So I’ve been following a manga some time back in college called Death Note (デスノーと). Scanlations had started and stopped and many new groups have taken over the project. I stopped reading after W,tF stopped scanlating and haven’t bothered finding the new group who took over. Death Note was drawn by the same artist who did Hikaru no Go ヒカルの碁.
The premise of the story is every Death God (死神 – shinigami) has a notebook. In traditional stories (at least in Chinese folk tales), this is a notebook of the list of all living people, when they’ll die, and how they’ll die. The twist in this story is that this notebook is in fact blank, and Death Gods can write who’s ever name they want and how they die. Somehow a boy named Raito (ライと – Light), a teenage geinus, gets ahold of one of these notebooks and learns about its mysterious power. Raito uses the notebook for justice, killing off criminals. However, these unexpected deaths have raised suspicion in the police and investigation agencies around the world. A world class detective named L (also a teenager like Raito) tries to locate the person everyone on the internet has been calling Kira (キラ) and now it’s the battle between 2 geniuses. So my spoilers stop there.
Is it grammatically correct to say “who’s ever name”? It just felt really weird.
So Lsiymle tells me today apparently they’re making a real live movie. This is pretty neat. I also find out that the manga had apparently ended. However, it doesn’t appear the movie will go past the initial Raito vs L fight, which is interesting enough already. I was actually sad at the outcome of Raito vs L, but for those who haven’t read it, I won’t spoil.
Do check out the manga version of Ryuk (the Death God):
and the movie CG version:
The CG version is actually pretty close matching and pretty darn scary.
Can’t wait for the movie. You really should finish reading the scanulations–It’s worth it.
Okay, to my point. Do you have/know of any subbed versions of the trailer? I can get bits and phrases of it, but during parts (such as when L was speaking) I couldn’t make it out. I’ve been searching like crazy for days, but with no luck. Even a transcript of what’s said will do. If you know anything, please let me know!
Thanks
BB
I am currently watching the anime as of 3 days ago. I am only on episode 12, but I have to say I havent seen an anime this intense since Monster. My personal fav. It has a similar feel to it. Very interesting indeed. I can’t wait to finish the anime. Hopefully movie will be released soon. Lets cross our fingers to hope the movie can match the inensity of voice actors. Looove the CG of Ryuk. I wish I could stick that bad boy on my bedroom door, heh.