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Release Date: October 19, 2006
Genre: Horror/Thriller
Director: Shusuke Kaneko
Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Kenichi Matsuyama, Asaka Seto, Yu Kashii, Shigeki Hosokawa, Erika Toda
RunTime: 2 hrs
Released By: GV & Encore Films
Rating: PG

Source: Official site (http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/deathnote/)

Plot/Synopsis:
Shinigami, the God of Death, dropped a notebook in the human world where a weary genius picked it up. “The human whose name is written in this note shall die”, it said. This was the notebook of death that determined people’s death.

Light Yagami, an extremely bright elite university student was the one to possess this ultimate tool that should remain only in the hands of God. Light decides to create an ideal world and begins to hold the scales to judge the criminals in his discretion.

Meanwhile, ICPO (International Criminal Police Organization) has placed a mysterious detective called “L” in the Japanese police force to investigate the series of criminal dying suddenly. “L”, having solved many unresolved cases in the world, begins to tighten the investigative screws over these cases. But Light cleverly manipulates the notebook of death to toss and shake off the investigation. The future of mankind is at the mercy of this crucial and fierce battle of the two brains.


Death Note The Movie was build form the famous manga name Death Note...

I Definitely think they could have done a better job with the Movie...It was good but some of thing that they add was way of from the manga.....

I'm hear that a next movie is gonna release in Feb.......that is so kool.......

yeh.. the first one did really well in the japan box office and so did movie 2.. so i figure it wont be horrid. the gfx for ryuk wasn't really that good though.. but it works..

From what I saw (I couldn't get to finish the movie because my ipod was corrupted so Blindz I need another copy :D), the CGI wasn't exactly impressive but its Japan still "suh nuh watch nuh face, yu zimi?" :D

As for the second movie, Death Note: The Last Name, premiered on November 3, 2006, and instantly topped the Japanese box office, remaining at number one for four straight weeks, and grossed 5.5 billion yen in Japan by the end of the year, making it one of the year's highest grossing Japanese films. It combines elements from the rest of the storyline creating an outcome similar to the manga, but with a few key differences.