Death Note Is Being Turned into a Musical
Nothing quite says "musical" like a notebook that allows you to kill people! Beats Cats, I guess?
Parents Ask Vladmir Putin To Ban Death Note in Russia
This past February, a fifteen year-old girl jumped to her death in Yekaterinburg, Russia. In her room, four copies of the wildly popular Japanese manga Death Note were discovered along with a suicide note that read, "I don't want to live anymore".
Who's White and Who's Japanese in Anime? Once Again, the Internet…
Ragnarok Online Comes Alive
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Earlier this month, South Korea's GungHo held a, well, GungHo Festival in Tokyo. The event also saw the Ragnarok Online Japan Championship—so there was that, too!
Dead Wii Is Funny. Dead Lady Is Not.
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In Japan, pin-up model Aki Higashihara's blog is notorious. It's called the "Death Blog", after manga Death Note. In the popular comic, writing people's names in the "Death Note" notebook leads to their demise. On the Japanese internet, the same is said about Higashihara's blog.
Hollywood Blockbuster King Ready To Sign Death Note
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The man responsible for Lethal Weapon and The Last Boy Scout is going to bring his Hollywood sensibilities to one of Japan's most popular and darkest manga.