Netflix's Death Note Series Could Be The Best American Live-Action Anime Yet
Death Noteis a manga series that was first published in chapters through a magazine, from 2003 to 2006, until all the chapters were collected and published in a twelve-part series. After that, it didn’t take long for the series to grow in popularity and within a year, it was being made into an anime series.
Through Viz Media, the Death Note storyline blew up among North American viewers. Even when Japanese live-action film adaptations were made of the story, they premiered in a select few North American theaters and had pretty good turnouts, proving how big the fan base really was in the U.S. and Canada– and it’s only grown since then.
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Because anime was slowly becoming more and more popular in North America, the demand for content that was translated grew, as did the demand for more accessible viewing platforms (beyond finding it on the internet). In an attempt to avoid losing money to viewer’s pirating content, several big anime creators shared their stuff with streaming companies. Considering how accessible most streaming companies make entire series of anime, many anime series elevated even more in popularity among the North American audience.
Given the success of these stories in Japan, as well as the popularity of their translated versions across the globe, the demand for anime-based content grows. Of course, now when there’s a demand for content it is usually streaming companies that are among the first to cater to the need. This is no different with anime. As the measure of anime popularity grows, so do the number of live-action adaptations, especially with popular storylines like Cowboy Bebop, Dragonball, and Death Note.
The Death Note storyline has been adapted into
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