Tsugumi Ohba

Viz Media Picks Up New Series From 'Death Note' Creators
Viz Media Picks Up New Series From 'Death Note' Creators
Viz Media Picks Up New Series From 'Death Note' Creators
Though overshadowed by all the DC Comics shenanigans, Anime Boston also took place this past weekend, and the event saw US manga publisher Viz Media announce a promising crop of new releases and reprints that will roll out over the rest of the year, including the latest shonen series from the creators of one of the most popular manga series around, and a new edition of the early work of one of the true masters of horror manga.
Weekender: Garage, Platinum End, Countershot, and Unicorns!
Weekender: Garage, Platinum End, Countershot, and Unicorns!
Weekender: Garage, Platinum End, Countershot, and Unicorns!
The week’s over! You did it again, and in exemplary style. But while you’ve been off working and living and doing all those things that humans do, what have you missed in the world of comics? With Weekender, ComicsAlliance is here to give you a heads-up on some of the stories that you might have overlooked, and to showcase some great writing on comics for you to enjoy over a deep-fried Mars bar this weekend.
'Death Note: The Musical' Is Coming To Japan
'Death Note: The Musical' Is Coming To Japan
'Death Note: The Musical' Is Coming To Japan
Death Note, Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata’s wildly popular tale of good, evil, and perfectly mussed hair, has been adapted into an anime, three live action movies, a prose novel, and various video games. In my foolishness, I’d thought we were done. I'd thought the consumption of 2007 anime clubs everywhere was enough to sate Death Note's ravenous appetite. But I was wrong—and, believe it or not, happily so. From April 6th to the 29th, Death Note The Musical will run at Tokyo’s Nissay Theater. Further performances have been scheduled in Osaka, Nagoya, and South Korea.
‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’ Director Shane Black to Helm New Live Action ‘Death Note’ Movie
‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’ Director Shane Black to Helm New Live Action ‘Death Note’ Movie
‘Kiss Kiss Bang Bang’ Director Shane Black to Helm New Live Action ‘Death Note’ Movie
It looks like Tsugumi Ohba and artist Takeshi Obata's Death Note is headed for the silver screen... again. The arguably good news is that, according to Deadline, the project is in the hands of director Shane Black. Despite the possibility that fans of the 12-volume manga, its 37-episode anime and three Japanese live action films (Death Note, Death Note: The Last Name and L: Change the World) may