Death Note Movie + Obata Art Book

oceanizer

WHO LOVES DEATH NOTE!?!?!?

Death Note Info from Weekly Shonen Jump issue 8:

Weekly Shonen Jump issue 8 (1/23) will announce Death Note's live action movie adaptation. There will be two movies: first one on June, second one on October.
Obata Takeshi Art Book "blank et noir" will be released on May 2. There will be seven extra items such as figure and copied original art. Limited version, DEATH BOX, will be released at same time.

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Trailer: http://www.kefi.org/ccount/click.php?id=30 [1.55mb]

It was aired on TV, I think.

The site URL will be: http://www.death-note-movie.com, which will be directed to http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/deathnote/.

NeoShweaty

why does a live action version come before the anime? oh well, id like to see how they deal with the floating shinigami tho

warp

Holy crap….! Live action movie. Holy geez i usually hate that kinda stuff but man death note would be perferct for live action. (Hopes it will be fan subbed)

KamenRiderNeko

sweet! i could so see that series be live action… i hope they do a good job on it

Holy ass kicking shit!

A Death Note live action movie!

Niiiccccceee! XD

Malintex_Terek

Smart. A Death Note Anime/Animated Movie would kinda suck, be really expensive, and likely not make a profit. A live action allows Jump to stuff the feature with celebrities and capsulate the story within a stand-alone setting.

narutoandichigo

Thanks for the info, ocean. Sounds interesting. The movies will most likely turn out better than an anime would. Well, I'll look forward to them.

Bounty1Berry

I think, since the style tries for accuracy, it could work better than, say, an OP live-action.

The only issue to me would be how they could render in a plausible shinigami. So much CGI stuff looks either plastic or metallic to me.

J-Sack

You just made my day Ocean, thank you.
Any word on price of the Death Box?

Battle Franky

Ryuk… crappy CG or dude in suit? XD

Also, Misa's casting is relevant to my interests.

Carly

OMG. falls over and dies of happy

Yeah, I'm dying to see the cast here too. Who will be Light, who will be Light…

Mr. Prince

Wow, nice. This news made my month, thank you ocean.

(forget Light, what about L?)

igalsfy

@Battle:

Also, Misa's casting is relevant to my interests.

:dito:

that's nice, but i still hope they'll do a 26 ep serie up to when you-know-who dies.

NeoShweaty

i dont get why it would make such a bad anime cause you guys seem to be against that idea. Why is that?

Praxis

I really hope this lives upto expectations. I love deathnote and would absolutely hate if they did a subpar job on it.

Carly

@gilrules2000:

i dont get why it would make such a bad anime cause you guys seem to be against that idea. Why is that?

Because most of the 'action' in DN is words and thoughts. You'd be watching an anime with like ten different frames per episode.

Confining it to a movie is much more efficient for a series like DN, whether it's animated or live-action.

NeoShweaty

yeah, i see but its still the same kind of thing for any medium. Its basically gonna be actors standing around and talking for long periods of time without any action. Then again, many shows are like so i guess it is more acceptable for live action shows to be that way

stephen

I'll probably check it out (hell, I've got all the books) but something tells me it's going to be significantly cheesy and cheap. I certainly hope not, but there's a reason why Japan is known for its blockbuster animation productions and not its blockbuster films.

Metalvirus

Woo Hoo! A Death Note MOVIE!? And its live action!? I must see it!

Shylu

Whoa, interesting. I wonder who they'll get to play Light! All the ladies' expectation is up in the sky grins

Tackey (the guy on the right in Carly's sig) would be a good choice but he might be a little too old…

stephen: Ah, but Japan can make good films once in a while. I really enjoyed Daremo Shiranai.

Carly

I vote Akanishi Jin for Light. Right age, right look ! ~

(Takki can't look evil anyway. :laugh: )

stephen

@Shylu:

stephen: Ah, but Japan can make good films once in a while. I really enjoyed Daremo Shiranai.

Of course they can. But I will eat my hat if they make a truly excellent film based off a Shonen Jump property.

Greg

stephen: Ah, but Japan can make good films once in a while. I really enjoyed Daremo Shiranai.

And Kikujirou no Natsu is probably the greatest film I will ever see. But a live action film based on manga? Let`s do a short review of recent live action manga films:

Nana
NinXNin
Devil Man
Tetsujin 28
Touch

Aside from Nana which succeeded solely only the fact that, that freak (seriously, have you watched her when she sings? She looks like a convulsing demon) Nakashima Mika. Other than that anomaly these most recent examples bring up fond memories of MST3K.

Shylu

@omae:

Aside from Nana which succeeded solely only the fact that, that freak (seriously, have you watched her when she sings? She looks like a convulsing demon) Nakashima Mika. Other than that anomaly these most recent examples bring up fond memories of MST3K.

LOL convulsing demon XD None of the Nana actors can move like a rock band, makes me wonder if they did any research at all before filming. In the video I saw when Mika performed the soundtrack with Hyde and his band, now that's how "Blast" should've moved (excluding Mika).

Speaking of Nana, maybe the DN live action producers should cast Saeko (who plays Sachiko in Nana) as Misa… guarantee to annoy viewers to the max. Her voice is the most saccharine I've ever heard.

Carly

Hey now, I like Nakashima Mika ! :laugh: (… Her music, anyway.)

I think you could pretty much safely pick one of the Momus girls for the part of Misa. They're pretty much all equally annoying in one fashion or another, wouldn't you say ?

stephen

Funny that you should mention Kikujiro since I just bought it on DVD last week! I first saw the movie on the flight home from my trip to Japan in '99, and I used to have it on VHS at my old house.

It wasn't as good as I remember but that's what repeat viewings will do to you. Still, great movie.

oceanizer

ISBN are announced for blanc et noir and DEATH BOX, so if you'd like to order, here are the info:

"blank et noir" - 4087821463 - 4935 yen
"DEATH BOX" - 4089080428 - 18900 yen

DEATH BOX will contain:

Light, L, and Misa's diorama figures
Shinigami skull objet d'art
Shinigami Eyeball Pendant (yikes!)
Color original art reprica (6 of them)
Monocrome original art reprica (6 of them)
Obata Takeshi Art Book "blanc et noir" in a special case.
Original deisgn sticker.

Shylu

News: Tatsuya Fujiwara will play the main character.

He looks more like an L than a Light to me… (will the main character be L? maybe not)

hylian_pirate

I'm starting to hate this..

Bounty1Berry

@oceanizer:

"blank et noir" - 4087821463 - 4935 yen
"DEATH BOX" - 4089080428 - 18900 yen

DEATH BOX will contain:

Light, L, and Misa's diorama figures

Shinigami skull objet d'art

Shinigami Eyeball Pendant (yikes!)

Color original art reprica (6 of them)

Monocrome original art reprica (6 of them)

Obata Takeshi Art Book "blanc et noir" in a special case.

Original deisgn sticker.

Whoa.
I mean, that's a nice pack, but it's damn expensive. Of course, the book itself is pretty pricey, but I can't see paying more than about 12000 or so for the lot (actually, I see myself not spending more than 100 American dollars, but same difference) unless there was something really compelling (like the figures were 30cm ones, but still, no Ryukie, I'm not that interested.)

Also, if you get one shinigami eyeball, do you have to trade a quarter of your remaining life?

Greg

Hey now, I like Nakashima Mika ! :laugh: (… Her music, anyway.)

I can understand liking her music because there`s a place in my heart for Yuki no Hana, but have you ever seen the alien sing live? She makes Kayako from The Grudge look like a ballroom dancer.

Funny that you should mention Kikujiro since I just bought it on DVD last week! I first saw the movie on the flight home from my trip to Japan in '99, and I used to have it on VHS at my old house.

It wasn't as good as I remember but that's what repeat viewings will do to you. Still, great movie.

I dont know about other foreigners but I do know the only reason I LOVE the film is **because** Im a foreigner. If I were watching it as a Japanese citizen maybe 1/3 of the film would catch my interest while the rest would be spent being totally bored out of my mind. Its like watching many aspects of daily life in Japan. Theres so much of Japan packed into the film that it may as well serve as a two-hour crash course in the modern society. That`s coming from an Anth. nut.

Takeshi`s humor, the story-telling, cameos, characters pacing, child-like fantasy and horror and above all the music just make it impossible to top on my list of fav. films. All I have to do is hear the Dadadaadaadumdumdum and tears start to swell up.

News: Tatsuya Fujiwara will play the main character.

Good news for stephen`s hat.

stephen

Yeah, that is true. I like pretty much all of Joe Hisaishi's work and it blends together pretty quickly from one film to the next, but his themes in Kikujiro no Natsu are easily my favorite. They are simply superb, and so instantly recognizable. It'd never eclipse, say, the theme song from Totoro among fans perhaps, but it speaks to me more. I probably wouldn't have liked the film so much if it didn't have such a wonderful soundtrack.

Just so this post isn't totally off-topic, apparently the Shinigamis in Death Note will be CG.

Carly

@omae:

I can understand liking her music because there`s a place in my heart for Yuki no Hana, but have you ever seen the alien sing live? She makes Kayako from The Grudge look like a ballroom dancer.

Actually, yeah, I have… saw her on mste a while back (only 'cause it happened to be that Imai Tsubasa was on the same episode XD ...) and I was pretty surprised that she didn't get into her own music at all. They were singing that thing from NANA with Hyde and holy cow she has no stage presence at all.

Hyde, on the other hand

Tetsuya Fujiwara ? Hahaha, the Battle Royale kid ? He's making a habit out of morals-by-death movies, isn't he

oceanizer

Trailer!

http://www.kefi.org/ccount/click.php?id=30 [1.55mb]

It was aired on TV, I think.

The site URL will be: http://www.death-note-movie.com, which will be directed to http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/deathnote/.

stephen

Ha ha ha, Sayonara Conan. Clever. But not much of a preview

StrawHatLuffy

Ewww a live action movie makes me feel weird. Bleh, prefer an anime…

I wonder how they are going to do the thoughts.

ag3nt-1987

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hf

Indigo

This will be great! But they arent thinking about doing an anime too right? Cuz that would suck…

oceanizer

Whoever wants Death Box should order by today o.o The preorder ends on February 21, Japan time o.o

Battle Franky

From Jump #19:

Oh, that scene looks familiar. :closedeyes:

punchkick

check out in wikipedia cuz they have the list of actors for the movie. also i have the image of L actor ( Kenichi Matsuyama )for the movie if he had a make up on it except for the wig

Buuhan1

I started reading Death Note yesterday, I was wondering if there was an anime of it yet so I checked youtube and I got trailers for the Live Action Movie.

Can't really say anything cause I'm just on chapter 2.

NeoShweaty

after finding out the big twist, i figure i might as well see the movies instead of reading the manga.

Buuhan1

I just read at ANN that Red Hot Chilli Peppers newest song "Dani California" has been signed on for the movies opening. o_o

I just watched Dani California on youtube and….its far too pop cultured for Japan and it doesn't match Death Note at all..(I only read chapter 1 and I already know this <<)

Appearently RHCP were sent the Death Note Manga and they liked it. o_O

I sense disturbence in the force.

warp

well thats really cool they like death note tho. lol

i need to go listen to that song…

Battle Franky

http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbol/jp/deathnote/swf/trailer2.swf

New trailer. Looks awesome, though CG Ryuk looks pretty terrible.

StrawHatLuffy

I wonder whether Red Hot Chilli Pepper's song will fit Death Note =X

Light doesn't look too good though L's protrayal is pretty cool.

madgophermm5

Man that trailer is awesome. Light's dad looks familiar, like american movie familiar. I can't wait to see that movie. Leave it to the japanese to make a movie that is actually true to the source material.

Seta Ginny

Squee! I normally try to contain my fangirling…but effing squee! It looks so hot! L looks so...L o.o! And Ryuk, I liked what I saw, because it actually LOOKED like him...but I'd have to see him moving before passing judgement.

J-Sack

Hehe…. Ryuk made someone in the room jump when he flashed. I found it funny. Who else hopes the DVD has english subs? If it does.... I AM IMPORTING~!