While the worldwide popularity of the Death Note franchise (with its live action, anime and manga incarnations) continues unabated, the artist/writer team that created its original story,…
“Humans are so much fun!” gleefully observes Ryuk, the shinigami, or God of Death, who has oh-so-carelessly dropped his Death Note, the notebook in which he inscribes the names of those…
‘Death Note’ (デスンート) is the story of Light Yagami and his quest to create a better and more just society for humanity than is being offered by Japanese society and those other societies…
Another live action adaptation of Death Note is in the works, but this time, it’s a Hollywood-based project. The rights have been snapped up by movie producers Vertigo Entertainment, …
Running over this weekend is the London MCM Expo, featuring most (if not all) of the major UK anime and manga distributors, a number of anime dub voice actors (Mike McFarland (Master Roshi from …
Booking is now open for the forthcoming anime season at the BFI Southbank in London. Running from the 20th of June until the 22nd, a diverse selection of the latest anime movies will be screened …
To celebrate the recent release of Death Note (anime) Volume 1 in the UK (it came out last Monday, 28th April), Manga Ent. have posted up 5 short streaming video clips cut from the first couple of …
A few months ago, I was sat in my living room with my sister and my mother, a typical lazy winter evening. They were watching some terrible reality-tv show, whilst I was minding my own business, engrossed…
UK-based Death Note fans are being invited to attend a Northern gathering next week (Monday, 28th April) to celebrate the in-bound releases of the first live action movie (in UK cinemas) and the…
According to information being solicited to the press, UK anime publisher MVM have licensed the 13 episode shonen-ai (boys love) comedy Gravitation (originally aired in Japan during the autumn…
According to an entry on the BBFC website, ILC Entertainment (‘ILC Prime’ are known for their low budget UK anime DVD releases) are planning to release the first live action Death…
Earlier this morning we received confirmation from Manga Entertainment that they intend to release the 37-episode Death Note anime TV series in the UK. Contrary to the listings on online shops,…
According to new listings on Play.com, there’s a Death Note DVD set to hit the UK on the 28th of April. Given the cast listing includes the likes of Tatsuya Fujiwara and Asaka Seto, it’s…
A teenagage student in the US was recently suspended from his Virginia school after he was discovered to be writing his own (clearly labelled) “death note”; alarms were immediately…
The Leeds Film Festival has built up a tradition of showcasing exciting new anime (as well as Eastern cinema in general) and this year’s event – running through early November –…
Originally released in June (original movie) and November (sequel) last year, the two “Death Note” live-action films finally get an English DVD and theatrical release in America…
Viz Media have finally announced the English dub cast for Death Note and fans will be surprised to learn that genius detective “L” will be voiced by Alessandro Juliani, known to many…
If their latest press release is anything to go by, Viz Media Europe are continuing to invest time and energy into selling their manga and anime properties in Europe. Spearheading this latest …
In an interesting move, Viz Media (US) have issued cease and desist notices to a number of fansub groups and file sharing communities involved in the production and distribution of Death Note …
AOL began offering Bubblegum Crisis, the first anime series on its In2TV online video service, on May 2. The entire dystopic science-fiction series is available for free streaming with a compatible…
