Everyone here assumed that the new Death Note television telling would merely dramatize what went before.
We cheered when it was announced that Near would be cast. That meant that the second arc would be included too. We'd finally get a live action Mello strutting his rock star persona, Mafia dark and angry, across our screens.
But it seems that our original presumption was incorrect. This isn't the same story at all.
The TV Death Note series will be a brand new storyline, which we now believe will continue where the last one left off. In short, Near versus some new Kira out in the wilds.
Maybe Ryuk got bored and just threw another stolen Death Note at a random Japanese teenager. Or the extant Death Notes - that Near had burned - weren't quite as incinerated as he was led to believe.
Though there's also the semi-alternative plot-line that exists as canon, via the novelisation L: Change the World, wherein a young Thai Near survived the Kira case. There's a strong possibility that the Death Note television show will continue from here instead.
In which case, how old IS little Narushi Fukuda now? And will he be back to reprise his role as Near?
We cheered when it was announced that Near would be cast. That meant that the second arc would be included too. We'd finally get a live action Mello strutting his rock star persona, Mafia dark and angry, across our screens.
But it seems that our original presumption was incorrect. This isn't the same story at all.
The TV Death Note series will be a brand new storyline, which we now believe will continue where the last one left off. In short, Near versus some new Kira out in the wilds.
Maybe Ryuk got bored and just threw another stolen Death Note at a random Japanese teenager. Or the extant Death Notes - that Near had burned - weren't quite as incinerated as he was led to believe.
Though there's also the semi-alternative plot-line that exists as canon, via the novelisation L: Change the World, wherein a young Thai Near survived the Kira case. There's a strong possibility that the Death Note television show will continue from here instead.
In which case, how old IS little Narushi Fukuda now? And will he be back to reprise his role as Near?
"Near: Change The World" by Source. Licensed under Fair use via Wikipedia
I've just checked. Narushi was born on January 7th 2000, which makes him fifteen now. Perfect for a Death Note era Near?
Death Note Television Show
With announcements trickling through bit by bit, and speculation running rife through the fandom, it's worth recapping all that we know for certain right now:
- The television Death Note adaptation was announced via a single forthcoming event strip in Weekly Shonen Jump (April 20th 2015, no 21). It was inserted into that edition's chapter of Gakkyū Hōtei - wherein Takeshi Obata is the artist.
Weekly Shonen Jump Announcement re Death Note
- Death Note's TV drama will air on NTV, premiere in July 2015. It will run on Sundays.
- There will be a brand new cast and storyline. Not a rehash of the manga/movies/novels, as revealed in Japan's AnimeAnime.
- According to iDigitalTimes, Tatsuya Fujiwara and Kenichi Matsuyama will not be reprising their roles from the Death Note movies.
- The NTV official announcement featured Ryuk. His thought bubbles read: 'A serialized drama...' 'Interesting...'
Ryuk featured on the NTV official announcement
- An official website and Twitter feed has been launched to keep fans up to date. The former has a central panel making it clear that Kira, L and Near will be cast. But no further details as yet.
NTV Death Note drama website cast panel
And that's all folks. Any thoughts?
