death note
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Why Netflix’s Death Note Is Really An Origin Story
8One of the most common criticisms of Netflix’s Death Note movie is that it tries to cram too much into a fairly short running time. According to director Adam Wingard and producer Masi Oka, however, the intention wasn’t to adapt the original manga as much as tell the story of Light before he gets to…
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Ryuk’s A Lot More Sinister In Netflix’s Death Note
In the original Death Note anime, Ryuk was more of a comical, laissez-faire kind of character. In the latest trailer from Netflix’s live-action series, the shinigami sounds an awful lot more like how a reaper of death should – grim, sinister, and tainted from head to toe with darkness.
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Japanese School Teacher Threatens Students With A ‘Death Note’
A 30-something year-old teacher in Fukushima, Japan has apologised for threatening to put the names of primary school students in a “Death Note”.
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The 11 Most Evil Villains In Anime
Do you think Skeletor, the Joker, Megatron and Lex Luthor have the market cornered on evil? Not so fast. The world of manga and anime is just as full of villains as Western comics and cartoons are, and they’re no slouches in the murder and depravity departments. Here are 11 anime and manga villain you…