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Death Note in a 10th Grade Social Studies Textbook in South Korean Schools

14/4/2016

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Death Note's Light and L in Korean school textbook

South Korean 10th graders learn Social Studies via Death Note
Light Yagami and L have turned up in cartoon and dialogue within the pages of a Social Studies textbook - destined for the classrooms of South Korean 10th Grade schoolchildren.

This is admittedly old news to those living and learning in South Korea, but we admit its only just turned up in our orbit.  The first time the screenshot appeared online was 2009, meaning there's a whole generation of Korean sociologists now used to referencing Kira in their problem-solving.

We'd love to know what it says, if any kind Korean speakers care to translate it for us.  Thanks in advance!
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Casting Wammy Around the World: Actors Who Have Played Death Note's Watari

13/4/2016

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Welcome to our roll call of all the actors ever to have played Quillsh Wammy in the varying adaptations of Death Note.  We've hunted them down across the globe and to the best of our ability, here they are.

Though please - it's driving us mad - who IS the sungwoo providing a voice for Watari in the Tagalog dub Death Note anime?  It's been a mission for so many; each new challenger thinking they were somehow better at internet searching and/or hounding Filipino friends, yet the Tagalog Wammy actor's name alludes us.  If you know, we're begging you, put us out of our misery

And if you deem this quest to be game on for yourself... you have our utmost sympathy as you stand poised to join our thwarted ranks. Nevertheless, good luck. We're all cheering you on.

Kiyoshi Kobayashi

Kiyoshi Kobayashi Watari Japanese voice actor Death Note anime
Voice Actor
(aka 小林清志)
- Death Note anime Japanese original
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Japanese original
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Japanese original

French Tickner

French Tickner Watari English dub Death Note anime actor
Voice Actor
(aka French Tichner, French A. Tickner)
- Death Note anime English dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God English dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors English dub

Ron Halder

Ron Halder Watari English dub actor Death Note anime
Voice Actor
(aka Ronald Halder)
- Death Note anime English dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God English dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors English dub

José Santa Cruz

José Santa Cruz Brazilian dub Watari voice actor Death Note anime
Voice Actor
- Death Note anime Brazilian Portuguese dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Brazilian Portuguese dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Brazilian Portuguese dub

Wong Chee King

Wong Chee King Watari voice actor Mandarin dub Death Note anime
Voice Actor
(aka Zijing Huang, Huang Zijing, Wong Chi-King, Huang Zi-Jing, Wong Ji-Jing, Wong4 Zi2 Ging3, Jinshu, 黃子敬)
- Death Note anime Cantonese dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Cantonese dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Cantonese dub

Félix Benito

Félix Benito Watari actor Spanish dub Death Note anime Catalan dub too
Voice Actor
(aka Félix Benito Guitart)
- Death Note anime Spanish AND Catalan dubs
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Spanish AND Catalan dubs
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Spanish AND Catalan dubs

Pierre Dourlens

Pierre Dourlens French dub actor Watari Death Note anime
Voice Actor
- Death Note anime French dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God French dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors French dub

Cyrille Monge

Cyrille Monge French Death Note film dub actor Watari
Voice Actor
- Death Note film French dub
- Death Note: The Last Name film French dub

Hans-Gerd Kilbinger

Hans-Gerd Kilbinger German voice actor Watari Death Note anime
Voice Actor
- Death Note anime German dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God German dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors German dub

Várday Zoltán

Várday Zoltán Hungarian dub Watari Death Note anime
Voice Actor
- Death Note anime Hungarian dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Hungarian dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Hungarian dub

Michele Kalamera

Michele Kalamera Italian dub Watari Death Note anime
Voice Actor
- Death Note anime Italian dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Italian dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Italian dub

Shunji Fujimura

Shunji Fujimura Watari actor Death Note movie
Film Actor
(aka 藤村俊二)
- Death Note film Japanese original
- Death Note: The Last Name film Japanese original

Kazuaki Hankai

Kazuaki Hankai Watari actor Death Note TV drama
Television Actor
(aka 半海一晃)
- Death Note TV drama

Park Yeonghwa

Park Yeonghwa Watari Korean dub Death Note anime
Voice Actor
(aka Yeong-Hwa Park, Bak Young-hwa, Bakyounghwa 박영화)
- Death Note anime Korean dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Korean dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Korean dub

Youwen Chen

Youwen Chen Watari Mandarin dub Death Note anime
Voice Actor
(aka Chenyou Wen, Chen Youwen, 陳幼文, 藤村俊二)
- Death Note anime Mandarin dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Mandarin dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Mandarin dub

Carlos del Campo

Carlos del Campo Watari Latin Espanol dub Death Note anime
Voice Actor
(aka Carlos Nicolas Ramos del Campo)
- Death Note anime Mexican dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Mexican dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Mexican dub

Radosław Popłonikowski

Radosław Popłonikowski Watari Polish dub Death Note anime
Voice Actor
- Death Note anime Polish dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Polish dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Polish dub

Vadim V Prokhorov

Vadim V Prokhorov Watari Russian dub Death Note anime
Voice Actor
(aka Vadim Vladimirovich Prokhorov, Владимирович)
- Death Note anime Russian dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Russian dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Russian dub

Rafael Turia

Rafael Turia Watari Spanish dub Death Note film
Film Actor
- Death Note film Spanish dub
- Death Note: The Last Name film Spanish dub

Unknown

Here there be content
Voice Actor
- Death Note anime Tagalog dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Tagalog dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Tagalog dub
There they are!  The full roll call of Mr Wammy actors and voice actors (excepting the elusive Tagalog one).  Their birthdays have also been added to the Death Note calendar, if known.  We are missing the following information, if anyone knows it:
  • Wong Chee King's year of birth;
  • Félix Benito's date of birth and birthplace (we believe the latter may be Barcelona);
  • Where in Canada Ron Halder was born;
  • Pierre Dourlens's date of birth and birthplace;
  • Cyrille Monge's date of birth;
  • Where in South Korea Park Yeonghwa was born;
  • Where in Russia Vadim V Prokhorov was born;
  • Rafael Turia's date of birth and birthplace;
  • Anything about the Tagalog Watari voice actor.
Thanks in advance!

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On This Day in Death Note: April 13th

13/4/2016

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April 13th 1968: Rod Ross born in the USA
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Wearing Mr Wammy: Finnish Cosplayer Kinky Mattila with Watari Costume Tips

13/4/2016

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Death Note Wammy cosplayer Kinky Mattila

Death Note Wammy cosplayed by Kinky Mattila
Another Death Note character event;
another cosplayer willing
to spill the beans on
how to dress like them.

This time it's
Month of Mr Wammy
on Death Note News and
Kinky Mattila is here
to tell you all how to
don your Watari wear
in style.

Kinky Mattila has been cosplaying since 2005 with her group Team Fabulous Awesome. Over in their native Finland, TFA have been creating costumes within a raft of fandoms, including Death Note, of course.  As the image above amply demonstrates, that means Wammy cosplay too (flanked by his wards Mello and Near courtesy of fellow TFA members). 

TFA show no sign of waning after more than a decade in costume - 'still doing it happily', Kinky Mattila confirms - with plenty of pictures to fill the TFA-Finland cosplay gallery on DeviantART.  But first she has advice to share on cosplaying Mr Wammy.

Death Note Costume Tips: How to Cosplay Watari by Kinky Mattila

Have you cosplayed Quillsh Wammy now or in the past?
Yes - in the past.

Any anecdotes about your experiences cosplaying Mr Wammy?
It was my very first male cosplay with a moustache.

My friends were creating a Death Note cosplay group and the only available character left at that time was Watari. It was suggested that I should cosplay with his face hidden,  but I decided to be wild and his face visible with a moustache.

At that time I didn't know you could buy fake moustaches, so I made my own - sacrificing my white wig for it. It looked kinda okay and, cos I don't use make up, so also that time I didn't use either.

I liked cosplaying Watari. It was a nice experience. Plus I heard I was the first Watari cosplayer here in Finland at the Tracon 2 cosplay event!

For the first time, I got asked for so many pictures to be taken of me. I was so overwhelmed by the attention I received.

I just loved that cosplay.  Also that Watari costume made me want to keep on cosplaying, no matter if I got noticed or not.
Kinky Mattila cosplays Watari New Hero of Death Note

Kinky Mattila's Watari cosplay - originally posted to her
DeviantART gallery, with her variation on a theme here
How would you go about creating a costume for Watari/Mr Wammy?
Find at a flea market some suit that fits you and buy some white shirts for men.  They are not that expensive here - about like 10euros. Buy some fake moustaches, and a pair of Santa's glasses, then colour them grey. Add men's shoes, of course.

A nice wig is also good to get, but your own hair works too.

What clothing and/or props do you feel are essential Watari costume items?
Men's suit.

Is there more to cosplaying Wammy than the outfit? (Look/behaviour etc.)
Just to have fun.  That is most important to me and nothing else. <3

What's your professional opinion about ready-made Death Note costumes, such as those in our Cosplay Store? Any pieces in there decent enough for a Mr Wammy cosplay? (Be honest!)
I haven't looked for any custom made Death Note costumes; but the ones that I found right now, most of them seemed really nice and need just a little bit of changing.

Any last tips for anyone reading, who wishes to create their Watari cosplay from scratch?
Go look for a cheap men's suit and start from that. :D  Nowadays it is way easier to look like a man than it was then (when I cosplayed Watari).

But do it!!! GO FOR IT!"!!! You can rock it. :D

Cosplayers!

Would you like to have a go at answering these questions yourself? 

A different Death Note character forms the focus each month.

If you cosplay Death Note - or indeed a cosplayer of any tale - and you're willing to share your tips, thoughts and advice with the fandom, then visit our cosplayer's questionnaire page to fill in the form.

Thank you in advance!

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Misa Amane at Animazement! North Carolina Plays Host to Aya Hirano in May, Plus Death Note Anime Producer Masao Maruyama  

11/4/2016

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Death Note actress Aya Hirano will be at North Carolinian anime convention Animazement this May, organisers have announced.

Also in attendance is Madhouse co-founder Masao Maruyama, who produced the Death Note anime.  In 2012, after more than four decades with Madhouse, he branched out on his own again, forming a new company - MAPPA (Maruyama Animation Produce Project Association).  He'll be there to talk about his experiences with both.

It was recently revealed that Hirano - Misa-Misa's original voice actress in the anime - is moving to the United States for six months to as part of her studies.  It looks like her work doesn't completely stop for that!

Animazement runs from May 27-29th, in Raleigh, North Carolina, USA.  Registration is currently open for attendees, panellists and exhibitors alike. More information on the event website.

If anyone bumps into Aya Hirano and Masao Maruyama, or else hears them talk as special guests at the convention, then do please report back!  Particularly if either of them mention anything Death Note related.
Animazement Aya Hirano and Masao Maruyama

Death Note's Aya Hirano and Masao Maruyama to appear at Animazement Anime Con.
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On This Day in Death Note: April 10th

10/4/2016

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April 10th 2005: Yotsuba Group members killed in Death Note
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Death Note Profile:  Who is Quillsh Wammy?

8/4/2016

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Mr Wammy (Shunji Fujimura) -  Death Note live-action movies (Japan)

Mr Wammy as played by Shunji Fujimura
in live-action Death Note films
Watari - aka Quillsh Wammy - is L's 'handler' in Death Note.  He is also the founder of the Wammy chain of orphanages, including The Wammy House for Gifted and Talented Orphans.

Also known as Wammy's House, this was the institution which raised L, Near, Mello, Matt, Beyond Birthday, Linda et al.  It is located in Winchester, England.


We first meet Mr Wammy under his guise as Watari, an anonymous figure clad from head to toe in a black leather trench coat complete with Fedora hat.  He infiltrated a meeting of Interpol, wherein representatives of the world's law enforcement agencies had convened to discuss the Kira case. Watari was carrying a laptop from which emerged the electronic voice of L to address them all.

Later, as the Kira Task Force are invited to meet L and vetted by the same, Watari appears again, this time in the suited guise of his actual self - Quillsh Wammy, benefactor of the Wammy Group chain of orphanages and the man who trained L to become a detective.

He now facilitates his ward in his work solving crimes, acting as a handler, spokesperson or kind of butler.  Noted mostly for organizing logistics of manoeuvres ordered by L; transferring the funds to pay for the same; and bringing copious amounts of cakes, sweets and other sugary things for L to consume whilst puzzling over his cases.

Elsewhere, it transpires that Wammy is a crack marksmanship, as well as highly skilled in espionage.  He made his considerable wealth as an inventor.

Killed in the line of duty, during the fight against Kira, Quillsh Wammy is remembered as a 'great man' by members of the Task Force, lauded as the same by newspaper obituaries around the world.

Yet there is a darkness that hides beneath the surface of this seemingly amenable, altruistic man.  As author Tsugumi Ohba put it, 'He's a guy who cultivates detectives for fun. That's kind of terrible, isn't it?' (How to Read: Death Note 13, pg 27).  Well, in anybody's language, that's child trafficking and rendition, at the very least.

The Names of Quillsh Wammy

Death Note's Watari is alternatively known as:
キルシュ・ワイミー
Quillsh Wammy
Quillish Wammy
Kirushu Waimī
Kirsch-Waimi

Mr Wammy
ワタリ
Watari
W
渡
真名
Wye Me
Originally, Ohba meant to call this character Shadow, as in L's shadow - a moniker with more than one inferred meaning, which fan-fiction writers would have had great fun exploring.  However Death Note's editor pooh-poohed the name, telling Ohba, 'No, no! Anything but that!'  Hence the author coming up with Watari, which he explained meant 'handler' in Japanese.

Watari's Vital Statistics

Watari Death Note anime
Hair Colour:
Grey


Height:
5' 7" (170.18cm)
Eye Colour:
Blue


Weight:
8 stone (112lbs; 50.8kg)
Occupation:
Inventor; L spokesperson; benefactor of orphanages; collector of orphans; educator

Relationship Status:
Unknown, presumed single

Key Dates for Watari

May 1st 1933:
Quillsh Wammy born
Manga
May 1st 1936:
Quillsh Wammy born
Anime
November 5th 2004:
Quillsh Wammy killed
Manga
November 5th 2007:
Quillsh Wammy killed
Anime

The Auguries of Quillsh Wammy

Taurus
Born on May 1st, astrologically Quillsh Wammy is Taurus
Rooster
Wammy's birth date of May 1st 1933 (manga) also factors into Shēngxiào. He is a Rooster in the Chinese Zodiac
Rat
However, the time-slip of the anime would have him born in 1936 instead. That means that now in the Chinese Zodiac Watari is a Rat
Blood Type B
How to Read: Death Note 13 reveals that Quillsh Wammy's blood group is B

A Versatile Fixer - The Personality of Quillsh Wammy

Death Note 13: How to Read gives us an insight into the character of Quillsh Wammy, at least insofar as his author saw him.

The older man scores highly for versatility, talent, initiative/willingness to act, motivation and emotional strength.  Not far behind are his only slightly lesser scores for creativity, social skills and intelligence.  That he doesn't reach the topmost figure for creativity is a little surprising, given that Wammy made his fortune as an inventor.  The ultimate creator, one might think, this side of actual divinity.

We do get a hint of the kind of things that Wammy invented, when he turns up in the Death Note manga with belts containing panic buttons.  Not exactly Bond's Q, but in the ballpark.

As befits a man whose wealth and life has become devoted to raising children, his pet hate is 'dirty rooms'.  Presumably plenty of those at Wammy's House. I can't quite see the like of Beyond Birthday, Mello and Near running around with a duster.

This is an attribute taken to extreme levels in the Death Note TV drama, wherein guests are sprayed with disinfection at the door.  The interior of L's headquarters is kept pristine in its cleanliness, with Watari hurrying in to exchange L's shirt should a mere splash of food stain hit upon it.  In most tellings of the Death Note story, it's also inferred that Wammy is a fabulous cook.  At least there doesn't seem to be any travelling caterer providing all that confectionery for L that his handler regularly delivers.

Though it's nowhere stated that Wammy is an Englishman, it's implied in the location of his main orphanage for the training of gifted and talented orphans - Winchester, in England.  A further clue is given in his most favourite thing in the world - Earl Grey tea.

It's never truly explained how Watari managed to become such a crack marksman either.  His sharp-shooting is such that, in the Death Note manga and anime alike, he's able to fire a bullet which blasts a gun from the hand of Yotsuba's Kyosuke Higuchi, far below him on the ground. Wammy himself hovering over the scene in a helicopter at the time.

Nor do we learn where Quillsh Wammy acquired such skill in espionage, though he puts that to good use in Death Note, infiltrating various organizations to gain or deliver information.  Not least a gathering of Interpol.

Nevertheless he passed on all this knowledge, and the thinking/morality behind it, to the children in his care.   Maybe more clues to Watari's character reside in those he raised - how they turned out and what became of them.

Complete List of Wammy Kids in Death Note Canon

Genius children taken from wherever they lived around the world and installed in Wammy's House, Winchester.  Here their 'special talents' were cultivated with a top class education, whereupon they were sent back out into the world to put those skills into practice.  All of these individuals were nurtured by Wammy - or at least had their upbringing and training overseen remotely by him, as warden Roger Ruvie took orders from above.
Wammy A
A
- Name Unknown

Committed suicide at Wammy's House
(Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Case)
Wammy E
E
- Name Unknown

Shown on L's call/mailing list
(L: Change the World)
Wammy Kid J
J
- Name Unknown

Appears only as character in
a DS Death Note game.
(L: The Prologue to Death Note)
Picture
M
- Mello (Mihael Keehl)

Joined the Mafia in a bid to catch Kira and succeed to the L title before Near did. When unsuccessful, he gave his life to help Near defeat Kira.
(Death Note manga/anime)
Wammy kid Matt (Mail Jeevas) Death Note
Letter Unknown
- Matt (Mail Jeevas)

Third ranked Wammy kid at the time of L's death. Matt ultimately stepped into the Kira case at the behest of Mello. He was gunned down and killed by Kira supporters.
(Death Note manga/anime)
Wammy R
R
- Name Unknown
Shown on L's call/mailing list. However the name is faded out to grey, implying that R is dead. (B's is the same hue.)
(L: Change the World)
Wammy kid V
V
- Name Unknown
Shown on L's call/mailing list. However the name is faded out to grey, implying that V is dead. (B's is the same hue.)
(L: Change the World)
Wammy Z
Z
- Name Unknown
Assisted L in the Detective Wars bio-terror case.
(Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases)
Beyond Birthday - Death Note
B
- Beyond Birthday

Tried to lure L out with a series of grisly murders in Los Angeles; impersonated L for Naomi Misora, before setting fire to himself in a failed suicide attempt; imprisoned in LA, where he suffered a heart-attack and died (presumably killed by Kira) on January 21st 2004.
(Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases)
Wammy kid F (Kazuki Namioka)
F
- Name unknown

Rescued Near from a remote village, where all were dying in a deliberate epidemic, and sent him to L. F was killed in Thailand when a US helicopter shoots down his trunk. However F was already infected with a deadly virus.
(L: Change the World)
Kimiko Kujo L Change the World
K
- Kimiko Kujo

Scientist - unleashed a deadly virus in her own bid to 'change the world' by wiping out its human population.
(L: Change the World)
Near Death Note
N
- Near (Nate River)

Mathematical genius, who de facto succeeded L at age twelve, when the latter was killed by Rem/Kira.  With clues provided by Mello's martyrdom to the cause, Near was able to finally defeat Kira in the name of himself, Mello and L, ergo Wammy's House.
(Death Note manga/anime)
Wammy P
P
- Name Unknown
Shown on L's call/mailing list
(L: Change the World)
Ryūzaki Wammy kid Death Note 2016
Letter Unknown
- Ryūzaki

Cloned from L's DNA and raised at Wammy's House as L's true successor.
(Death Note 2016)
Wammy X
X
- Name Unknown

Assisted L in the Detective Wars bio-terror case.
(Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases)
Death Note Relight: Wammy kids
Random Wammy kids
as seen in Death Note: Relight (above)
and Death Note manga (left)
Wammy D
D
- Name Unknown

Shown on L's call/mailing list
(L: Change the World)
Wammy Kid G
G
- Name Unknown

Shown on L's call/mailing list
(L: Change the World)
Wammy L Death Note
L
- L Lawliet

Apparently the prototype 'special talent' Wammy orphan, for whom all the rest were raised as back-ups or successors.

At eight years old, L could beat up the other orphans in Wammy's House. He also discovered the delight in solving true crime cases, and thwarted the Winchester Mad Bomber. Beyond that he made his name as not only the world's greatest detective but, under pseudonyms, the 2nd and 3rd ranked too. 

He was killed during the Kira case.
Linda Death Note
Letter Unknown
- Linda

Became a successful artist. During the Kira case, she drew images of Near and Mello for the Japanese Task Force.
(Death Note manga/anime)
Picture
Q
- Name Unknown
Shown on L's call/mailing list
(L: Change the World)
Wammy kid T
T
- Name Unknown
Shown on L's call/mailing list. However the name is faded out to grey, implying that T is dead. (B's is the same hue.)
(L: Change the World)
Wammy Y
Y
- Name Unknown
Assisted L in the Detective Wars bio-terror case.
(Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases)
Wammy children Death Note manga
Each skilled Wammy kid set loose on the world was assigned a letter by Watari.   In L: Change the World, it's stated that this only occurs with the greatest, most intelligent of the Wammy's House outcrop.  Kujo is according stunned to belatedly realise that she was afforded the letter K.

Dotted across various adaptations of canon, we've practically got the entire alphabet in Wammy Letters.  With Watari himself indicated by the Letter W, only H, I, O, S and U are missing.  However, some known Wammy alumni never divulge their letters.  We don't, for example, know which Matt was assigned, despite him being third in the Wammy House rankings.  Nor yet do we know which letter Ryūzaki will take in the forthcoming movie Death Note 2016, assuming that he takes one at all.

Meanwhile, by the end of the manga/anime Death Note stories, Near interchangeably uses both N and L.  The latter earned post-Kira.  Thus giving an insight into the fact that letters can be taken from their peers by successful rivals/successors from the same Institution.  This is a system that Wammy himself must have set up.

Along with a code of ethics that apparently accounts for serial killers, abductors, biomedical scientists bent on mass destruction and the propensity of Wammy graduates to think it proper to die - or be killed - for want of a puzzle's solution. 

The Faces of Watari

Watari Death Note manga

Quillsh Wammy Death Note manga
Watari Death Note anime

Quillsh Wammy Death Note anime
Wammy Death Note DS game

Quillsh Wammy Death Note Nintendo game
Watari Death Note Relight

Quillsh Wammy Death Note: Relight


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Warner Bros. Surrenders Death Note US Live-Action Movie; Netflix Bids High

7/4/2016

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Variety breaks Death Note Netflix story April 7th 2016
How the story was broken
at Variety magazine by Justin Kroll
(April 7th 2016)
Adam Wingard's Death Note is likely to start filming in June 2016.  But it won't be Warner Bros behind the production anymore.  At the moment, it's highly likely to be Netflix.

That is the startling news circulating today.

It's unknown why Warner Bros. has decided to surrender the project, which it's held firmly in abeyance since 2009.  During that time, the studio has ordered script rewrites; actors have been linked with various roles, but the rumours rarely came to fruition; while directors have come and gone, one - we're indebted to you, Shane Black - with horror stories of Warner Bros. US attempting to sanitize the Death Note story out of all comprehension.

By the end of 2015 through early 2016, it seemed that Warner Bros. finally had a format which worked for them and all concerned.  Adam Wingard was directing; Nat Wolff had signed up to play Kira, with his real life girlfriend Margaret Qualley poised to become the movie's Misa Amane.  There was much talk of initial photography beginning in the spring.

Hence the shock nature of the news (broken by Justin Kroll at Variety) that Warner Bros. chose now to put their Death Note film 'into turnaround'.

Opening up a bidding war which Netflix currently seems set to win. Though SFX and Lionsgate are also strongly in the running.  (Anyone else think that something about a Lionsgate Death Note feels so right?) 

However, there is some speculation that giving up Death Note is part of Warner Bros. previously declared cull on 'homegrown movies', in order to concentrate its resources upon extant franchises known to be successful.  The monetary profit for Warner Bros - raised by the sale of its film rights to Death Note - is expected to fall into the ballpark of $40m-$50m.

Adam Wingard, Nat Wolff and Margaret Qualley are all apparently still on board, whichever company snaps the movie up.

Netflix, of course, already has some data concerning the popularity of Death Note.  It recently started streaming full episodes of the anime, so can see for itself how many Western viewers are interested in this particular story.  However, it's not yet game over for the other bidders.  The current status for Netflix and Death Note is 'in final negotiations', which could pretty much mean anything, besides what it says on the packet.

As for fans, it's mostly looking like we will finally get our US live-action Death Note movie, whomever produces it, though it remains to be seen whether that will be available online only, or also released as a theatrical run.

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Otaku Death Note Fan-Artist Georgina Aguilar Gives Advice on Drawing Watari

6/4/2016

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US hobby artist Georgina Aquilar likes to create digital art.  For Month of Wammy, she turns
her attention to her favourite characters from Death Note - Watari and L.
Death Note News Watari and L artwork by Lacie BunCat

Watari and L by Lacie BunCat
Originally published on DeviantART
Reproduced here with permission
Georgina Aguilar describes herself as a hobbyist artist from El Paso, Texas, USA.  Her digital art is collected in her gallery on DeviantART, where she is known as Lacie BunCat.

Georgina writes, 'I love anime, I been drawing since five years old. Practice towards the years. I love art, so I use different techniques, mostly on Photoshop. And also I'm an Otaku. And I have a lot of my personal comics and fan made ones including one for Death Note.'

Lacie-BunCat Tackles Our Artist Questionnaire About Drawing Mr Wammy

Detail from Watari and L by Lacie-BunCat

Have you created Quillsh Wammy art now or in the past?
Yes - currently.

Any anecdotes about your experiences as a Watari artist?
Well I've only drawn him twice - once holding L as a kid and in sketch.

How would you go about creating a Watari drawing/sculpture?
It'll be an amusing experience if I do that.

What attributes, clothing and/or scenarios, do you feel are essential to include in Mr Wammy artwork?
He's like a babysitter/body-guard of L.

Is there more to recreating Watari visually than the outfit? (Expression/stance/slogan etc.)
I won't change a thing, leave him as he is - a person, who loves L and carries him.
What, in your professional opinion, are fundamental tips/advice in producing art that's recognisably Watari? Any thoughts regarding secrets lifted from Takeshi Obata's artwork too?
I've never drawn Obata's artwork. I only like Watari and L.

What are the common noob errors made in drawing/modelling Quillsh Wammy?
Mostly likely his old detail on his face, like adding the wrinkles and all - best wishes to all!  No one is expert but you can practice towards time.

Any last tips for anyone reading, who wishes to start creating Mr Wammy artwork?
Just good luck to anyone and try your best. No-one is an expert, but practicing will make you better.

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Donald Trump as Light Yagami: US Presidential Candidates Made Anime

6/4/2016

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Donald Trump as Kira

Donald Trump imagined as the Kira of the US Presidential Election
It's enough to give you nightmares.  Never has Kira seemed so dark and dangerous, as when US newspapers began imagining Donald Trump turned Light Yagami.

We first spotted it in the press yesterday, as Las Vegas TSG ran it under the headline US Presidential Candidates as Anime Characters (April 5th 2016).

Today it's already spread across several sites, not least Morning News USA (April 6th 2016), under the same headline but with the additional name of the journalist responsible for such heresy against the God of this New World: Jereco Paloma.

I know that Americans like to examine their prospective Presidents from every conceivable angle - so do we all, but mostly concerning policies and the such elsewhere - but likening them each to anime characters seems a little rich.

For the record, Hilary Clinton got Izumi Curtis from FMA: Brotherhood; Bernie Sanders is Edward Newgate from One-Piece; while Samurai Champloo's Mugen-Jin Duo covered Ted Cruz and John Kasich to finish up.
In explanation of his likening Donald Trump to Light Yagami, Paloma wrote, 'While Light’s intention with the notebook at first was good, which is to eliminate the criminals in the world, this power consumed him. Trump, on the other hand, has a lot of good intentions for the country, but his methods and ideologies are a little bit odd.'

He went on to add that Kira's vision got him killed in the end, as arrogance out-stripped his vision.  It was pointed out that Donald Trump's ideology has already drawn a great deal of criticism, not only from incredulous commentators within the USA, but on a global scale too.  Racism, anti-Feminism and general insensitivity are just the start of it.

What do you reckon?   Did this alignment with Donald Trump besmirch Kira's reputation more or less than the mass-murdering megalomania for you?
2016 US Presidential Candidates as anime characters

The full collection of anime US Presidential Candidates
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On This Day in Death Note: April 6th 

6/4/2016

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April 6th 1982: Korean Death Note Musical Kira actor Kwang-Ho Hong born
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Welcome to Wammy Month on Death Note News!

5/4/2016

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Death Note News Month of Quillsh Wammy
Better late than never, it's time to enter the shady world of Quillsh Wammy - sharp-shooter, collector of orphans, entrepreneur, inventor, master of espionage, international crime-fighter and, of course, handler for L.

Great man?  Or the dodgiest villain to stalk the pages of Death Note, Kira notwithstanding?  Can't wait to see where you leap with this one.

In an altered time-frame from advertised, Month of Watari will run from today until May 5th 2016.

It may cover more than the man himself - Mr Wammy; Quillsh to his friends; Watari to others - insofar as anything connected to or with him is also acceptable for publication during this event.

This means you may dig out your exposes of the Wammy House or contemplate its founder from Beyond Birthday's point of view - or any other of his kids.

Though please do keep it referring back to him if running with the latter.  All Wammy alumni are bound to feature in a month of their own anyway.

How to Submit Content for Month of Wammy on Death Note News

You must be used to the form by now, but here it is again for those needing a recap or new to one of these events:
  • General submission page - various mediums through which you may contact us or send in files;
  • Cosplayer Questionnaire - for those feeling generous with their tips and advice;
  • Fan-art Questionnaire - for Watari artists happy to share their craft;
  • Fan-fiction Writers Questionnaire - for authors of Wammy fan-fiction kind enough to pass on their knowledge to those just starting.
We already have a few items in.  As for the rest of you, off you go!  Send in your Wammy stuff now!

Watari Month Begins on Death Note News!
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Film Still of Yūgi Shion Released from Death Note 2016 Live-Action Movie

5/4/2016

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Warner Bros. Japan has made public another movie photograph from Death Note 2016.  This time featuring Light Yagami-wannabe Yūgi Shion played by Masaki Suda.  As with all the others, there's no actual context to it, just to keep us all guessing what is going on.
Death Note News Masaki Suda as Yūgi Shion
Yūgi Shion is a cyber-savvy hacker, state-sponsored (new information there!) yet on the trail of Death Notes as they fall across the globe.  Kira was his hero and he wants to complete the erstwhile God/Murderer's mission as best he can.  For the moment, that apparently involves messing electronically with officers from the Death Note Counter Measure Headquarters Special Team, as they go about their investigation.
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Thank You All Who Contributed to Month of Matsuda on Death Note News!

5/4/2016

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Another epic monthly event! Redeemed after a shaky start by all who flooded in with their submissions to make this a focus worthy of the character himself.

The archives will show that Death Note Month of Touta Matsuda was an unparalleled success!

Good fight all.

So what went wrong at the beginning (and most of the middle) to make this event move so slowly?  Then in true Matsuda style speed up unfathomably towards the end, and in the nick of time to save the day.

While Death Note News has a plethora of writers, columnists, researchers and the occasional guest penning articles too, it only has one person to actually press the button to publish their considerable output.

If she gets carted off to hospital in the back of an ambulance, then everything grinds to an ignoble halt.

We've spotted the obvious flaw in our administrative set up; and Matti is completely fine now.  Once back at her desk, the contributions for Matsuda Month could flow once more and fabulousness ensued.
Touta Matsuda Death Note month

Thanks are Owed to All Who Participated in Our Matsui Month Event

All due applause and accolades are directed towards:

Sakiko Rau - who kicked us off with an essay on why she (and we) should like Matsuda from Death Note. She will also be jumping on board as a regular columnist writing from a Japanese perspective.  You heard it here first.

Lua
- who did so much in the background to keep the home fires burning, as well as penning a philosophical analysis of Touta Matsuda's importance within the Death Note narrative.

Aerial Skye - who gave us cosplay advice for Matsuda costume creation.

All on the Death Note News Community Touta Matsuda Pinterest Board, for maintaining a steady flow of interesting images and links whatever the month.

Lei K - who turned her considerable talent to Touta Matsuda artwork especially for this event.

Silent Reaper - who allowed us to share her classic comic strip Matsuda's Rant.

Deacon (and the Tuxedo Team), especially Beyond Infinity/Jin - who let us publish their photographs of an amazing Matsui cosplayer.

Ziferonan - who gave us full rein to plunder an extensive collection of Matsuda fan-art, fan-fiction and cosplay too.

Stella Meyer - who not only sent in her Matsuda artwork, but answered questions providing insight and tips on creating the same.

Liam Dodd - who brought an air of the academe to proceedings with a scientific examination of Death Note's infamous Matsuda rescue with a mattress.

Emerald-Moonlight - who let us loose on her gallery and permitted the republication of three pieces of her Matsuda art.

MRSJeevas - who wrote Matsu fan-fiction for this event, though that's not nearly all, considering that in another guise, she is Matti - who researched, edited, proof-read, wrote and caused a backlog on much else that was published this month.

Tarot Mikami - who took us once again into the depths of the tarot's secrets, this time with a distinctly Matsuda Death Note flavour in regard for his monthly focus.

And, of course, all who read and commented, shared links and discussed these articles elsewhere. 

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And prepare to do it all again, this time with the focus on Wammy.
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It's Off to Study in NYC for Misa Actress Aya Hirano - But Only for Six Months

5/4/2016

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Aya Hirano - who was the original voice actress for Misa Amane in the Death Note anime - has announced that she's leaving Japan for the USA, in order to further her education.

It's not known what she's actually studying, however Aya Hirano will be in America for the next six months - not four, as various sources erroneously reported - as per the anime Misa actress's announcement on Instagram:
Death Note Misa actress Aya Hirano going to NYC to study
Roughly translated by Death Note News' Rene Hardigree, the actress confirmed her forthcoming plan to study abroad and apologised to fans for the confusion regarding the dates of her  study leave.  Hirano was originally going for just four months, but that was recently extended to half a year away.  During that time, her position as announcer and host of Tokyo hi-IMAGINE (Japanese television show) will be undertaken by a substitute.  Namely Rena Matsui.

Good luck to her!  Though I can't help thinking that we should be a little more concerned that Death Note's Second Kira is gaining access to the Big Apple.

Shout up, Americans, if you see her there, and do pass on our love.
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