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Live-Action Death Note Show's Cast Unveiled in Costume
posted on by Egan Loo
The series debuted in costume on Monday.
The cast, which differs from the previous live-action adaptations, includes (from left to right in photograph above):
- Another's Koichi) as L
- Kanojo wa Uso o Ai Shisugiteru's Shinya) as Light Yagami
- As the Gods Will's Shoko) as Near
The previous live-action films and the musical did not include Near.
The live-action series will also feature an original story not featured in the anime or movies. The series will air on NTV on Sundays starting in July.
In Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 2003 to 2006.
The manga has already inspired three live-action films and a 37-episode television anime series in Japan. Viz Media released the Death Note manga, the anime series, and a spinoff novel in North America.
Ken'ichi Matsuyama as L.
More recently, the manga inspired a musical by a Japanese and American team that ran at Tokyo's Nissay Theatre from April 6-29. The musical will travel to Osaka and Nagoya in May, and it will also run in South Korea from July to August, but with a different cast.
Source: Mainichi Shimbun's Mantan Web
