Being a movie buff, there are always a ton of films im
looking forward to every year. Mostly,
they’re action based and nowadays, they all revolve around comic books. I am so set for Captain America Civil War
next week and even more excited for X-Men and Doctor Strange. Why bring this up? Well I’ve covered live action flicks based on
Anime here before. My all time favorite
live action adaptation of an Anime is the two part Death Note series. It hit all the right beats, had amazing
performances and, most importantly, ended the story better than the Anime or
Manga (in my honest opinion). So what if
I told you one of the films im not most excited for in 2016 is a continuation
of that story? Yep, Death Note: Light Up
the New World is coming this October in Japan and hopefully not so long after
that for the States. The first trailer
was just released and it looks better than I expected. And that’s just one of the five reasons im
really hyped now. Here are the others…plus
the trailer, it’ll be here somewhere, maybe 1 or 2.
#5-Up to the Task
You don’t just announce a sequel to Death Note without a
plan. That’s kind of been tried already
with one spin off film, L: Change the World.
The film took place alongside the final moments of Death Note II and was
a more miss than hit film, even with L at the center of events. Could it have just been too focused on giving
L a solo outing that the film forgot to give us an engaging mystery to match
the Kira case or a memorable supporting cast?
Light Up the New World isn’t afraid of following up a hugely successful
adapation. This one just feels more
confident and ambitious than the L film.
It could crash just as well…but im optimistic.
#4-New Faces
Seeing as how (SPOILER ALERT), Light and L are no longer
around, who will we be following in this new entry? Well there’s Tsukuru Mishima, who looks like
a guy who would follow Light. And wow,
Ryuzaki. He isn’t just using L’s
codename which kept L’s name off Light’s radar, he looks like a guy who might’ve
been raised alongside the odd detective.
There’s always the possibility that this could be Near, who was a main
character in L: Change the World, but im hoping for someone more original…and
better (I did not like Near in the Anime).
Add in a couple of new detectives and a girl who is said to be a pretty
scary Death Note user and I think we’ve got something special on our hands.
#3-Returning
Characters
It’s been 10 years since the events of Death Note II: The
Last Name. While more characters could
make appearances (and im not ruling out shadowy other worldly inclusions of
Light or L or both), two characters confirmed to have big roles are Erika Toda
back as Misa Amane and Shidou Nakamura back as Ryuk. Seeing the new cast interact with these
characters will no doubt help sell older fans on the films potential. Seeing an image of the CGI Ryuk in the
original films was enough to get me to watch them and he looks just as good as
ever, even rocking some new threads. I’ll
be curious to see if anyone else like Chief Yagami or Sayu show up during the
film.
#2-The Threat is
Bigger
Just one Death Note was enough to make the world cower in
fear. Six, count them SIX, dropping to
Earth is an epic raising of the stakes.
Who’s gonna get their hands on them and what use will they be put
towards…you know besides killing but killing who? The character of Sakura Aoi may end up being
a more feared foe than Tsukuru when she lands her own Death Note. I don’t think we’re going to hit extinction
of humanity levels but still…the game has changed. Six Death Notes are on the loose and it’s
time to be very, VERY afraid.
#1-The Trailer
Just see for yourself and be the judge of whether or not
you want to check this one out. Me, this
cant come soon enough. I didn’t think id
be more hyped for another film other than Captain America…I was wrong.
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