DEATH NOTE: Light up the NEW world In Australian & New Zealand Cinemas 2016

Film Props -- Including a Death Note -- on Display at Madman Anime Festival 2016 in Melbourne Source: Madman Entertainment press release Official Site: warnerbros.co.jp/deathnote2016 (Japan), deathnote.com.au (Australia) Special Thanks to Ben Pollock

Madman Entertainment is proud to announce that the highly-anticipated new DEATH NOTE film, DEATH NOTE: Light up the NEW world (????? Light up the NEW world, Desu Noto Light up the NEW world, 2016) will screen in cinemas across Australia & New Zealand in 2016. Dates and locations will be confirmed in the near future. Before the film releases, DEATH NOTE fans will have the chance to see real props from the film, including one of the actual Death Notes, at the inaugural Madman Anime Festival, at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre, September 3-4. Directed by Shinsuke Sato (GANTZ, GANTZ 2: PERFECT ANSWER) and based on the best-selling Death Note manga series by Tsugumi Ohba, DEATH NOTE: Light up the NEW world is set ten years after the confrontation between Kira and L in DEATH NOTE (?????, Desu Noto, 2006) and DEATH NOTE II: THE LAST NAME (??????the Last name, Desu Noto the Last name, 2006), in a world now afflicted with cyber-terrorism. The Death Note is a supernatural notebook that grants its user the power to kill simply by writing a person’s name on its pages. Six different Death Notes fall to the human world -- the maximum number of notes that can exist at once. In the midst of this, two new individuals inherit the DNA of Light Yagami and L and must play a deadly game of cat-and-mouse once again. For more information on DEATH NOTE, visit deathnote.com.au. For more information on the DEATH NOTE Exhibition at Madman Anime Festival 2016, visit animefestival.com.au.

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Madman is a leading independent film and television distribution and rights management company, with offices in Australia and New Zealand. Madman is renowned for its commitment to quality Australian and foreign film, factual content, as well as highly collectable categories such as Japanese anime, genre film, animation and cult television. Madman`s capabilities encompass end to end acquisition, marketing, creative, sales and distribution in all mediums and formats, from the silver screen to the digital realm. Madman is also a proud producer of Australian film and television content. Put simply, Madman is mad for entertainment. Madman is owned by Funtastic Limited, one of Australia`s largest wholesalers of consumer products into retail outlets and an Australian Stock Exchange (ASX) listed company.

For more information on DEATH NOTE Light up the NEW world please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan:

For more information on the DEATH NOTE series please see the earlier coverage here on SciFi Japan: