunglasses. In fact, I don't think I've ever seen him without sunglasses.

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Originally Posted by chato

Oh really? ^^; . I never seen or heard of him before so...


Also..I dont know what will become of Ryuku's shape and form but if its only a shadow..that'll be...pathetic. I'll still enjoy the movie though.

Suga Shikao's done songs for Honey and Clover, xxxHOLiC: Manatsu no Yo no Yume, xxxHOLiC, Boogiepop Phantom, and Honogurai Mizu no Soko Kara.

I think that promotional still is just to get us anxious for Ryuk. I have no doubt that Ryuk's going to get some good screen time in the movie, as evidenced by the Manatsu no Yoru no Yume PV.

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Originally Posted by sapulkaboi

Hi! I recently ad the luck to come up w/ this manga. I was wondering How many pages there are. I'm only aware of 106 u see. I read this captivating series @ unrivaled.info but it seems it's extremely un updated/ at least on this series. I hope you could share any info on this great series coz I'm hooked. thx!

There's 108 and only 108.

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Originally Posted by Dee

Again, too many loose ends and plot holes, although I can't remember the bulk of what I thought of while reading, some things came to mind like

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That FBI dude's girlfriend from like the first ten chapters. Whoops, she's gone!

Spoiler:

Actually, Naomi died. Light made her commit suicide shortly after Raye Penber's death.

I was speaking idiomatically.

There was a new DN trailer aired on Japanese TV (?). It's pretty much just a longer version of the previous trailer, except this time there's a lot more Ryuk.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=MCpRdFZJTuU

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A making-of was uploaded onto Youtube in two parts. It's unsubbed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thkri...h=Death%20Note
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UCjcv...h=Death%20Note

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Originally Posted by chato

Yeah . It should be promising. Here's a vid to spice things up. Just scroll down and see how Yagami picks up the death note in the movie version. looks awesome lol. Definately a great acting from the melodramatic Tatsuya Fujiwara. Also, Ryuuku = Ratings

http://www.eiga.com/special/deathnote/index.shtml

edit : You also notice a small piece of work from Kenji Kawai's score. That must be Ryuku's theme

Wow! Ryuk looks amazing! I'm just going to assume that Ryuk's a little suspicious of Misa and that we're going to see Rem in the second movie.

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I found a nifty little synopsis on someone's LJ. You can read it here, but be warned: spoilers abound.

Some neat little tidbits:
- The movie runs around two hours and twenty minutes.
- If you don't like original characters, you're not going to like Shiori very much.
- The movie really only goes through the first volume and then a little bit of volume two, as evidenced by various clips and trailers.

I gave in and read some of the Shiori-related stuff, and while I feel like she's still a sorta cheap cop-out to pad out the movie, I have to hand it to the filmmakers: damn.

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