For years now, Death Note has been one of the more popular franchises in Japanese popular culture.
Thus, when Netflix announced that it would be releasing a Death Note movie by director Adam Wingard (You’re Next, The Guest), people were curious to see what kind of cultural accommodations Netflix would make for its Japanese adaptation.
Death Note will be released on Netflix on August 25.
It’s one of those things where it’s a good conversation to be having, and it wasn’t one we were really expecting.