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Adam Wingard Talks US Live-Action Death Note Movie with Collider

18/3/2016

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Adam Wingard on Collider March 17th 2016

(Collider screenshot March 18th 2016)

It isn't a massive amount that US Death Note director Adam Wingard has to say that's of particular interest to us.

Nevertheless Collider's Perri Nemiroff asked about future projects, in an interview that was otherwise about Wingard's pilot TV show Outcast.

Wingard answered, "I'm doing an adaptation of Death Note. I'm in the process of doing that."

That's all!  Though it's nice to have random confirmation that everything is still happening.

The comment occurs around the 9.48 minute mark in the above embedded interview from ‘Outcast’: Adam Wingard on the Differences between Directing a Pilot & Feature Film, posted yesterday - March 17th 2016 - on Collider.
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Did Kira Fail by Punishing not Preventing Crime? Leila Lawliet M Thinks Not

25/2/2016

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Opinion piece written by Leila Lawliet M for Month of Light Yagami on Death Note News.  The rest of this post is given over to and penned by her.
Not long ago, I watched a video by YouTuber Onision. In this video, Onision basically says that Light Yagami's mistake is not considering PREVENTING crime, as opposed to punishing criminals who've ALREADY done bad things.

And by preventing crime, I mean writing for example, "Anyone who THINKS of committing a crime will be killed by the power of this notebook, before they get to actually fulfil their intentions."

I disagree, because preventing crimes by killing anyone who intends to commit them makes deaths looks like coincidences or normal deaths. In other words, if you were to hear of the death of a certain person of which no one knows the intentions, it would've NEVER occurred to you there's someone out there "passing righteous judgement", which we all know is one of Light's ultimate goals, to make Kira famous and worshipped.
On the other hand, Light's method made people aware of Kira's existence, the existence of an entity playing the role of God, or a really powerful judge, now that the deceased are known to the public as criminals, therefore changing their mentalities and making them think twice before trying to kill/steel/rape...

Another valid argument,is the following: imagine if someone thought really hard about killing another person, even prepared for it and intended it deeply. But, this person has a final wake up from his conscience five seconds before stabbing the victim-to-be, and ends up not killing anyone.

Would Onision's method work here? Wouldn't this method have killed the future-criminal before his conscience stepped in?
Kira - Somebody passing righteous judgement - Death Note manga
I think yes, because all that sentence written in Death Note needs in order to be applied is a strong willingness to kill, which is present in the example.

But then again, that's just my wicked over-analysis and my own point-of-view to which you are free to reply.
Kira's Mistake Opinion piece by Leila Lawliet M

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Light Yagami Plays SuperMario and Other Games

20/2/2016

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Some things are just too genius, and indeed epic, not to share. LaymanIX's 'Light Yagami Plays...' series of YouTube videos fits that bill entirely.  May I simply recommend that you fill out a bowl of popcorn, pour a tipple or two, turn the volume up high and enjoy.  Hell yes, enjoy.

Light Yagami Plays Kaizo SuperMario World by LaymanIX

Light Yagami Plays Silent Hill 3 Pt 1 by LaymanIX

More Where THAT
Came From?

Light Yagami Play Super Mario World
Check out Light Yagami Plays
Silent 3 Pt 2
and Pt 3 as well, on
LaymanIX's YouTube Channel

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Guide to Pronouncing Wammy House Names from Death Note and the Fan-Fiction of MRSJeevas

28/10/2015

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Wammy's House Death Note
Ever puzzled on how to pronounce a Death Note Wammy kid's name?  Worse still, there is no anime to fall back upon if you're stuck on how to say the name of an original character from the Wammy House.

A few individuals from the He Moves Me Differently forum (Mello/Matt fan-fiction community) met up in Skype last night.  That was the subject which soon emerged, particularly from Lua, who understands a dozen languages and therefore is quite keen on getting these things right.
The upshot was a video guide, which has just been uploaded onto YouTube to take the mystery out of pronouncing Wammy House names. At least as they appear in the It Matters series, though a fair scattering also turn up in Death Note, whence they were lifted in the first place.

Even if you don't know the stories wherein many of these characters derive, you may be able to correct the pronunciation of their names, particularly if you speak Congolese-French, Azerbaijan, Greek, Croatian and one or two more.
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Full Showing of Japanese Death Note Musical on YouTube

22/10/2015

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Death Note the Musical televised on WOWOW

Original Japanese cast for Death Note the Musical televised on WOWOW
It was only a matter of time before fan uploaded recordings of a televised Death Note the Musical performance showed up on-line.

Several individuals have done just that on YouTube, though I imagine it won't be long before the copyright holders shoot them down. Especially if DVD sales are a thing in mind for the future.  But first check out the trailer, as shown on WOWOW Channel in Japan, to advertise upcoming theatrical performances of the musical Death Note on TV.
Trailer for WOWOW Channel Death Note the Musical on television October 17th 2015

Watch Death Note the Musical in Full on YouTube

The full versions of Death Note the Musical production shown below were all captured from the Japanese WOWOW TV airing on October 17th 2015.  It stars Kenji Urai as Light Yagami, alongside Teppei Koike (L), Fuuka Yuzuki (Misa Amane),  Ami Maeshima (Sayu Yagami), Megumi Hamada (Rem), Koutaro Yoshida (Ryuk) and Joji Saiga (Soichiro Yagami).

Apologies if you read this at a later date and some/all are removed.
Alternatively:
All that you hoped it would be?  Up for going to see Death Note the Musical in your own theatres, should it be translated into your native language and arrive in your country?

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L Voice Actor Supermbro Exclusively Casts Light Upon Shelved Death Note Project

17/9/2015

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Death Note L letter
Finally, we have news about Death Note's lost audio-visual project, with information graciously shared by one of its major participants.

Testimony straight from the horse's mouth, as it were, which would have been fabulous to pass on last April, when we were all talking about it. No-one can blame Supermbro, L's voice actor in this licensed Death Note fan-based telling. He had his side of things typed up and sent to me exactly when he said he would.

Then it waited, and waited, and waited unseen by me and therefore neither was it relayed to you. My apologies to you and Supermbro too. His email got caught in the almighty mess up described before. Better late than never, eh?


This particular Death Note project was mentioned back in January 2015, when Beyond the Voice Actors listed a casting call for voice actors.

It all seemed very exciting - a fan directed Death Note production, which had been already been given the official nod to proceed.  Through the comments on our blog entry discussing it, news filtered through that Light and L's actors had been cast.  Others too.

Then nothing. The project had been scrapped, without a word in explanation.

If that seemed sudden to us lot looking on, it was nothing to that experienced by the cast.  Many of whom had already recorded their lines, promptly upon receiving the script, and had spent the the intervening weeks expecting to hear that the project had now gone live.
L Voice Actor Supermbro

Screenshot taken from Supermbro's playful DN Outtakes footage
Here's how Supermbro told it at the time:
The whole thing started when I signed up for a website called Casting Call Club. I had been interested in giving a crack at voice acting for a while and saw it as an opportunity to start my career.

I had a discussion with a friend at work, talking about Death Note, which I hadn't thought of since my middle school days. It stirred in my mind for a while and I told him - and myself - that if the role of Light Yagami or L should pop up I would go for it.

The day after making that promise I saw the roles of both L and Light come up.

I noted that it expanded across Behind the Voice Actor and Casting Call Club, so I went for both. A week had gone by since the audition and I get an email stating congrats you've been cast as L. I was excited! 

I talked with the person developing the show and she told me that I would be receiving the script, and we need the lines in a week. I felt obliged so I had them done and turned in the day after.

I got a thank you, then the rest of the cast and I waited for an update.

A few days went by; then a few weeks (this being late Feb to March).  For a while there was nothing but silence.

On Friday April 17th, we finally received an update, stating the actor voicing Ryuk was not contactable and they would be replacing him. I thought that was odd but these things happen.

I woke up Saturday morning to a sad message on Skype, left to all associated to the project. The production was cancelled due to the creator dropping out of it.

I was saddened to see this, due to me already having most of volume 1 recorded. In all, it was a fun time that had a tragic and early end
.
- Supermbro, in correspondence with Death Note News, April 28th 2015
That not all was a complete loss, his voice acting for Death Note's L was uploaded onto YouTube.  You may hear his lines below.
I was rather impressed by his audio likeness to Alessandro Juliani, L voice actor for the official English dub of Death Note.  What do you think?
This telling seems rather after the fact now, with Supermbro kindly accepting my explanations and apologies for the lateness in response. 

He's already moved on to bigger and better things - currently providing character voices for Clan of Daedryth, aired as abridged adaptations on YouTube's Lord Daedryth channel. 

But he agreed that I could still pass on his experience in the Death Note project, when, for a time, Supermbro was L.

Though I have to add some of his delightful comments in much more recent conversation with me:

Wow! It has been sometime since I have even thought of this role and it's actually cool to think about again... With L being the first thing I was ever cast for it kinda hurt...

There are moments when I look back and go, man, it would have been awesome.

... Anyway if there is ever anything you need, or have an idea for an L appearance, I'm always open to it!
- Supermbro, in correspondence with Death Note News, September 2015
Anyone need an L?  We've got one going spare!  And a wonderful one at that. 

Thank you very much, Supermbro, and once again sorry it took so long to get your information out!
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Old Annals of Fear Audiobook Files Uploaded onto YouTube - MelloxMatt Fan-Fiction

28/8/2015

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MelloxMatt Fan-fiction Annals of Fear II eBook by Matilda (MRSJeevas)

Our Death Note bookstore lists where to
read Annals of Fear on-line,
or download it as an eBook.
When I'm not scouring the cyberworld's media for news about Death Note to bring to you, then I'm usually writing fan-fiction set in its universe instead.

As anyone who can read a sidebar already knows.

Those who enjoy reading multi-chaptered Mello and Matt fan-fiction certainly know. 

There's a whole forum of people, lured in by my It Matters series, then staying coz it's chatty, sociable and fun.
A real old school community of MelloxMatt fans (or vice versa, or separated out), occasionally even mentioning them, as we put the world to rights.

You're welcome to join us. The more the merrier.

Some of them have stuck around so long, that they can recall moments in my fan-fiction writing past, which I'd totally forgotten.  Like the time I read chapters aloud from Annals of Fear, in a live chat filled with readers.

And how I said at the time that I could download the archived recordings to my hard-drive.  So what was the likelihood that I still have them somewhere?  Lurking away in a folder.

"Oh, I'd love to see them..." added a younger forumer, "I wasn't around for the MangaBullet days."  Probably wasn' t even born. "It was already down by the time I found you.  I missed out on it all." 

"Yeah! It would be cool to relive the old days like that."  An old friend PMed me later.  "When I used to be your squealing fan-girl."  Trolling.  "Still am." Definitely trolling. Probably. "Reckon you could find them, if you looked hard enough?"

Like I ever throw anything away.

MRSJeevas Reads Annals of Fear Chapters 17-25
(Chat from Guns & Games Members)

Apologies in advance for whatever is on these Annals of Fear audio files. I haven't actually listened back to them.  It's been four years, so I can't remember what was discussed in and between the readings.

Might be safe for granny; might be one long, sordid expletive fest.  What can I say?  Chaotic Neutral, according to all who know me.

Matti's Audiobook of Annals of Fear in Context

Back in 2011, while I was just starting to pen the opening chapters of Walls Came Tumbling Down, a group of my readers gathered in Livestream to hear me read aloud part of a previous novel.

It was my contribution to a Guns and Games gala day. Lodged within a full schedule of events, encompassing over 24 hours worth of Something Nice for Mello/Matt Fans to Enjoy. 

The entire community was involved. Each member of that Mello and Matt fan-club - on the now defunct MangaBullet - bringing something to the table.

A Mello cosplayer streamed herself recreating his burn scar, using some substance which looked awfully realistic when it had dried on.  MxM artists shared tips on capturing the characteristics of the couple in pen strokes and shading. Some writers held tutorials on how to make Mello and Matt live again in prose.

And I read stories. 

Well, one story, and only in a smattering of chapters lifted from the middle. 

Nevertheless, until I eventually get off my backside and fill in the blanks with recordings, it's the best you're going to get in terms of an audio version of Annals of Fear.  But you never know.  I get asked it often enough. Maybe one day I'll even turn up with the goods.
Guns and Games 200 members Mello and Matt thanks

Random Guns & Games picture
from 2011, found hidden on my hard-drive
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Kira Actor Brad Swaile's First AMV - and it's Death Note Related!

26/12/2014

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Did you all catch this?  I know the Redditors did, as it recently topped r/deathnote, thus alerting me to its existence.

Brad Swaile is the Canadian voice actor who gave us the English dubbed tones of Light Yagami. It's his fault that we all keep harking on about eating potato chips and laughing manically. Though his counterparts around the world also did a fabulous job on the latter.

It seems that Kira's English language voice actor has tried his hand at fan producing an AMV on YouTube, and he chose a Death Note theme as his inaugural tune. That's Zetsubou Billy for the win, as illustrated with clips chosen by Brad Swaile. Nice one!

Oh!  And incidentally, today is Brad's birthday.  Happy returns of the day from all of us here at Death Note News!
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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 Enpsychopedia Character Spotlight Videos on YouTube

10/9/2014

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I've just spent a rather amused few minutes watching all of the Death Note character spotlights by The Enpsychopedia.

For long-time fans of the anime, there will be nothing earth-shatteringly revealing here, but that doesn't matter. They're all hilarious!

The playlist is embedded here, so just press play for some giggles. Then visit them on YouTube to like and leave lovely comments.
The Enpsychopedia
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Check Out Mihael Keehl on YouTube!

10/3/2014

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Mello and Matt: Chase Keehl avatar on FanFiction.net
Ok, that headline might have been slightly misleading! It's not precisely Mello who you'll find ranting and sharing Death Note news on YouTube, but it's one of his biggest fans.

Long term members of the Death Note fandom are bound to have run into MihaelKeehl (aka Mihael J Keehl, aka Chase Keelan, aka Chase Keehl) in places like MangaBullet, FanFiction.net, Adult Fan-Fiction and DeviantART before now.   His avatar on some of those sites is reproduced left.

He's just launched his own Death Note YouTube channel to keep us updated with all that's happened officially and with the fandom alike. I've embedded his introductory vlog above. If you wish to subscribe to hear video Death Note news, then hop on over there.

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