I’ve been counting down the days and anxiously awaiting the arrival of May 20th and 21st and now the long wait is almost over. Allow me clarify for the non-rabid fans, the live-action movie for DeathNote will be playing in select U.S. theaters at 7:30pm! You can get advance tickets now by visiting the Fathomevents.com website - they’re the guys bringing the movie to the US - if you haven’t already gotten them.

Normally when a movie is only going to be shown in “select” theaters I’m out of luck. That’s not the case this time though! The Cinemark at the Cielo Vista Mall in El Paso is showing it. Big relief there since the only other location “close” to me is the theater in the Cottonwood Mall in Albuquerque. If you’re in El Paso and going on the 21st keep your eyes peeled for a gal in dressed all in black with a Naruto t-shirt (it’ll have Hinata, Kankuro, Temari, and Neji on it), long wallet chains, and an FMA Flamel necklace. Yes I know, total mix-and-match from various series there.

In case you don’t know what the fuss is all about, here’s a quick break down for you. The movie playing in theaters is the English dub version of the live-action movie that aired in Japan a little while back. The movie is a live-action (performed by real people instead of being down in anime-style) adaptation of Ohba Tsugumi’s manga and anime series DeathNote. DN revolves around two main characters, Light Yagami and L Lawliet (”L”). One day by pure luck Light finds the notebook of Ryuk, a shinigami. As you might have guessed, this notebook is no ordinary notebook. Whose ever name is written in the notebook dies. When Light learns of this he vows to rid the world of evil and begins writing the names of criminals into the notebook. However, when the police realize that criminals are dropping dead they call in a young man who is already considered the world’s greatest detective - “L”.

I must confess, there are some days when I desperately wish I could get my hands on a notebook like that. Truth be told though, I’ve always considered the ability to change shape and appearance like a certain blue X-Men villain to be the best ability.

Are you going to be seeing the movie? If you’re a fan of anime and manga, not just DeathNote, or live-action, I really recommend you go and see this if you can. It wasn’t so long ago that the only way one would have a chance to see a movie like this would be to pay outrageous prices on an imported copy!

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