Bruh..... have ya'll seen the Japanses live action version of this shyt?
Gay as fukk
I'd rather watch the Netflix version than this shyt
The first two were good. Death Note: Light up the New World was a cash grab and yes, it does look shytty.
NetFlix's "Death Note" Accused Of White-Washing
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The first two were good. Death Note: Light up the New World was a cash grab and yes, it does look shytty.
Some more reactions from people in Japan
Japanese Fans React To Live-Action Death Note Boycott PetitionsThe petition was created on Care2 Petition "Boycott Netflix's Death Note for Whitewashing!". Currently the petition has over 16,000 supporters, and cites "White actors have been cast to play the main characters in this adaptation. Death Note shouldn't be cast with all white actors as it goes against the very soul of the story."
This petition has had so much traction that it has found its way to the East, and Japanese fans have joined in with their take on the situation. Similarly to the last time there was whitewashing controversy, like the live-action Ghost in the Shell outrage, Japanese fans predominately don't care about a white cast. They took Twitter and offered their view on the situation saying things like;
“If this takes place at an American high school, then having white actors isn’t an issue.”
“It’s a Hollywood version, so it’s okay to have white people.”
“It’s like the Hollywood Godzilla. It’s the Hollywood version so having foreigners isn’t a problem.”
Unlike American audience who took a much more offended stance, Japanese fans were laid back about the whole thing. Basically saying since it was a Western adaptation of course it has white actors. But one question that came up over and over among Japanese Tweets is the casting of L. L is played by a black actor, Keith Stanfield, and some fans were confused by that casting call.
“The thing that’s out of place is L being black.
“Going by the original manga, L being black is by far stranger."
“It just doesn’t feel like it fits his character.”
Japanese fans also shed some light on their view on Asian American actors as well. It seems that the overwhelming view is that they would be more upset if Asian actors who are not Japanese play Japanese roles. Stating that it if Asian actors were to be used for the roles, they should only be Japanese.
"I think all of this is way less of a problem than when the actor for the main character in Speed Racer was switched from Japanese to Korean.”
“As a Japanese person, I’d be much more offended if a non-Japanese Asian person were playing a Japanese role.”
“Honestly I’d much rather have a white or black actor in an American setting than a Korean or Chinese actor pretending to be Japanese.”
So overall it seems that Japanese Internet users have a much different view on American Adaptations than American audience. Only time will tell how well the adaptation of the original story does, and whether Death Note fans will enjoy it regardless of who is cast.
Death Note will be available to stream on Netflix beginning August 25, 2017.
Hold your own nuts. Let's see our breh Stanfield do his thing 
Would have been cool to see an Asian chick in Ghost in The Shell.. would have been even better to have a black Iron Fist.
That doesn't mean anything if they want to see themselves as white. Of course they'd say "yeah, that looks like me". When in most cases anime characters clearly look nothing like Asians.
Fred.
David_TheMan
Banned
Delusional ass nikkas believe anime characters represent Asians. Newsflash: I've been to Asian countries. They don't have blonde hair and blue eyes. The fukk would try to convince someone that Naruto & Sailor moon are Japanese? FATWOH!
Uh, the main character actually is a Japanese guy. As in literally, unambiguously so. Every character except "L", the main rival and a few Americans is an Asian.
You know I was talking mainstream anime, in general, right?
It's a Death Note thread, if you want to change the subject you start a new thread.
You weren't saying anything new or groundbreaking, we're fully aware of how Eurocentric the character design of anime tends to be (even the creator of Naruto said the title character was white). Thing is Death Note is one of the few anime that takes place in the real world, and these characters are not supposed to be cacs.
Renegade47
Superstar
watching this now and it makes no sense what so ever. 
What made Light a great villain but borderline anti-hero was that he was a sociopath but brilliant and logical. A stone cold calculating killer who was nearly perfect in every way both physically and intellectually. The only person he had any sort of emotional connection or respect for was L.
This show looks like they make him into some sort of emo kid who is mad at bullies who gets an incredible power to take revenge. Which weve seen a dozen times in many stories. Basically another Y.A. novel.
Too bad. Japans production values are trash and America cant help and westernize the story. We may never get a true live action adaption
This show looks like they make him into some sort of emo kid who is mad at bullies who gets an incredible power to take revenge. Which weve seen a dozen times in many stories. Basically another Y.A. novel.
Too bad. Japans production values are trash and America cant help and westernize the story. We may never get a true live action adaption
