By David on September 4, 2008
The September issue of Anime Insider (Issue 60) is now out. This month’s cover story is about the worst adaptation ever Live Action Death Note Movie. There’s a lot of better stuff though, like a cool interview with singer Shoko Nakagawa, a wrap-up of Anime Expo 2008 and an update on the CG Astroboy Movie.
Also be on the lookout for L (Death Note) and Yomiko Readman (Read Or Die) in the ‘Gratuitous Fanservice’ section.
Here are the main articles, in order of appearance:
- Hair Apparent
The Seven Wildest ‘Dos In Anime, by Rob Bricken - Death Proof
Why You Can’t Miss The Live-Action ‘Death Note’ Movie, by Angela Hanson and Summer Mullins - Food for Thought
Meet and Learn from the greatest chefs of anime, manga and videogames, by Rob Bricken - Sublime September
Explore a month of Japan’s Fall Festivities and Famous Birthdays, by Carolyn Fowlkes - Vacation Destination: Neo-Venezia
Take A Leisurely Tour Through the Canals of Mars, by Megan Rebuck - I Luv Halloween
Manga Preview, by Keith Giffen
My best part of this issue was the news about my fave artist Junko Mizuno’s Spiderman Project. Somehow, I missed out on the initial announcement back in June!
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Aawww. Why did you cross out “worst adaptation ever” ?
I admit I didn’t see the first one, but I saw the second one and for the first time in my life in all my years of seeing movies at a cinema, I nearly walked out of it 10 minutes into the movie. It was embarrassingly bad.
For the Deathnote Live action:
The graphics were amazing.
Everything else failed. Royally.
nckl – Live Action Death Note was indeed a painful experience for me (and Rachel) too. By crossing out “worst adaptation ever, I figured it wouldn’t totally upset any of the super-fans. You’ll get to hear what Rachel really thought of it sometime soon!
conankudo4 – I liked some of what they did with the character animation for Ryuk and Rem. Unfortunately, the compositing was a bit ‘off’ and they didn’t look photo-realistic. The Shinigami Realm scenes look top-notch, but that’s because everything was CG. If the whole movie had been done that way, Ryuk would have been awesome!
Deathnote Live action: I like the graphics too
I thought the live action movies were great..I mean sure the second one lost it (a lot) through the poorly translated subtitles which in some cases were funny…..but I saw them before I had started watching the anime, I think the actor that played L did a better job then the anime did….anyway that’s my personal opinion