In July 2022, it was announced that the Duffer Brothers recently founded Upside Down Pictures production company would be producing a new live-action series adaptation for Netflix. [92] [93] In October 2022, it was announced that Halia Abdel-Meguid was brought on to write and executive produce the series. [94] [95] Video games [ edit ] Pepirium, Tom S. (February 27, 2008). "Death Note: "Ally" Review". IGN. Archived from the original on March 2, 2008 . Retrieved June 15, 2008. The first Death Note film was released in Hong Kong on August 10, 2006, Taiwan on September 8, 2006, Singapore on October 19, 2006, Malaysia on November 9, 2006 (with English and Chinese subtitles), and in the Unite Kingdom on April 25, 2008,. The sequel was released in Hong Kong on November 3, 2006, in Taiwan on November 24, 2006, in Singapore on December 28, 2006, and in Malaysia on January 25, 2007, with English and Chinese subtitles. The world premiere was shown in UA Langham Place cinema in Hong Kong on October 28 2006, and this film is the first Japanese movie to have its world premiere in Hong Kong. It is also available in American specialty stores. Although the dialogue is still only in Japanese, the Hong Kong release of the DVD has English subtitles (the Japanese release only has Japanese subtitles). Parents in Russia request ban on 'Death Note' ". Japan Today. April 29, 2013. Archived from the original on August 10, 2014 . Retrieved August 4, 2014. JYJ's Junsu Cast in Musical Adaptation of "Death Note" ". Soompi. April 5, 2015. Archived from the original on April 9, 2015 . Retrieved April 6, 2015.

a b Loo, Egan (December 17, 2007). "Promo Video for Death Note's L Prequel Game Streamed (Updated)". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 19, 2007 . Retrieved December 17, 2007.

DEATH NOTE 1 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on January 6, 2021 . Retrieved February 4, 2021. Jacob Hope Chapman from Anime News Network praised Teru Mikami's role as bloody and flashy as ever better than that of Near, Mello, and Misa. [133] Light novels [ edit ] Loo, Egan (April 7, 2009). "Manga Nominated for 2009 Eisner Awards". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on May 11, 2020 . Retrieved October 31, 2022. Chat Live with Eisner Award Winner Nina Matsumoto Tomorrow on Suvudu.com". Anime News Network. November 23, 2009. Archived from the original on October 31, 2022 . Retrieved October 30, 2022.

Hodgkins, Crystalyn (February 4, 2016). "New Live-Action Death Note Film Stars Sōsuke Ikematsu, Masahiro Higashide, Masaki Suda". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on March 5, 2016 . Retrieved February 20, 2023.Loo, Egan (May 14, 2008). "UK Fans Give Eagle Award to Death Note Manga". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014 . Retrieved August 4, 2014.

Viz Media Announces Fall DVD Release of Death Note Anime Series". Anime News Network. June 29, 2007. Archived from the original on July 1, 2007 . Retrieved July 2, 2007. Starz app August 2017 Movies and TV Titles Announced". ComingSoon.net. July 26, 2017. Archived from the original on July 18, 2018 . Retrieved July 18, 2018.

Death Note: Season 1". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Archived from the original on October 25, 2020 . Retrieved November 4, 2021. Forest: le tueur aux mangas". La Dernière Heure. October 1, 2007. Archived from the original on January 6, 2010 . Retrieved January 4, 2010. Nippon TV aired the Death Note: Relight: L's Successors ( DEATH NOTE リライト2 Lを継ぐ者, Desu Nōto Riraito 2: L o Tsugu Mono) special on August 22, 2008. Like the first special, this new compilation summarized a part of the 2006–2007 anime television series. Specifically, it recounted the final half of the suspenseful supernatural story, including the investigators Near and Mello's confrontations with the vigilante Kira. [69] This version features more updates than the previous one, most notably omission of the mafia plot. Death Note 13: How to Read". Viz Media. Archived from the original on December 26, 2007 . Retrieved June 13, 2008. Death Note" (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on December 5, 2006 . Retrieved December 21, 2006.

The first movie had a limited theatrical release in North American on May 20th and 21st. One of the theatrical version featured subtitles, while the other was dubbed and featured the voice actors from the English dub of the anime. The first film was released on DVD on September 16th, 2008, with The Last Name arriving soon after. Pepirium, Tom S. (November 19, 2007). "Death Note: "Tactics" Review". IGN. Archived from the original on November 21, 2007 . Retrieved June 15, 2008. DEATH NOTE 12 (in Japanese). Shueisha. Archived from the original on February 10, 2021 . Retrieved February 4, 2021. a b Thomas, Jolyon Baraka. "Horrific "Cults" and Comic Religion". Japanese Journal of Religious Studies. 39 (1): 127–151.

Oba, Tsugumi (2005). Death Note Vol. 1 - Boredom. Obata, Takeshi, 1969-, Rolf, Pookie, trl. (Shonen Jump advanced graphic noveled.). San Francisco: Viz Media. p.18. ISBN 1-4215-0168-6. OCLC 62099999. Artist Takeshi Obata originally thought of the books as "Something you would automatically think was a Death Note". Deciding that this design would be cumbersome, he instead opted for a more accessible college notebook. Death Notes were originally conceived as changing based on time and location, resembling scrolls in ancient Japan, or the Old Testament in medieval Europe. However, this idea was never used. [14] Themes [ edit ]