With just a few months to go before the release of Death Note, we now have our first look at Ryuk in the upcoming manga adaptation. For years now, Hollywood has been using books, comics, and video games to generate films, all to varying degrees of success. In recent years, however, anime and manga have become sought after sources of inspiration for new projects and potential franchises. While live-action adaptations of Japanese works aren’t uncommon in their home country, only a few have been reworked in the U.S. film market.
So far, most of these adaptations have failed to connect with audiences, due to everything from whitewashed casts to poor grasp of character. And despite the ...
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