Death Note reaches number one in Japan

Earlier this week it was revealed that the high budget live action adaptation of the extremely popular Shonen Jump manga series Death Note managed to topple the Da Vinci Code in the Japanese box office and impressively took the number one spot. [Trailer]

In lieu of Death Note-mania, the Mainichi Daily News has spotlighted the phenomenal rise of the franchise in Japan, discussing it’s mysterious beginnings (much is still unknown about it’s debutant writer Tsugumi Oba) and goes onto introduce the general premise of the story.