Viz Pictures Licenses Live-Action Death Note Films
Wednesday, September 19th, 2007
Viz Pictures, Viz Media’s affiliate for live-action film releases, has announced that it has licensed the Death Note supernatural suspense feature and the Death Note: The Last Name companion film. The two movies retell the main story of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s Death Note manga with some original elements. Viz Media already licensed both the manga and the anime adaptation. The films will play at Austin’s Fantastic Fest 2007 (September 20-27) and the 2007 Vancouver Asian Film Festival (November 1-4). More theatrical showings are planned, as well as DVD releases in the summer of 2008.
Source: Anime News Network
Death Note Special Sub Update:
Kuro-Hana is slowly working on a sub for the special, which contains 1700 lines of dialouge, although it’s mostly the first half of the special which needs to be translated. They are currently looking for translators.
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Death Note Anime in Canada \ L Movie Info
Tuesday, July 31st, 2007
Canada’s YTV to premiere Death Note anime in September.
The Canadian website Zannen reports that the media company Corus has confirmed YTV channel’s premiere of Death Note on Friday, September 7 at 10:00 p.m. The anime series, based on the popular supernatural suspense manga, will appear in YTV’s Bionix late-night programming block.
Death Note’s L Spinoff to Open on February 9 in Japan
The official website for the spinoff L movie, which focuses on the title detective from the Death Note live-action suspense movies, has announced the February 9, 2008 opening date in Japan. The website has also posted the second teaser trailer, which the distributor Warner Brothers commissioned to screen before Harry Potter and The Order of the Phoenix in Japan. Source: Ultimatum. Update: Official website linked.
Source: Anime News Network
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Death Note Novel American Release
Thursday, July 26th, 2007
Viz announced at Comic-Con 2007 in San Diego that they would be releasing the Death Note: Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Case novel. No further details have been given at this time. This follows the announcement that the How to Read 13 would also be released by Viz.
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