While we’re hoping the Netflix adaption goes the route of a serious drama rather than having the showpiece numbers of Frozen, it’s impressive to see what a popular franchise it’s become to have so many different iterations of the story. Surprisingly, though, the show actually garnered some decent reviews in its Japan debut, and was something people were excited for. Death Note doesn’t exactly fit in when you imagine popular musicals like Cats, or Rent.
While the anime does have a great soundtrack, transforming the story into a full-fledged musical isn’t the most obvious choice. Speaking of adaptions of Death Note, one adaption that might surprise people is that it was actually turned into a musical just last year. The American adaption will no doubt have to make similar concessions in translating the story over to a Western audience, but hopefully they’re changes that make sense and lend to this being the first good live-action adaption of Death Note.
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With the movies, they were made around the same time as the anime and had special effects that weren’t really up to par, giving viewers a cartoonish-looking CGI Ryuk to follow Light around in the story and distract from the serious tone the plot tries to achieve, whereas the Japanese TV series makes some significant deviations from the original plot that soured longtime fans on the short-lived adaption. Most fans of the original story are in agreement that while it’s an admirable effort to try and translate the story with real actors, that the Japanese adaptions didn’t really hit the mark. But if you haven’t heard about any of these other adaptions and were thinking of checking them out, you’re probably better off skipping them. Death Note already had not one, but two live-action Japanese movies, as well as a more recent live-action TV series. 11 THIS ISN’T DEATH NOTE’S FIRST LIVE-ACTION ADAPTIONįollowers of the manga or anime are probably already aware, but the American adaption of Death Note won’t actually be the first live-action treatment the story has received. Netflix has done well in creating more adult-oriented content through their versions of shows like Daredevil, so it gives us hope that this will be an adaption of Death Note that does the story justice. Death Note has a complex series of twists and turns as its plot unfolds, and it really is an anime that even people who aren’t big fans of the genre can enjoy. We absolutely don’t want violence just for the sake of making things dark or shocking, but it’s good to know that the show won’t have to shy away from keeping things close to the source material either. One of the first major usages of the Death Note involves Light using it to help a girl being harassed by writing her assailant’s name in the notebook and having him be run over in the street. While the anime and manga are far from some HBO drama in terms of mature content, it’s a story that frequently deals with characters dying, sometimes in gruesome fashion. Something that should be a big relief to fans who might be worried that this adaption of Death Note will be sanitized for American viewers is that the version set for Netflix will be the equivalent of an R-Rated film. 12 THE NETFLIX ADAPTION WILL BE FOR ADULTS AND WILL HAVE AN R RATING
Here are the 12 Things You Need to Know About Death Note. And if you’re new to the series, you can surprise your friends with details even they don’t know. Before the Netflix adaptation comes out, we’ll help you ferret out those last few secrets you don’t know. Regardless if you’ve read the manga and watched the anime, there’re still some surprises hidden away in the story. Word is that production is going to start in June, and we’ve already heard Paper Towns’ Nat Wolff and The Leftovers’ Margaret Qualley are set to take on the roles of Light Yagami and Misa Amane respectively.īut even if you’re a longtime Death Notefan, there might still be some things you don’t know about the series. Whether you’re a fan of the beloved anime, or have just seen enough snippets to be intrigued, it’s exciting to see the project moving forward. After months of uncertainty between different networks during which it looked like the project might be axed, Netflix has swooped in to make sure America’s live-action Death Note adaption lives on.
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