Misa Amane, another Death Note owner, finds Light. Light realizes that L will be his greatest nemesis, and a nuanced game of psychological cat and mouse between the two begins. He also concludes that Kira can kill people without laying a finger on them. L quickly learns that the serial killer, dubbed by the public as "Kira" ( キラ ?, derived from the typical Japanese pronunciation of the English word " killer"), is located in Japan. Soon, the number of inexplicable deaths of reported criminals catches the attention of International Police Organization and a mysterious detective known only as " L". After meeting with the previous owner of the Death Note, a shinigami named Ryuk, Light plans to become a god and establish a new world order by passing his keen judgment on those he deems evil and anyone who gets in his way. Light is initially skeptical of the notebook's authenticity, but after experimenting with it, he realizes that the Death Note is real. The Death Note's instructions claim that if a human's name is written within it, that person shall die. His life undergoes a drastic change when he discovers a mysterious notebook, known as the "Death Note", lying on the ground. Light Yagami is an intelligent young man who resents what appears to be a relentless increase of crime and corruption in the world around him. As of May 10, 2010, IMDb has listed the movie under pre-production with a tentative release date in 2011. Unlike the Japanese Death Note live-action movie trilogy, the US-version will be directly adapted from the material in the manga and will not follow the storyline of the Japanese movie adaptations. has hired screenwriters Charley and Vlas Parlapanides to adapt the manga into a screenplay. acquired the rights for the Death Note manga to be adapted into a live-action movie in the United States. On April 30, 2010, Variety magazine announced that Warner Bros. However, the series was banned in China due to various problems people had with children altering their notebooks to resemble a Death Note. The plot and violence from the story have been praised, noting it to be very interesting. Several publications for manga, anime and other media have added praise and criticism on the Death Note series. However, none of the video games titles have thus far been published in North America. The live-actions briefly played in certain North American theaters since 2008. Viz later licensed the anime series and it aired on Bionix. The episodes from the anime first appeared in North America as downloadable by IGN. Viz Media licensed the Death Note manga in North America and has published all the twelve volumes from the series as well as the light novel. Additionally, various video games have been published by Konami for Nintendo DS. A light novel based on the series, written by Nisio Isin, was released in Japan. Composed of 37 episodes, the anime was developed by Madhouse and directed by Tetsuro Araki. The anime series aired in Japan from October 3, 2006, to June 26, 2007. The series was adapted into live-action films released in Japan on June 17, 2006, on November 3, 2006, and on February 2, 2008. The series was also published in tankōbon format in Japan starting in May 2004 and ending in October 2006 with a total of twelve volumes. The Death Note grants its user the ability to kill anyone whose name they know, by writing the name in the notebook while picturing their face.ĭeath Note was first serialized in 108 chapters by Shueisha in the Japanese manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2003 to May 2006. It centers around Light's attempt to create and rule a world cleansed of evil using the notebook and the efforts of a detective known as L, and subsequently his successors, Near and Mello, to stop him. The main character is Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook, the "Death Note", dropped on Earth by a death god named Ryuk. Death Note ( デスノート Desu Nōto ?) is a manga series created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and manga artist Takeshi Obata.
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