Death Note anime website

The Death Note anime website produced by NTV has been launched but it is not entirely functional yet. Details including the OA date i.e. 3 Oct and the main seiyuus are announced. Other than Hirano Aya (Amane Misa) and Kudo Haruka (Yagami Sayu) whom I'm aware of (the girls play Reira in NANA and Hagu in Hachimitsu to Clover), I'm not too familiar with the two male seiyuus Miyano Mamoru and Yamaguchi Kappei who are going to play Yagami Light and L respectively. Given that Misa's role will only carry much weight towards a later stage of the story and that Sayu isn't a big role after all, I guess they would have limited airtime. I just hope that Miyano and Yamaguchi will perform up to expectations since Death Note is a very popular manga which boasts of a strong following and none of the fans would want to see the anime being a botched attempt at riding on the wave of popularity created by the manga.

Another surprise was seeing Nakamura Shido's name in the lineup and he will reprise his role as Ryuk just like what he did for the movie. Considering the fact that he was recently involved in a traffic offence scandal, it's rather amazing that he has been allowed to come back to work in such a short time. I guess that has a lot to do with the fact that he's been regarded as the best man to play Ryuk and that he's very sought-after in showbiz. If he wasn't popular, I think NTV could have easily got another guy to play Ryuk so that the OA date of the anime would not be affected and to reduce any possibility of negative publicity.