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Viz at Hyderabad Comic Con: Hindi Death Note Paved the Way for More Manga into India

18/9/2015

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More manga will be coming to India, Viz Media top exec. Kevin Hamric confirmed during his recent talk at Hyderabad Comic Con.

Anime like Death Note has made it possible, simply by proving to be so popular.
Death Note Misa Cosplayer at Comic Con Hyderabad 2015

Death Note Misa cosplay at Comic Con Hyderabad September 2015
(Courtesy of MKM Communications/Comic Con India)
Japanese manga and anime has struggled to make much headway into the vast Indian market.  Despite a growing number of aficionados, like those packing out Hitex Exhibiton, September 12-13, for Comic Con Hyderabad 2015. 

Not to mention those thronging into Bangalore Comic Con last April, or the hordes expected to descend upon Mumbai Film & Comics Convention and Comic Con Delhi, both in December 2015.

The fact that so many events are now teeming with Indian fans of anime and manga is only the visual face of how the genre is gathering pace in the country. But it's been slow going.

Two factors have been credited with making such headway as exists.

The first being first day guest speaker at the Hyderabad gathering - Kevin Hamric, Senior Director of Sales and  Marketing at Viz Media.  He might be merely the human face for a company increasingly making manga available in India, but he's quite a active one. 

Returning time and time again to the sub-continent determined to make manga appear approachable to Indian readers.
<br>Viz's Kevin Hamric Hyderabad Comic Con 2015 talk

Viz Media Kevin Hamric as Hyderabad Comic Con guest speaker
His session at Comic Con Hyderabad was described in the schedule as 'get a behind the scenes look in to your favourite anime & manga series', then went on to name-check Death Note, amongst the other usual suspects - Naruto, Bleach and Dragon Ball Z.

These are the fore-runners forging a route into the Indian entertainment industry on behalf of all other Japanese manga to follow.

Hamric himself highlighted the second major factor, in an interview with Hans India newspaper (We are Bringing More of Manga to India: Kevin Hamric, Sept 14th 2015).

“One of the reasons why there are more takers to manga is because, most of the time when these animes were screened on TV, it was dubbed in Hindi and even Telugu. This helped a lot.”

In short, more manga is now being introduced to the country - plus being printed there, as demand grows to justify it - because Hindi dubbed Death Note et al made the genre popular enough.  Through the anime laying the groundwork, Hamric was able to build a market for manga too.

Thus does the Death Note fandom grow, and all others too, eventually.

Subbed Hindi: Death Note Opening Theme

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Viz Announces Death Note Omega Edition on Blu-Ray - Much Extras, Coming December 2015

14/9/2015

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Death Note Omega Edition Blu-Ray Cover
On the hunt for Christmas 2015 Death Note gifts? 

Viz Media have a potential present for Death Note fans winging its way to our stores in time for the festive season.

But only if you happen to own a Blu-Ray player.

For many of us, this is going to seem like the same old, same old. Coupled with a heartfelt - how often can they repackage and sell this stuff?!

Actually this one appears to be a little different.  There's a lot included in the package for a start. 

Death Note: The Omega Edition includes all 37 episodes of the Death Note anime.  However, you can choose between a variety of dubs and subs. The dubbed languages are English, Japanese, Spanish, French, Portuguese; all of them (minus Japanese) are also available as subtitles.

In addition, this Blu-Ray box set includes Death Note Relight 1 & 2.  Those are the feature film length re-edit of the whole series; detailing the story with highlights, with the occasional scene not in the original telling.

You will be able to enjoy the Death Note: Relight Blu-Ray Omega Edition in Japanese with subtitles in English or French.  Or else hear both anime movies dubbed into English or French instead.
Blu Ray Death Note Omega Edition Box Set
Death Note: The Omega Edition box set for Blu-Ray
The blarb (and picture) is telling me that there's a Death Note art book in this package too.  I haven't got much to tell you about that, other than the pages open in the image are from the Death Note prequel one-shot.

We're not quite over yet - this Death Note Blu-Ray box set comes in a 'premium, metallic chipboard box', whatever that means.  (Metallic AND chipboard? So is it metal made to look like chipboard?  Or vice versa?  And premium as opposed to, I don't know, shabby?)

Let's just assume that Viz Media have poshed up the box enough to make it look good on your shelf and underneath the Christmas tree.

Blu-Ray Death Note: The Omega Edition will be available to buy on December 1st 2015.  However, it's probably only a Christmas gift for a Death Note fan you love very, very much, given the recommended retail price tag of $69.99.
Death Note Omega Edition back cover

Back cover of Blu-Ray box set Death Note: The Omega Edition
Report back if you decide to go for this, in order that we get the low-down on its relative greatness or otherwise.

In the meantime, don't forget that there are plenty of Death Note Christmas gift ideas in our store too.  Including a whole section devoted to festive Death Note decorations, cards, table ornaments and the like.
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Blanc et Noir - Takeshi Obata Artwork - to be Released by Viz Media as Limited Edition

11/8/2015

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Blanc et Noir Death Note

Blanc et Noir - Death Note artwork by Takeshi Obata

A glossy, over-sized art book by Takeshi Obata - featuring dozens of fully realized, colour pictures from his Death Note universe - will be published by Viz Media in Spring 2016.

Blanc et Noir has been available for Japanese readers since 2006. This is the first time the imprint will be in English.

The deluxe English version of Blanc et Noir has a silver-stamped presentation box. Inside there are 132 pages worth of full colour Takeshi Obata artwork. Around a third of those encapsulate his expanded vision of the Death Note world.  Most spread over double pages and can be folded to create posters.

Also included are three laminated wall posters, artist commentary notes and a twelve page 'How to Draw' booklet describing how to reproduce Obata's own pictures.

Moreover, Viz Media are only printing 10,000 of their English language Blanc et Noir, so collectors of Death Note limited editions start saving your pennies now!
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Blu-Ray Release for Death Note Anime

7/7/2015

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Image: Death Note on Viz Media

Header from Viz Media's Death Note section.
Viz Media is poised to release the whole Death Note anime series in Blu-Ray format.

Remarkably this has never been done before, despite the 15 trillion billion versions of the anime out there, including all of the ones with no discernible difference from those which went before. Except maybe a tweak in the colouring of the cover or something daft.

The live action Death Note movies got the Blu-Ray treatment, but not the anime.

Reps from Viz Media made the announcement during their Anime Expo 2015 panel, on July 2nd at the Los Angeles Convention Center. However, they didn't tag a release date onto the end of that.

Watch this space. As soon as I know, so will you.
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Watch Takeshi Obata Sketch Ryuk and L at New Year Comic Con 2014

20/11/2014

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We've already seen various crowd filmed footage of the moment when Takeshi Obata got his pen out at New York Comic Con. However, Viz Media were able to get much closer than most - the perk of organizing the panel in the first place, plus the Death Note artist being there as their guest.

Enjoy this unimpeded, over the artist's shoulder view, as Obata draws L and shinigami Ryuk live in front of a New York crowd.  Freehand.  Mine wouldn't come close if I used a blooming stencil!

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Death Note: The Complete Series Anime Box Set Released by Viz Media Today

18/11/2014

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As we haven't already got nearly enough collected box sets of all Death Note anime episodes, Viz Media have added another.  Death Note: The Complete Series hits the stores today.

All sarcasm aside, the cover art looks amazing.
Death Note The Complete Series
So what have we got here?   All thirty seven Death Note anime episodes captured on ten DVDs.  You can hear the dialogue in either English or Japanese (with the option of English subtitles for the latter too), rendered in 2.0 stereo wonderfulness.

The bonus material includes interviews with those who made the anime, a behind the scenes look at the Japanese voice acting cast at work, and a gallery made up of production concept art and storyboards used in production.

Anyone tempted by this?   If you are, please do report back, so we can evaluate its worth amongst the melee of other Death Note DVD box sets.  For those wanting to take a closer look and/or buy, that link takes you to our very own Death Note mercantile, where you may find all the current purveyors of fine anime gift boxes.

Please do comment too if you believe you've already found the Best Death Note Anime Collection Ever. It's good to compare notes on these things, particularly where our hard-earned cash is involved.
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Death Note Artist Takeshi Obata's All You Need is Kill as Oversized Omnibus Print Edition

12/11/2014

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All You Need is Kill manga

Buy All You Need is Kill (manga):
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I'm never sure to what extent you're all interested in Death Note related work, but I'll dutifully report upon new releases until someone tells me to stop.

Back in May, we heard how the English language version of All You Need is Kill - artwork by Takeshi Obata providing the relevance - was out in digital format.

Viz Media have now released a print edition for those of us who like to hold, sniff, display and gather dust on our graphic novel collections.

But only in the USA and Japan.


Hiroshi Sakurazaka's cult sci-fi novel follows the fortunes of Keiji Kiriya, who is trapped in the Groundhog Day from Hell. 

Forced out onto a battlefield to fight the invading Mimics, Kiriya is just one more face amongst the general cannon fodder.  Nor does he make it very far. He's soon killed and his body is piled up with all of the rest.

Then he wakes up. It's the morning of the battle once again and Kiriya has another chance to survive the carnage of the day. While all common sense says to flee, he's not given the option. One day, another death. Then he wakes up, and so on.  Only each iteration allows him to add a little more to his observations, amassing a sum of knowledge in the angles fought and lost, which might eventually see him safely out the other side.

But what would actually happen if he did survive?  And is this even the same world from which he first marched off to war?

Enjoy your pretty omnibus 2 in 1 hard copy edition of All You Need is Kill, America and Japan.

Meanwhile, the rest of us can check out the digital versions at Amazon: 
Canada | China | France | Germany | Great Britain | Italy | Japan | Spain | US
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Takeshi Obata Talks About Death Note at New York ComicCon 2014

17/10/2014

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Guest Blogger Orangepunch brings us a round-up of all the Death Note news and gossip from Takeshi Obata's appearance at New York ComicCon 2014.
Takeshi Obata at New York ComicCon 2014
The New York ComicCon was held from October 9 through October 12th in New York City, and Takeshi Obata was invited to host two different question and answer panels.

Both had crowds of people wanting to participate, many of whom had to be turned away after the room had filled.

On top of the two Q and A panels, Obata had two signings in which the few lucky fans who were able to get one of the few tickets to attend before they sold out were able to meet Obata, and get something signed by him.

For those who missed out, one fan recorded the panel and posted it to YouTube for fans to watch.  (Skip to the below to view it.)

During the panels, Obata discussed his art in his past and present manga and answered questions about his art style, what it was like to work on manga like Death Note, Bakuman, and his others, and how he designed certain characters.

He ended by doing a live drawing of Ryuk and L from Death Note.

Obata and Death Note Related Announcements Released at NYCC

“…He made playing Go look exciting. And then he made a person writing in a book look cool. And then he made people drawing pictures look amazing. He is a legend in the manga industry, and probably the reason you’re at this panel. Introducing the one, the only: Takeshi Obata!”
The Shonen Jump panel had many announcements for their fans, including several exciting ones for Death Note Fans.

A new program from Shonen Jump called Jump Start - which will release internationally the first three chapters of every new series simultaneous with them coming out in Japan - hopes to identify what fans abroad my be interested in reading.

At the same time, they are also launching Jump Back, which will highlight classic hits from Shonen Jump manga. October's focus is upon Death Note! We will have lots of free previews and fun things to see that are Death Note related on their website.

As previously highlighted on Death Note News, the panel also announced that Viz Manga is having a big sale on all manga related to Obata and they are also running a sweepstakes to win exclusive posters and manga signed by Obata. Check out the website to enter.

Takeshi Obata Discussing his Art and Working on Death Note

Death Note is undeniably Obata’s first and greatest success in manga so far. There’s no doubt that the brilliant artistic minds of Ohba and Obata were meant to work together.

We have all our thanks for this pair meeting up due to the editor of Death Note, Koji Yoshida. Yoshida was familiar with Obata’s art style, and after first meeting with Ohba and seeing Death Note, he had a feeling Obata’s “Gothic aesthetic” would make him a good artist for the story.

Obata talked about what it was like when he first met Ohba, and described him as mysterious and cool, and remembers thinking, 'Yeah, he seems like the kind of person I’d be able to come up with a story like this.'
Takeshi Obata at Shonen Jump panel NYComicCon 2014

New York ComicCon: Takeshi Obata on Drawing Death Note

Obata’s inspirations for Death Note characters initially came from Ohba’s writing. But, he also drew inspiration from the personality he seemed to get from them.

He described L as weird, eccentric, and strange, yet still cool, and those attributes really intrigued him, so he really wanted that to come across in the drawing of the character as well.

When Obata went about drawing and designing the character of Ryuk, he wanted a true representation of a shinigami, but he also to have fun with it. As he first drew Ryuk, he decided it would be fun to make his costume look like someone who was trying to wear “high fashion for the Milan collection.” And because he gave Ryuk a human face, the artist commented that it was important to pay attention to “not make him too scary or too cute.“

Obata said that, in the end, his design for Ryuk ended up strongly influencing the personality of the character when Ohba wrote him. And this is true across the board.
 
Of course the initial written design of a character by Ohba influenced how Obata brought them to life in a drawing, but the details, quirks, traits that Obata put into the drawings of characters then influenced how Ohba went on to write them and their behavior in the manga. I think it is interesting how the duo came to work together so perfectly; not only ended up with a captivating story, but characters who were so real, interesting, and had so much personality and depth that it left readers obsessed, to the point where we are still talking about them over a decade on.

Death Note Editor Koji Yoshida Talks about Takeshi Obata

NYC Comic Con 2014 Takeshi Obata and Koji Yoshida
As with any artist, you have to know that the things in their lives which affect and influence them will eventually make it into their art, even if only subtly.

A particularly cute moment from the panel is when it was pointed out during questions about character design that Yoshida, the editor of Death Note, eventually made his way into one of Obata’s later works - Bakuman. The character himself was even named Yoshida!

When Obata was asked how he came up for the design of Yoshida-san, Obata turned and looked at his former editor sitting beside him, and the crowd attending the panel erupted in laughter. Obata commented, “That’s how I see him in real life.”

Yoshida seemed to disagree, declaring that he didn’t actually look much like the character. Though he was impressed with Obata’s ability to bring that character to life.

The editor mentioned that several years back, when they were working on Death Note together, he used to wear a square watch every day. Even though they no longer worked together when Obata was doing Bakuman, Yoshida did notice that his namesake character sported a wristwatch exactly like the one he used to wear.

He believes that it’s Obata’s ability to remember and include such small details like that, which makes him so good at depicting people. 

The Artistic Link Between Death Note and Sherlock Holmes

Considering that, I was entirely amused when the crowd had a chance to pose questions and one person asked who Obata’s heroes are. Obata described his first heroes being the characters of manga he read when he was a child. He named  Sherlock Holmes, because of “how he would solve the most unbelievable mysteries.”

Death Note is described in the panel as Obata’s first global hit. I think it is great that Obata, as a manga artist, declares Sherlock Holmes as one of his first and standing heroes. When you consider how much it must have influenced him in every moment he was working on Death Note, you can really see how he was able to bring each and every character, no matter how minor, to life on the pages.

Ready to watch it all for yourself? Spot the Takeshi Obata's live drawing of Ryuk and then L, which you can watch in the video (starting at 4:00 and 8:33 in the YouTube videos linked below).
With much thanks to Orangepunch for writing this report for us!  If you'd like to guest blog here, just ask. Assuming it's relevant and interesting, I'll probably say yes.
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Viz Media Competition for US Death Note Fans

10/10/2014

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Viz Media Death Note promotion
With Takeshi Obata now in the USA, Viz Media have launched a promotion of his works.

Between October 6th and 31st 2014, prices are slashed on Death Note, Bakuman, All You Need is Kill, Hikaru No Go and
RAL Ω GRAD. Just visit the Viz Media Obata webpage to take advantage of these deals - and to register your email for the Takeshi Obata competition.

Up for grabs are:
  • signed copies of Death Note and All You Need is Kill manga
  • signed Death Note poster
  • digital editions of Bakuman, Hikaru No Go and RAL Ω GRAD

Entrants in the sweepstake must be thirteen years or over, and have to be within the USA. In fact the rest of the world can't even see the webpage! We get redirected to the Viz Media iTunes site instead.

Also
ComiXology have launched sales on all their Takeshi Obata titles. Though again this is ONLY for US customers. The rest of the globe get a blank screen. (If you're wondering how I know what they're seeing in the US: have proxy - see what I damn well want to online with or without the permission of US retailers, thank you very much.)

Enjoy the promotions, American people!

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Death Note DVDs from Around the World

8/10/2014

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Death Note DVDs
I've been working hard in the Death Note News store again, this time in the DVD section.

The first up-date being that we now have a DVD section.

All of the world's Death Note anime and live action movies have been corralled into one place. Every edition, collection, cover, package and box set within the Death Note franchise will be in there.

At least that was the plan. With the best part of two whole days occupied in reproducing pictures and hunting internationally for the links, I've still not come close to collecting them all. It'll happen. But for now, I think it's best to say that a mammoth undertaking created a great beginning, and the rest will follow in good time.

Let's break this down. We have an anime series and three live action movies. Even accounting for new voice-over dubs, employing actors to deliver dialogue translated into various languages, that shouldn't leave much scope for reproducing Death Note DVDs. Fundamentally, that's four items of content - or two box sets, one for anime and one for live action - which could be recycled around the world for each new language to be dubbed onto them.

You really would be amazed.

I've come to the conclusion that every Death Note DVD copyright holder has done nothing over the past ten years but reissue them. Constantly. Rebranding, repackaging, reformatting, adding features, chopping the content up into different slices, slapping a new cover on the front, importing versions from other countries and most of all introducing yet another version into the market.

Except India.

Apparently no moving pictures in any format has made it into India yet. Though they're certainly running rampant with the manga and novels. More versions there than you could possibly imagine. It was quite startling to move from country to country - each time staring in grim determination at another plethora of choices for your Death Note movie and anime viewing pleasure - only to arrive at the nothingness of India. Mu for Death Note anime fans.

Which did leave me pondering. I've made a note to find out why. I'll let you know as soon as I do.

Elsewhere in the world, international Death Note DVDs being made available for domestic fans continues unabated across the globe. We've obviously a great source of income with an insatiable appetite for completing collections, even if the only difference is a new pretty picture.

This fervour to feed us stuff can too easily invoke the maxim 'more haste less speed'. There's a lovely French Death Note trilogy which might tempt more US buyers, if volume one was stocked alongside two and three. I wonder if the supplier has even noticed. Probably not, as they'd have rushed to get it listed.

It's quite interesting to note what's been imported where. Not to mention bewildering and, at times, amusing. For example, Italy has a German version of an American Death Note box set. Nice and cosmopolitan there, everyone sharing and common sense prevailing. Until you notice that Germany doesn't get the German version. They're stuck with the original US one.

On the bright side, our beautiful new Death Note DVD section now reveals all such wonderful weirdness - allowing the German fandom to go shopping in Italy, and everyone else to uncover where common sense hid Death Note DVDs destined for our shelves.

Enjoy! And keep checking back, wishing me luck and watching it grow, as I hunt down every last variation to pin into the ultimate Death Note anime and movie collection. As always, I would appreciate your feedback in terms of navigability, look of the thing and anything that I messed up while adding links at 4.30 in the morning.


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Takeshi Obata - US Schedule October 2014

6/10/2014

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For the first time ever, Death Note manga artist Takeshi Obata will be making public appearances in the USA. So where might you be able to catch him?

All of Takeshi Obata's US appearances will be in New York City. When and where is listed below.

Takeshi Obata USA 2014

Thursday October 9th 2014

6pm-6.45pm - New York Comic Con, Room 1A10, Javits Convention Center. Takeshi will be part of Viz Media's  panel: The Future of Shonen Jump. The rest of the panel is made up of Weekly Shonen Jump's US editors, all discussing what people can expect from the publication in the future.

7.30pm - New York Comic Con, Javits Convention Center.
During the evening, Takeshi will be stationed at a table ready to autograph an exclusive signing board. Please note that this involves a strict ticket system.

You will NEED to visit the Viz Media booth (#1944) at 1pm or 4.30pm - no queuing until 15 mins prior to each slot - wherein you'll be given tickets and your shikishi signing board on a first come, first served basis. Sounds like a bit of a mission, so good luck!

Friday October 10th 2014

5pm-5.45pm - New York Comic Con, Room 1A10, Javits Convention Center.  Takeshi will star in his own panel entltled Weekly Shonen Jump Presents: Takeshi Obata, Artist for Death Note and All You Need Is Kill. Joined by his editor Koji Yoshida, the discussion will be about how Takeshi began as an artist in the manga industry, and his long history as one of its most respected talents.

8.30pm-9.30pm - Kinokuniya Book Store, 1073, Avenue of the Americas.

Takeshi Obata signing session as part of New York Super Week. You will need  to secure a (free) Super Week ticket in advance, available here.

All ticket holders will receive an already autographed shikishi signing board. Takeshi will only additionally sign that board OR books purchased - at the time - from the store itself.

Saturday October 11th 2014

6pm-7pm - Barnes & Noble, Tribeca, 97 Warren St.
Takeshi Obata autograph session for New York Super Week. Different venue, but otherwise the same set up as at Kinokuniya. Please read that and be prepared!

That's all so far, though this will be updated if extra US Takeshi Obata events do pop up. In the meantime, discover more about Obata himself and skim through the latest Takeshi Obata news, so you will feel all knowledgeable and up-to-date about Death Note's artist before you're face to face with him.

And if you do meet him, please, please do report back here. We're all living vicariously through you!

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Viz Media Releasing Death Note DVD Box Set 

16/9/2014

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A brand new DVD box set for Death Note is coming out on November 4th 2014.

There's no Viz press release accompanying it. It's just mysteriously appeared on Amazon, where it's currently available for pre-order.

This is possibly to tie in with the sudden flurry of interest in Takeshi Obata again, as he's the artist behind another recently released Viz title All You Need is Kill.
Plus, you know, he'll be at New York Comic Com and all, where a whole new cohort of potential Death Note fans are sure to discover him.  Though you'd think that a November release date would be slightly missing the boat, if that was the reasoning behind it.

But who are we to quibble over speculations?  There's something new in the Death Note world!  Hurrah!

So how new precisely is this?  Comparing this with the extant Viz Death Note Box Set 1, the answer is not a great deal.


  • Both have five DVDs covering the first 20 episodes of the Death Note anime.
  • Both have a variety of formats (widescreen et al).
  • Both are 500 minutes long.
  • Both give you the choice between the English dub or the Japanese original.
  • Both have subtitles, which may be switched on or off.
  • Both have 'one hour of extra content' (same wording on all).
  • Both have audio commentaries.
  • Both have an interview with the Japanese creators. That's the anime creators not Ohba and Obata by the way.
  • Both have behind the scenes with the English voice cast.
Death Note box set vol 1

Death Note: Set 1
In fact, insofar as I can tell, the only difference is that the newer version has a different picture on the front cover, and a release date six years after the first. Anyone tempted?
More Death Note anime box sets here
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English Release of Takeshi Obata's All You Need is Kill on Viz Digital Manga

17/5/2014

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Shonen Jump All You Need is Kill

Finally! Something happening in the Death Note world in English!

And by Death Note, I mean the bloke who drew it. And by 'happening', I mean extremely tenuous link via the aforementioned bloke who drew it.

In short, Viz Media have announced that it will be releasing All You Need is Kill in English.  It will be launched on the same day as the Japanese version goes live on June 19th 2014.

If this one is rocking your boat, then the English Digital Manga of All You Need is Kill will turn up on Viz Media's website.
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