Death Note (2017) Film Review
"Anime's just kids cartoons". The opinion said by many. Some anime series are critically acclaimed for intense; ground breaking stories, characters & mature themes, equivalent to or greater than that of most major TV dramas. Unfortunately, many can't get over the stigma that any animated show (that isn't an adult comedy) is unsuitable for anyone over the age of 12. That's the general mainstream view that gave birth to need for live action adaptations of anime & manga. Take the same story; structure, characters, anything else that made the original material so beloved & put actual humans infront of the camera. You then have an anime-based film or series ready for the masses. All in between their sessions of X-Factor & Made In Chelsea, of course. Before going into differences between the anime & this new film, I'll explain what Death Note is generally about: teenage boy sees world as rotten with crime, boy finds magic notebook