Updates, discussion, events and news about Death Note.
Death Note News
  • News
  • Death Note Month of...
    • Kira Month
    • Matsuda Month
    • Misa Month
    • Naomi Misora Month
    • Wammy Month
  • Death Note Interviews
    • Drew Nelson Interview
    • No Need to Stay Interview
  • Death Note Gifts
    • Death Note Books
    • Death Note Cosplay
    • Death Note DVDs
    • Death Note Music
    • Death Note Accessories
    • Death Note Mugs and Water Bottles
    • Death Note Christmas Gifts >
      • It Matters Death Note Christmas Gifts
    • Character Stores >
      • Death Note Light Yagami Gifts
      • Death Note Matt Gifts
      • Death Note Mello Gifts
      • Death Note Teru Mikami Gifts
      • Death Note Misa Gifts
      • Death Note Naomi Misora Gifts
      • Death Note Wammy Gifts
  • News Summary
    • On This Day in Death Note
  • About
  • Contact
  • News
  • Death Note Month of...
    • Kira Month
    • Matsuda Month
    • Misa Month
    • Naomi Misora Month
    • Wammy Month
  • Death Note Interviews
    • Drew Nelson Interview
    • No Need to Stay Interview
  • Death Note Gifts
    • Death Note Books
    • Death Note Cosplay
    • Death Note DVDs
    • Death Note Music
    • Death Note Accessories
    • Death Note Mugs and Water Bottles
    • Death Note Christmas Gifts >
      • It Matters Death Note Christmas Gifts
    • Character Stores >
      • Death Note Light Yagami Gifts
      • Death Note Matt Gifts
      • Death Note Mello Gifts
      • Death Note Teru Mikami Gifts
      • Death Note Misa Gifts
      • Death Note Naomi Misora Gifts
      • Death Note Wammy Gifts
  • News Summary
    • On This Day in Death Note
  • About
  • Contact

All the latest information about Death Note: reports, gossip, releases, analyses, speculation and discussion.

Death Note news articles

Month of Wammy Delayed Until Monday April 4th

1/4/2016

0 Comments

 
Death Note Manga Watari and Task Force
This is getting to be a bit of a habit!  But we have made the executive decision to start our next month's focus slightly later than advertised.

Unavoidable personal issues here meant that there was a bit of a bottleneck in posting Month of Matsuda articles and other submissions.  While we had a spurge yesterday, there are still some left over.  Hence a couple of days grace will benefit us all.

Plus it wouldn't be fair to not include reader contributions, just because Matti disappeared off in an ambulance and couldn't publish their stuff!

Month of Watari will therefore begin on Monday April 4th 2016, and hopefully we can keep on track thereon.

Death Note Matsuda Month
Read More
Death Note Wammy Month
Read More
0 Comments

On This Day in Death Note: April 1st

1/4/2016

0 Comments

 
Death Note Korean voice actor Touta Matsuda Gyeng-su Hyeon
0 Comments

Fantastic Death Note Touta Matsuda Cosplay by Deacon and the Tuxedo Team

31/3/2016

0 Comments

 
Filipino cosplayer Deacon, aka DorkyDea, portrays the perfect Matsuda.  Proving once more that it's not so much the costume, but the stance, expression and becoming your character, which make the most successful cosplay.
DorkyDea Death Note cosplay Matsuda
Deacon is part of a collection of cosplaying friends as The Tuxedo Team, who are based in the Philippines.  By all accounts, he even aped Matsuda's personality there at the Death Note photoshoot, brimming with energy and enthusiasm; keeping everyone in laughter with his joking antics.

Deacon has been inactive for a good while as a cosplayer - Death Note or otherwise - and has made all of his social networking private.  We had to get permission from his friend Jin - aka BeyondInfinity - to republish the above.  Nevertheless, you can still view his DorkyDea profile on DeviantART, as well as reading BeyondInfinity's account of the Death Note cosplay shoot by the extended Tuxedo Team.

Even the group's 'reject' Death Note Matsuda cosplay photographs are amazing!
Death Note Matsuda cosplay DorkyDea Tuxedo Team
Photographed by Sandra Dans and colour edited by BeyondInfinity, this picture of
Deacon's great Matsuda cosplay was scrapped for having a blurry hand.

Filipino Death Note cosplayers Deacon (Matsuda) and China (Misa)
Together with fellow Tuxedo Team cosplayer China as Misa-Misa
~ this photograph of Deacon's Death Note Matsuda cosplay was scrapped
for being 'too busy'.  Perfectionists all!  The whole lot of them!

Posted as Part of

Death Note Matsuda Month  on Death Note News
Read More
0 Comments

What Does it Mean That Death Note Touta Matsuda's Blood Group is B?

31/3/2016

0 Comments

 
Blood Group B Tota Matsuda Death Note Personality Group
Death Note Touta Matsuda's blood type B is an important bit of information for readers to know.

Divulging it is afforded a prominent position in Death Note 13: How to Read, alongside key data more familiar to Westerners, like date of birth, height, weight etc. But why do we need to know this?

In Japan, blood type personalities are assigned as keenly as those of us in the West look to the Zodiac.  There are even the equivalent to horoscopes published in the newspapers, predicting the day's events for those with certain blood groups.

Whole books have been written - and certainly magazine articles have been penned by the thousands - highlighting the compatibility in love matches between those of each blood type.

While it might all seem a little unfamiliar and strange in its execution to those more used to gaining our insights from the stars, knowing the blood group of manga personalities lets us know what kind of person the author had in mind, when writing their scenes.

Death Note Matsuda Blood Group B Personality Type

Touta Matsuda falls into that rare (for Japan) blood type personality B. 

He's the sort to lean towards action over introspection; rushing in where angels fear to tread.  A doer; a creative force; an instigator; a leader - even if it's only leading others into danger and folly.

This action man is deemed to have a strong, possibly domineering personality by those around him.  He becomes very passionate about new projects or those subjects which interest him.

However, he might also be labelled an irresponsible maverick, when he charges off doing things his own way.  Moreover, blood type B personalities are seen as unforgiving of those people who bore them, or else hold them back with routine, workaday approaches to life and all its vagaries.  They really hate doing chores.

Personality Traits Associated with Blood Type B for Touta Matsuda in Death Note

  • Active;
  • Creative;
  • Innovative;
  • A 'doer';
  • Impulsive;
  • Spontaneous;
  • Leaders;
  • Curious about everything;
  • Interested in everything that catches THEIR eye;
  • Think outside the box;
  • Uncooperative;
  • Unconventional;
  • Optimistic;
  • Adaptable to changing circumstance;
  • Pragmatic;
  • Bombastic;
  • Too many hobbies/interests, hence may become overwhelmed by them;
  • Energetic;
  • Overly serious;
  • Cold;
  • Unemotional;
  • Grumpy;
  • Easily bored;
  • Listen to their thoughts over their feelings;
  • Passionate;
  • Happy-go-lucky;
  • Rule-breakers;
  • Doggedly reach for goals that others deem impossible;
  • Off-the-wall types;
  • Well-intended;
  • Relaxed;
  • Practical;
  • Friendly;
  • Flexible thinkers;
  • Excel in things rather than settle for average;
  • Maverick;
  • Irresponsible;
  • Neglectful;
  • Liable to get tunnel-vision regarding their own ideas or projects;
  • Hyper-focus on their own projects to the exclusion of all else;
  • Specialists in their own field;
  • Tend to research to the utmost detail the nitty-gritty of things that interest them;
  • Insensitive to the needs/thoughts/ideas/desires of others;
  • Unforgiving;
  • Freewheeling;
  • Unpretentious;
  • Afraid of being alone;
  • Sociable - loves parties and festivals;
  • Quick to fall in love;
  • Doesn't linger over-much with heart-break;
  • Cheerful.
Anything there sound like the blood type personality of Matsuda in Death Note?

The Convention of Blood Type B in Anime Genki Characters like Matsuda

Death Note Matsuda laughing - genki?
Matsuda Death Note genki?
However, it may behove us not to seek too deeply through that list of Blood Group B personality traits for Tsugumi Ohba's inner thoughts about Matsuda.

It may be enough to know that Touta Matsuda was intended to be a genki character in the Death Note manga and anime.  There is a tradition within the genre that a) there is at least one genki persona and b) that individual is categorized blood type B.

Genki is a Japanese word which simply means 'energetic' or 'enthusiastic'.  These anime trope personalities are often (to the point of usually) female, hence the label 'genki girl' being quite prevalent amongst fans.  We're looking at the kind of person who squees and bounces through scenes with an over-abundance of cheerfulness, enthusiasm and energy, that should tag them as blood type amphetamine and e numbers, rather than a mere B.

They run where they could walk; they wave their arms wildly around when they speak; they gabble incessantly, with a gushing regard for the subject of their speech. Their confidence is unparalleled and their determination absolute. They're often the comic relief in any given story, inserted when the narrative is in danger of becoming way too dark.

For most given points in the Death Note story, we should be looking at Misa Amane as the archetypal manga/anime genki here. But maybe Tsugumi Ohba is unconventional too.  As she was assigned blood type AB instead.

Is Matsuda for you the Death Note genki personality?  And if so, is that why he was given blood type B in his characterisation?

Posted as Part of

Picture
Read More
0 Comments

Silent Reaper Shares Matsuda's Rant: Gender - Death Note Comic Strip

29/3/2016

0 Comments

 
Silent Reaper fabulously exploits Touta Matsuda's avowed overview of events by the end of Death Note
in her famous fan-made Death Note comic strip Matsuda's Rant.  Here reproduced with permission.
Silent Reaper Death Note Matsuda's Rant Gender 1
Silent Reaper Death Note Matsuda's Rant Gender 2
Silent Reaper Death Note Matsuda's Rant Gender 3
Silent Reaper Death Note Matsuda's Rant Gender 4
There are few Death Note fans who need an introduction to the comic art of Silent Reaper.  But just in case you haven't yet been exposed to the utter genius of her work, we're pleased to get you started.

Silent Reaper is the DeviantART pseudonym of Emily Chan, which is where she keeps her repository of Death Note related fan-art.  The US artist is better known these days - well, outside the Death Note fandom anyway - for her comic strip Stupid Fox.

Artists!

Display your Death Note artwork here and/or answer our questionnaire about creating Death Note fan-art in any medium.

Check out the Death Note News fan-artist contribution page.

Posted as Part of

Month of Matsuda Death Note
Read More
0 Comments

You're Such a Matsuda! You Idiot! - Death Note Memes Starring Touta Matsuda

29/3/2016

0 Comments

 
Death Note's Touta Matsuda
Did you know that Death Note's Touta Matsuda has made it into the urban dictionary?  I didn't. 

A right Matsuda apparently is someone 'endearing inept' at their job, who 'tries too hard' yet only makes things worse.  This according to the on-line listing of items in the common lexicon that most official dictionaries leave out.  The example given by Urban Dictionary being:

Person A:  How's the new guy doing?
Person B:  I dunno, man, he's a real Matsuda.
 

All inspired by Death Note's youngest, most eager yet inexperienced police officer, who comes good in the end.  (Assuming, of course, that you agree with his disdain of Light's claim to divinity, and can condone the multiple shooting of a preternaturally armed man with avowed intent to kill.  On both sides.)
However, it's this very Matsuda who carries the final judgement against Kira in the tides decreed by Near; and the 'inept' officer's impetuous daring with the Yotsuba Group gave L the breakthrough there that he needed; not to mention another swift bit of Touta sharp shooting in the Mafia den saw Soichiro's life prolonged (albeit briefly) with Mello fleeing bereft of his Death Note and all alone; plus all the random, workaday instances of bravery, loyalty, duty and query against the will and supposed wisdom of his peers (always a more courageous path than running with the herd).

Given all that - do you think the enduring impression left in Urban Dictionary's mark against Matsuda is fair?

In fact, was it even enduring?  That entry was written in 2010.  Did it last?

Matsuda Bakayarou! - Death Note Matsuda Meme

Much more famous than Matsuda's Urban Dictionary entry is the Matsuda, You Idiot! Meme.  This one spread across the world and caused lawsuits in the process.

It all began with the airing of that final confrontation scene in Japan.  As Kira and Near faced off across the floor of the Yellow Box warehouse, things turned angry, then violent.  Next thing you know, Matsuda's firing a bullethole into Light's hand and that infamous cry comes within a twisting, contorted expression of pain, 'Matsuda Bakayarou!' 

That's variously translated into English as 'Matsuda, you fool!', 'idiot', or else something much stronger in its expletive.  As soon as it was heard in Japan, the meme began.  That was June 26th 2007, when Matsuda shot Light and the like of this took the world by storm:


Shooting Down the Matsuda Bakayaloid on NND

However, all these edits using segments of the Death Note anime did not go unnoticed by VAP - a subsidiary of Nippon - who owned the copyright on it at the time.

In June 2009, a cease and desist notice served on Niconico (NND) - Japan's biggest video hosting service - lead to thousands of 'Matsuda, bakayarou!' meme clips being taken down.  Some of those had been top ranking videos for some time, not merely within the genre, but across the whole site.  VAP has continued to closely monitor and act upon violations to this day.

But NND did fight back.  Suddenly the meme was renamed Bakayaloid, formed of a conjunction between 'bakayarou' and 'vocaloid'.  The latter being the computer software most were using to make the edits in the first place.

Unfortunately, VAP staff weren't that daft.  Despite a renewed surge in Matsuda, you idiot! videos, they were soon all gone again under the auspices of legal notices, and the company still keenly shoots down any Bakayaloid which has seen the light of cyber day since.  The momentum of the meme ceased amidst the Japanese.

Not in the rest of the world though, where YouTube continues to blithely host any Bakayaloid you care to upload.
Matsuda Bakayarou by Raka Lee

Still Matsuda Bakayarou by Raka Lee

Posted as Part of

Month of Matsuda Death  Note News
Read More
0 Comments

Amazing Matsuda Artwork in Graphite Pencil by Nānākuli Artist Lei K

21/3/2016

0 Comments

 
Back for Month of Matsuda on Death Note News is professional artist Lei K with this incredible graphite pencil drawing of Touta Matsuda in happiness and in sorrow.  The Fool and the Hero: two faces of the same man.
Death Note Matsuda Artwork by Lei K on Death Note News
From her studio on the Isle of O'Ahu, Hawaii, USA, artist Lei K works primarily in graphite pencil, though she has been known to stray into other materials and media from time to time. Her Matsuda from Death Note art was created especially for our focus upon him this month, hence constitutes her most recent work.

Lei K was here last month too, bringing us her vision of Light Yagami and sharing insights into drawing Death Note characters.  You can view a whole lot more of her work on her website La808Lei, where some artwork from her gallery may also be bought.

Artists!

Display your Death Note artwork here and/or answer our questionnaire about creating Death Note fan-art in any medium.

Check out the Death Note News fan-artist contribution page.

Posted as Part of

Matsuda Death Note Month of...
Read More
0 Comments

Spin-Off Matsuda - Barely Known Canon Short Movie about Death Note's Matsuda

20/3/2016

0 Comments

 
While we're all familiar with the movie L Change the World - even those who wish they weren't - even long-standing Death Note fans might have missed the fact that Matsuda got his own short film in relation to it.  As these stills from the ten minute movie attest:
Death Note Spin-Off Matsuda still
Sota Aoyama in Death Note Spin-Off Matsuda still
L Change the World: Spin-Off Matsuda still
Broadcast on Japanese television, initially on February 8th 2008, Spin-Off Matsuda was basically made up of scenes deleted from the movie itself.  It followed the fortunes of Touta Matsuda in a story which ran concurrently with those seen with L, Maki and Near.

It starred Sōta Aoyama as Matsuda, reprising his role from the other live-action movies in the trilogy (soon to be quartet).

As with the main movie L Change the World, Kiyomi Fujii wrote the screenplay. The spin-off covers Matsuda's issues with filing a final Kira case report, and a poignant meeting with L a fortnight before the latter's known and inevitable death.

Spin-Off Matsuda: L Change the World Special and Synopsis

The most common copy of Spin-Off Matsuda available on the internet is embedded here - in Japanese with Thai sub-titles.

There are no versions with English sub-titles on-line (or may not have even been made), but a brief synopsis runs like this:

Touta Matsuda's signature is required upon a document concluding the Kira case. He waivers over signing, because he's not sure that the case should be closed.  He can't get his head around what precisely Light believed with regard to justice, nor what L did to thwart him.

Soichiro Yagami pre-empted this and left a note for Matsuda stating, 'Go see Ryuzaki'.  So Matsuda goes to visit L, carrying with him a gift - a box of cakes.

L gratefully receives them with the comment, "A farewell gift to a person going for death. I shall thank you."

This incenses Matsuda, who can't understand why L continues to work, when he only has two weeks left to live.  "Stop working!" He rants, "Do anything you like, such as dating with a girl, or travelling anywhere you like, whatever. Why don't you spend the rest of your time for yourself! At least do not pretend dying is no big deal!"

Once he's calmed down, Matsuda is contrite about his behaviour. He calls Soichiro and apologizes for being mean to Ryuzaki.

Just on it, a delivery man brings a gift from L - a basket of crepes with the message, 'Sugar will improve your brain function. Eat lots of crepes to become clever - YOU IDIOT!'

Matsuda exclaims, "L, you Hyottoko guy!" (Hyottoko being the mask worn by L in the movies.) And stands there eating, crying and pondering on how L can bear knowing that he only has 23 days left to live, yet still carry on. 

The movie short ends with Matsuda crouched in the street, overwhelmed by the sentiment and his emotion, dwarfed by the architecture of the city around him.

Posted as Part of

Death Note Month of Matsuda
Read More
0 Comments

Join Team Touta! Death Note Community Pinterest Board for Fans of Matsuda

20/3/2016

0 Comments

 
Death Note Matsuda Pinterest Board banner
We're slowly but surely creating community Pinterest boards for all Death Note characters and Touta Matsuda is no exception.  There's a burgeoning community over there awaiting your Matsuda pins across the board.  Here is the story so far:
Follow Death Note News's board Touta Matsuda Death Note News on Pinterest.
No real rules about what you can and can't post over there.  As long as it's on topic and colludes with all mores on common decency and sense, then we're good.  It might be a nice way to big up your articles, art, photographs, cosplay, fan-fiction and whatever else Mr Matsuda inspires in you as muse.

Come and join us on Matsuda's Death Note Pinterest board.  Invite your friends.  In response, we'll do our best to get all invitations approved in a timely fashion for Month of Matsuda on Death Note News.

Posted as Part of

Death Note Month of Matsuda
Read More
0 Comments

Casting Matsuda: All of the Actors Who Played Touta Matsuda in Death Note

15/3/2016

2 Comments

 
They have played heroes and fools; given voice to the one and only Touta Matsuda in anime dubs, TV shows and movies across the globe.  We have collected them here in a roll call of ALL the Death Note Matsuda actors internationally.

Who for you brought to life one of the Japanese NPA's finest Kira task force officers? Who for you speaks the voice, holds the personality and/or wears the face of Touta Matsuda from Death Note?  Let's see, shall we?

Ryô Naitô

Death Note Matsuda voice actor Ryou Naitou Japan
Voice Actor
(aka 内藤玲, Ryou Naitou, Naitou Ryou)
- Death Note anime Japanese original
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Japanese original
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Japanese original

Vincent Tong

Matsuda voice actor English dub Vincent Tong
Voice Actor
- Death Note anime English dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God English dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors English dub

Gyeng Su Hyeon

Korean dub Death Note Matsuda Gyeng-Su Hyeon
Voice Actor
(aka 현 경수, Hyeon Gyeng-Su, Yong-Uk An)
- Death Note anime Korean dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Korean dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Korean dub

Charles Pestel

French dub Matsuda Death Note actor Charles Pestel
Voice Actor
- Death Note anime French dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God French dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors French dub

Roland Czetõ

Death Note anime Matsuda actor Roland Czető Hungarian dub
Voice Actor
(aka Czető Roland)
- Death Note anime Hungarian dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Hungarian dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Hungarian dub

Leonardo Graziano

Death Note Matsuda Italian dub voice actor Leonardo Graziano
Voice Actor
- Death Note anime Italian dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Italian dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Italian dub

Simon T Roden

Death Note Matsuda voice actor Simon T Roden German dub
Voice Actor
(aka Simon Roden)
- Death Note anime German dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God German dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors German dub

Luiz Sérgio Vieira

Matsuda actor Luiz Sérgio Vieira Brazilian Death Note dub
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

Tang Jing Li

Death Note anime Mandarin dub Matsuda actor Li Jing Tang
Voice Actor
(aka 李景唐, Lǐ Jǐng Táng; Li Jingtang; Li Jing Tang; Tang Li Jing)
- Death Note anime Mandarin dub; Chinese (Taiwan) dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Mandarin dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Mandarin dub

Vadim Vladimirovich Prokhorov

Russian Death Note Matsuda actor Vadim Vladimirovich Prokhorov
Voice Actor
(aka Вадим Владимирович Прохоров)
- Death Note anime Russian dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Russian dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Russian dub
NB Both Tang Jing Li and Vadim Prokhorov also played Light Yagami/Kira in their respective Death Note dubs.

Anthony Steven San Juan

Death Note Matsuda actor Anthony Steven San Juan Tagalog Mello and Matsuda
Voice Actor
(aka Berto)
- Death Note anime Tagalog dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Tagalog dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Tagalog dub

Masumi Mutsuda

Death Note anime voice actor Masumi Mutsuda - Matsuda (Catalan) and Near (Spanish)
Voice Actor
- Death Note anime Catalan dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Catalan dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Catalan dub
NB Anthony Steven San Juan also voiced Mello in the Tagalog Death Note dub; while Masumi Mutsuda voiced Near in the Spanish dub.

David Jenner Husson

Death Note anime Matsuda Spanish dub actor David Jenner Husson
Voice Actor
(aka David Jenner)
- Death Note anime Spanish dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Spanish dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Spanish dub

Alfredo Leal Rodríguez

Death Note anime Matsuda actor Alfredo Leal Mexican dub
Voice Actor
(aka Alfredo Leal)
- Death Note anime Mexican dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Mexican dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Mexican dub

Chok Chi Chan

Death Note anime Cantonese dub Matsuda actor Chen Zhuozhi
Voice Actor
(aka 陈卓智, Chan Cheuk Chi, Chen Zhuozhi,
Can4 Cheuk3 Ji3, Dominic Chan, Domanic)

- Death Note anime Cantonese dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Cantonese dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Cantonese dub

Unknown

Content Coming Soon
Voice Actor
- Death Note anime Polish dub
- Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God Polish dub
- Death Note: Relight: L's Successors Polish dub

Sōta Aoyama

Death Note Matsuda actor Sota Aoyama
Film Actor
(aka 青山 草太, Sota Aoyama)
- Death Note movie
- Death Note: The Last Name movie

Maeda Goki

Death Note TV drama Matsuda actor Maeda Goki
Television Actor
(aka 前田公輝, まえだ ごうき)
- Death Note TV Drama
All of these Death Note Matsuda actors are now also added in our calendar, excepting:

  • Simon T. Roden, whose birthday we cannot find, though we do know he was born in Cologne in 1972;
  • The Polish Matsuda actor, whom we've currently been unable to identify.

Also:
  • Chen Zhuozhi is missing a year of birth, though we do know he was born on June 1st.

Can anyone fill in these omissions?

We do hope that you enjoyed our round up of Touta Matsuda actors from around the world.


Posted as Part of

Picture
Read More
2 Comments

Aerial Sky Shares Advice on Cosplaying Matsuda from Death Note

14/3/2016

0 Comments

 
Death Note News - Aerial Sky cosplaying Beyond Birthday
For Month of Matsuda on Death Note News, we've looked long and hard across cyber-space for cosplayers to share their tips on donning Touta Matuda costume.

Here to start us off is Aerial Sky!

There she is cosplaying Beyond Birthday from Death Note's Another Note, as seen in older pictures on her Instagram account:  @dncosplayer25.

She's at pains to let us know that her cosplay has improved greatly since those days.  And further adds,

"I've been into cosplaying for about two years now, and it's my favorite thing to do when I have spare time. Currently I am finishing up my Matt cosplay, and I've cosplayed L and Beyond Birthday, all from Death Note. I plan to cosplay more when I have more time and when my parents accept this habit of mine XD."

So what does she have to say about Matsuda cosplay?  Read on!

How to Cosplay Death Note's Matsuda by Aerial Sky

Have you cosplayed Matsuda now or in the past?
No - never

Is there any reason that you haven't considered cosplay for Touta Matsuda?
I have considered it, mainly because he's the comic relief of the story, and because he's a precious little cinnamon roll XD I think I will stick with the characters I do best. Those being Matt, L, Beyond Birthday, Jeff the Killer, and maybe the occasional Kira/Light.

How would you go about creating a costume for Touta Matsuda?
I would go to Goodwill or some sort of thrift store and buy a suit. There's no need to spend a bunch of money for something you could find easily.

What clothing and/or props do you feel are essential Matsuda costume items?
A black or grey suit, and definitely a good sense of humor.

Is there more to cosplaying Matsuda than the outfit? (Look/behaviour etc.)
You have to have a good sense of humor, as well as a good personality. Don't be afraid to get really into character.

He acts like a goofball, and is about the average high schooler XD

What's your professional opinion about ready-made Touta Matsuda outfits, such as those in the Death Note News Cosplay Store? Any other pieces in there decent enough for a Matsuda cosplay? (Be honest!)
I would definitely go to a thrift shop first and see if I could get something cheaper. Custom made things are so much more expensive.

If not anything there, where would YOU source items to cosplay Matsuda?
Goodwill. And maybe your own closet if you have nice business clothes.

Any last tips for anyone reading, who wishes to create their Matsuda cosplay from scratch?
Get a good quality wig, and just be patient. Good things come to those who wait. :)
Aerial Sky as Ryuk Death Note News

Aerial Sky rolls out her Ryuk

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!

Posted as Part of

Death Note Month of Matsuda
Read More

0 Comments

What I Like About Matsuda (Essay by Sakiko Rau)

12/3/2016

6 Comments

 
Matsuda is a very honest guy, has a sense of justice, and is kind of clumsy. All he wanted was involvement in Kira's case with the rest of the team.

Matsuda kun is sort of behind his team members, everybody was easily ignored and annoyed with the young officer.
   The image of Matsuda is that he's a little clumsy, he ended up being called "Matsuda Idiot!"  Yet he seriously wanted help everybody. Matsuda felt himself an outsider, and wanted proof himself that he is a reliable man. At the end of the season, he dramatically proved himself as reliable he can be in front of his team members.
(Death Note) Matsuda Yellow Box Warehouse shooting Kira
January 28th.   One sound of a shot-gun broke the silence through the entire Yellow box storage facility. Touta Matsuda, NP task force, had shot at Light's right hand, as soon saw that Kira had tried to pull out a piece of Death Note. Kira made one critical mistake. He betrayed Takada, who had a piece of real Death Note and could kill Near, and killed her instead. However, Kira didn't know that the Death Note was switched with a fake note, and attempted to kill the rest of his team members, Near, and APT.

Even after Kira found out, Mikami contacted Takada and told her write down all their names. Before Kira found out it was fake, he claimed himself is winner. Near was waiting to see Kira's confident face  turn to panic. He hadn't anywhere to turn. He was like a mouse chased by chat into a corner. He couldn't  turn nor move.  Kira finally admitted that he was Kira.

Death Note Matsuda - Your father... wat did he die for??
Matsuda couldn't believe what he was seeing with his own eyes. He had a lasting hope that Light was innocent. All of sudden, his confusion turned to anger and he wanted revenge on Light for Chief Soichiro Yagami, who was father of Light Yagami. Light, the one who led him to death; if he didn't order the team, Soichiro wouldn't have had to die by the Mafia.

Matsuda couldn't understand why Light deceived own father. He was so furious, because Soichiro never had given up his hope that his son was not Kira. Matsuda asked Light what was meant by his father's death?  He hoped that Light might regret killing so many people.

But Light's ambition was only one thing. He wanted create a new world and became a god of new world. That's all. Whoever got in Kira's way was punished by this new god. He was the only one who could cleanse this rotten world. He killed too many people, and forgot about the importance of  human life.  Light lost his principles, particularly that about not killing innocent people. His hope was remembering his father's last words that he was so happy to see lives expand. He had never known his own son deceived him until he died.

Light was quiet for a moment, and replied to him with coldness, in an unemotional voice, that his father was one of a weak human race, and part of the reason this world has sunken to rock bottom - humanity was rotten as could be. Because the crime rate is so high, they were overwhelmed and unable to control all these crimes. It was just a matter of the time before the police adapted their system to suit criminals, who would change their perspective and control the police.  Rotten people only produce evil because of their deeds the world can only occur that way. As a result rottenness sprayed out across all the world.

Light continued saying that His father was a fool, because Light gave him a chance to use the Death Note.  But Soichiro was cowardly and couldn't use it.
Death Note Matsuda screams
Matsuda's blood pressure had risen up. He triggered his gun and shot Light again with teary eyes. He wanted to kill Light so badly.  He didn't  consider that Light had any value to stay alive.

Kira looked at Matsuda with no emotion, just cold eyes.  There was a mention that Light had been using his Death Note for six years, which meant Light had long since lost himself. Light underestimated the Death Note's power and the longer he used it, the more its power pulled him into the dark and took over his mind.

Remember Episode 9? When L was still alive, L showed up and gave Light a surprise at college? Light was so furious, because he got humiliated by L.  Ryuk was seeing his outrage from behind, and in astonishment said, "Light was usually a quiet guy, but I've never seen his rage like this. It got into him!"  Yet Light was just sneering about how weak his father was.

Again, Matsuda trusted Light; also Matsuda was fond of Light. Light was Matsuda's friend and he was also the last person to believe Light.

Death Note Matsuda held back after shooting Kira

Death Note anime: Matsuda held back after shooting Light Yagami
After Kira's death, Matsuda couldn't overcome killing Light. After the world noticed Kira's death, the crime rate went back to what it used to be. Matsuda was still regretful of killing his friend. Ide and Matsuda were talking about this society and Kira's society. Nobody knew which society was right, but if Kira had stayed alive, criminals would have continued being killed by him.

I think Matsuda made the right decision to take action. He connects with anyone, heart to heart. He was sort of clumsy, but that was his personality. I think his optimistic character had balanced with this dark story. He is one my favorite characters.

Written as Part of

Picture
Read More
6 Comments

Death Note Profile: Who is Touta Matsuda?

8/3/2016

0 Comments

 
Touta Matsuda is a character in the manga Death Note.  A young Japanese police-officer who volunteers to enter the task force investigating Kira.

The youngest and most cheerful member of the task-force, he often acts the clown. This led to a popular internet meme around the catchphrase, 'Matsuda, you fool!'

Sometimes this tomfoolery was acted out in favour of the investigation, for example when Matsuda played the role of talk-show host in a bid to trap the Death Note using Yotsuba Group.

A family friend of the Yagami family - of whom patriarch Soichiro is his direct supervisor at work - Matsuda loyally stands by Light, refusing to believe that the teenager could be Kira.

One of the key dramatic points of the climatic scene revolves around Matsuda's shock that this loyalty had been exploited. It is Touta Matsuda who shoots Light Yagami, thus saving Near's life.
Touta Matsuda Death Note

The Names of Touta Matsuda

This Death Note character is alternatively known as:
松田 桃太
Touta Matsuda
Matsuda Touta
Tōta Matsuda
Matsuda Tōta
Tota Matsuda
Matsuda Tota
松井 太郎
Taro Matsui
Matsui Taro
Tarō Matsui
Matsui Tarō
Matsu
Matsuda
山下 太一郎
Taichiro Yamashita
Yamashita Taichiro
Taichirō Yamashita
Yamashita Taichirō

Matsuda's Vital Statistics

Death Note Matsuda

Hair Colour:
Black

Height:
5' 7" (170.18cm)

Eye Colour:
Brown

Weight: 
9 stone 3lbs (130lbs; 58.9kg)

Occupation:

Police officer

Relationship Status:
Single

Key Dates for Matsuda

December 14th 1978:
December 14th 1981:
Touta Matsuda born
Touta Matsuda born
Manga
Anime

Matsuda's Lifespan Through Shinigami Eyes as Seen by Mikami

Picture
As Teru Mikami peeps into the Yellow Box Warehouse and glimpses each person with his shinigami eyes, the true name and lifespan of Matsuda is revealed.  He is Matsuda Touta, whose life dates are 5 4 8 1 9 2.  However those are within the Death God calendar to which mere mortals are not privy.  Nor is there any overt hidden meaning here from the creators.  By now, Tsugumi Ohba has just indicated that numbers should be present and Takeshi Obata has inserted those which seemed aesthetically pleasing.

Auguries of Matsuda

Sagittarius symbol
Born on December 14th, astrologically Touta Matsuda is Sagittarius
Earth horse
Matsuda's birth date of December 14th 1978 (manga) also factors into Shēngxiào. He is an Earth Horse in the Chinese Zodiac
Metal Rooster
However, the time-slip of the anime would have him born in 1981 instead. That means that now in the Chinese Zodiac Touta Matsuda is a Metal Rooster
Letter B
How to Read: Death Note 13 reveals that Touta Matsuda's blood group is B

An Unpredictable Clown? The Personality of Death Note's Matsuda

Touta Matsuda is billed as a fashionable young man; a typical mainstream individual excited by the latest trends in popular culture, however they manifest. This has led him to being viewed as shallow or fickle by those around him.  A man so caught up in the razzmatazz of events like the choosing of Kira's television spokesperson, that he doesn't seem to even register the distaste nor danger inherent in such a spectacle.

Tsugumi Ohba, in How to Read, states that Touta has an innocent heart (hence his loyalty and compassion in believing that Light is not Kira) and an inferiority complex. The latter is due to his constant exposure to quite brilliant people.

His excitable, hasty actions label him as somewhat of a trouble-maker within the Japanese Kira task-force.  However, these same traits may manifest as daring, courage and quick-thinking.  Matsuda is able to extract himself and others from dangerous scenarios by exploiting how others view him and through applying some of that daring speed of mind.

Also in How to Read, Matsuda's ability chart scores highly for unpredictability, with lesser scores - but still a mention - for creativity, intelligence, initiative, social skills and emotional strength.

Death Note ~ Matsuda from Zero to Hero (Matsuda Tribute by LemonxQueen)

The Faces of Touta Matsuda

Matsuda Death Note manga

Touta Matsuda Death Note manga
Touta Matsuda Death Note anime

Touta Matsuda Death Note anime
Matsuda Death Note game

Touta Matsuda Death Note official game
Death Note Matsuda thinking

Touta Matsuda Death Note: Relight
Touta Matsuda Death Note movie

Touta Matsuda Death Note live-action movies
Touta Matsuda Death Note TV drama

Touta Matsuda Death Note TV drama

Posted as Part of

Picture
Read More
0 Comments

Welcome to Month of Touta Matsuda on Death Note News!

3/3/2016

0 Comments

 
Death Note News - Month of Matsuda
Well that was a bit intense! 

Our launch Death Note Month of... event in honour of Light Yagami elicited FORTY-EIGHT posts to site, plus associated webpages et al.  When the three voice actor interviews come in, they'll make it fifty-one.

To say that we didn't except that is a bit of an understatement.

So, ready to do it all again?

It's Matsuda Month!  (Finally...)

If you're wondering what it's all about, then you really weren't here last month.  That's when we discovered it's about whatever mind, imagination, talent and inclination can produce, but this time with the subject changed.

In February, it was all about Kira.  Now it's March, and Touta Matsuda gets his moment in the spotlight.

What have you got for me, you amazing people?  We have a brand, new archive to fill.

Call Out for All Things Touta Matsuda from Death Note

What will we accept?  Anything really, as long as it's suitable for all ages and able to be posted in an article here.  Even if that's just a heads up on where it's lodged elsewhere.

There's more about that on the Death Note Month of... homepage, and the various ways in which content might be added is on the submissions page.

Of particular interest are essays, images, opinion pieces, whatever, which tell us something we may not have realised about Death Note's Matsuda.  A nuance in his name; a tell in the way he acts, dresses, speaks; a facet in his plot-line or history, which you'll only know if you have some obscure insight; or a detail of his characterisation which skips the masses by.

Because most people seeing Matsuda's event coming up were more than a little disdaining - what do you want a Month of a Matsuda for?  He's nondescript.  He doesn't do anything!

No, only shoot Kira and denounce Near.  So, what have you got to tell them they're wrong?  Or do you agree?  Write that instead.

As usual, we'd love to hear from Death Note fan artists, writers and cosplayers.  You each have your own page, with a questionnaire apiece, regardless of whether you do or don't cosplay Touta.  Or simply send us a photograph, gallery link or email of your Matsuda work, if you want to participate, but not bother with the sharing of secrets.

We'll post them roughly as they come in.  The last day for items to appear is March 31st 2016.

See how organised we are this month?   All the lessons learned, even if we are a bit late.

And on That Note...

Real life is happening in abundance.  In a good way for a change this weekend, but it means that no editor will be here to post anything until Monday.  Apologies for any inconvenience caused.   I'll look forward to perusing all that you've done and sent in then.

Also there is a slight backlog in Matti responding to emails etc, because of said real life inconsiderately intruding.  Thank you for your patience and all that.  No-one will have been forgotten, though again it may be early next week before anyone answers. 

But you'll be busy anyway, writing your Matsuda stuff.
0 Comments

The Cosplayer Chronicles: Squad Six Cosplayers' Death Note Panel at Ichibancon

22/1/2016

1 Comment

 
Squad Six Cosplayers Death Note News




We've been following the fortunes of
Squad Six Cosplayers,
as they prepared to host
Resurrecting L: Death Note 10th Anniversary
panel at Ichibancon 7
in North Carolina.

Here is how they got on.

Squad Six Cosplayers Death Note panel Ichibancon 7

Resurrecting L: Death Note 10th Anniversary panel at Icibancon 7
Squad Six Cosplayers were at Ichibancon, one of the largest anime and manga conventions in North Carolina, USA.  There, in Events 4 room, we held our Death Note review panel - Resurrecting L - to mark the 10th anniversary since the manga's first chapter was published in Weekly Shonen Jump.

Since then, Ohba and Obata's story has become an institution, we hope we did it justice.

Ichibancon's Resurrecting L: Death Note 10th Anniversary panel happened on January 1st 2016, at 11pm.  We should have finished by midnight, but the buzz was awesome and we were having so much fun discussing the new media developments for Death Note.  We almost ran well over time!

Here's how it all played out.  But first the cosplay and, created from scratch, a dress for Misa Amane.

Lara Sizemore: Cosplay Misa Misa Suicide Dress

Squad Six Cosplayers: Matsuda and Misa at Ichibancon 7

Squad Six Cosplayers Justin as
Touta Matsuda and Lara as Misa Amane
Lara Sizemore Misa Amane Cosplay

Lara's Cosplay Misa Misa Suicide Dress
Death Note Cosplayers at Ichibancon 7: Misa and Light; Lara Sizemore and Cayanna Carma

Squad Six Cosplayers founder Lara with special guest Cayanna Carma as Light Yagami
Each of Squad Six Cosplayers' Death Note panel members arrived for the event in full Death Note cosplay.  Every part of which had been created especially for Ichibancon during the run up to the convention. 

Founder Lara Sizemore opted to cosplay Misa Amane.  She explained, "I chose to do Misa's Last dress/suicide dress instead of her usual ensemble as sort of a nod to our title. It took me two weeks to complete the dress but I am very proud of it. The ribbons are all appliquéd on."  She makes it sound so easy.

As for the rest, they were in Death Note costume too!

Death Note Cosplay for Squad Six Cosplayers at Ichibancon 7

Squad Six Cosplayers with Cayanna Carma at Ichibancon Death Note panel




From l-r you are seeing:


Justin as Touta Matsuda
Lara as Misa Amane
Cayanna Carma as Light Yagami
Sara as L
Lindz as Near
and on the floor,
Logan as Beyond Birthday

Kicking in the New Year with a Death Note Panel at Ichibancon January 1st 2016

Squad Six Cosplayers with Cayanna Carma at Ichibancon Death Note panel
Squad Six Cosplayers with Cayanna Carma at Ichibancon Death Note panel
Squad Six Cosplayers with Cayanna Carma at Ichibancon Death Note panel

The event was very well attended. Despite its late hour, three quarters of the venue was full.

It was great fun!  With a tremendous amount of audience participation too.

We had five grand prize questions with the winners awarded a very L-inspired Death Note prize.  It was a dessert glass with his iconic monograph printed on the side.

Inside was a pile of chocolate/apple flavoured candy, plus two bubblegums with wrappers sporting bright red eyes - shinigami eyes, if we ever saw them. In addition, those correctly guessing the answer received a packet of chips (crisps for our European readers) and an apple.

Nor were we the only ones in cosplay.  There were several others in the audience, including a few in Death Note cosplay.
Squad Six Cosplayers with Cayanna Carma at Ichibancon Death Note panel
Christian morrison L Cosplay Ichibancon 7

Christian Morrison - L Cosplay at Ichibancon Death Note panel

Cayanna Carma Takes on Light Yagami for Ichibancon's Death Note Panel

One of our great coups was to have famed cosplayer Cayanna Carma as our special guest at the Death Note Ichibancon panel. 

She is renowned throughout the North Carolinian cosplay circuit for the realism that she brings to her roles. Cayanna Carma didn't just dress as Light Yagami, she became him.

It was in the subtleties, of which no photograph will ever adequately convey, no matter how many taken of her in action.

It really felt like Kira sitting there, ramrod straight and charming. Watching everyone and reacting, as Light Yagami might believably react, to all that occurred.  Serious, even in the face of Sara's shenanigans as L.

Her presence went down a storm with the crowd, just as we hoped it would. In fact, many of those there might have attended simply to watch Cayanna Carma cosplay Kira.

Sitting alongside her on the panel, interacting like we were with Light Yagami himself, was certainly a pleasure for Squad Six Cosplayers.

Once again, we thank Cayanna Carma for being our very special guest at Ichibancon 7's Resurrecting L: Death Note 10th Anniversary panel, and hope that these pictures provide some glimpse of what it was like watching our star cosplayer perform on the night.
They included the L cosplayer pictured left - our old friend Christian Morrison in costume and character - and another Misa Misa too.
Meanwhile, we technically had two L cosplayers on the stage with us.

After all, Logan was cosplaying as Beyond Birthday cosplaying L - Another Note does say that it took layers of cosmetics and a certain outfit before BB looked anything like the detective he was trying to emulate.  That's cosplaying!

With Sara there too, as our group's actual L cosplayer, having lots of fun with Squad Six Cosplayers' special guest for the evening, Cayanna Carma as Light Yagami.
Squad Six Cosplayers: Logan as BB and Sara as L
Squad Six Cosplayers at Ichibancon 7
Squad Six Cosplayer Sara as L; Cayanna Carma as Light Yagami
Light Yagami cosplay Cayanna Carma at Ichibancon 7 Death Note panel
Light Yagami cosplay Cayanna Carma at Ichibancon 7 Death Note panel
Light Yagami cosplay Cayanna Carma at Ichibancon 7 Death Note panel

That's it for Squad Six Cosplayers!  I hope you've enjoyed our Cosplayer Chronicles on Death Note News.
Thank you for reading!

If you wish to catch up with us in all our other projects and endeavours, please do join us on Tumblr and Facebook.
Read more from The Cosplayer Chronicles
1 Comment
<<Previous
Forward>>
    Death Note spoiler disclaimer
    Never miss an update - subscribe to Death Note News feed and/or check out an extended list of the latest Death Note news headlines.
    Death Note News categories banner

    Death Note News Categories

    All
    10th Anniversary
    10th Anniversary Website
    Academia
    Actors And Acting
    Adam Wingard (Dir.)
    Aiber
    Akiko-himura
    Ami-hamazaki
    Another-note
    Another-note-novel
    Anthony-rester
    Art And Fan Art
    Astrology
    Bakuman
    Beyond Birthday
    Blood Type
    Business And Marketing
    Calendar Death Note
    Columnists For Death Note News
    Cosplay
    Death Note (2003-6 Manga)
    Death Note (2006-7 Anime)
    Death Note (2006 Movie)
    Death Note (2008 Manga One Shot Special)
    Death Note (2015 Musical)
    Death Note (2015 TV)
    Death Note (2016 Movie AMG)
    Death Note (2017 US Movie)
    Death Note: Light Up The NEW World (2016 Movie)
    Death Note Month Of...
    Death Note News Digest
    Death Note Relight (2007-2008)
    Death Note Relight (2007-8)
    Death Note Relight (2007-8 Anime)
    Death Note Tarot Tales
    Death Note: The Last Name (2006 Movie)
    Death Note: Year One (Movie)
    Demegawa (Hitoshi) (Char.)
    Dr.
    Eriko Aizawa
    Events
    Fan Fiction
    Fans And Fandom
    Focus On A Fan
    Food And Drink
    Franchise
    Games And Gaming
    Gifts And Merchandising
    Gus Van Sant
    Hal-lidner
    Hirokaku-ukita-char
    Horipro
    It Matters Series
    Jump-comics
    Kanzo-mogi
    Kenichi Mikuriya
    Kimiko-kujo
    Kira Worshipper
    Kiyomi Takada
    Koji-yoshida
    L
    Lawliet-movie
    L-change-the-world-2008-movie
    L-change-the-world-novel
    Lei-k-columnist
    Light Yagami
    Linda
    Lucas-king-music-columnist
    Madhouse
    Maki-nikaido
    Manga Entertainment
    Matt
    Mello
    Misa Amane
    Morality-and-ethics
    Movies And Films
    Mrs-mikami
    Music And Soundtracks
    Naomi-misora
    Nathaniel-overthinks-death-note
    Near
    Netflix
    Nippon-television-ntv
    NisiOisiN
    Nori
    Panini-comics
    Philosophy And Theology
    Platinum-end
    Podcast
    Psychology
    Quillsh-wammy
    Real-world-death-notes
    Real World Influence
    Rem
    Rod-ross
    Roger Ruvie
    Ryuk
    Ryūzaki
    Sachiko Yagami
    Sakura Aoi (Char.)
    Sayu Yagami
    Science And Mathematics
    Selecta Visión
    Shane Black
    Shinsuke Sato (Dir.)
    Shiori Akino
    Shō Nanase
    Shō Nanase
    Shonen Jump
    Shueisha
    Shuichi Aizawa
    Site News
    Sociology
    Soichiro Yagami
    Spin-Off Matsuda (2008 Movie)
    SPK
    Squad Six Cosplayers
    Takeshi Obata (Artist)
    Takeshi Ooi (Char.)
    Teru Mikami
    Tetsuro Araki (Dir.)
    The Cosplayer Chronicles
    Toko
    Touta Matsuda
    Tsugumi Ohba (Author)
    Tsukuru Mishima
    Viz Media
    Wammy's House
    Warner Bros
    Wedy
    Yotsuba
    YouTube And Videos
    Yūgi Shion
    Yumi Aizawa
    Yuri

    Visit Death Note News's profile on Pinterest.

    Monthly Archives

    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014

    Disclosure: This page generates income for the author based on affiliate relationships with her partners, including Amazon and VigLink.
    Site Claim and Authorship Verification: All that follows is for me to prove my authorship of Death Note News in various places. Hoop jumping stuff for me; boring for everyone else.
    Google+
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.