Live-Action ‘Death Note’ Casting Update: Hinako Sano To Play Misa And Yutaka Matsushige As Light’s Father (Photo : Facebook)
Live-action "Death Note" TV series has recruited Hinako Sano who will play Misa Amane and Yutaka Matsushige will portray the character of Soichiro Yagami.
The character Misa also known as Misa Misa dedicates her life to a character named Light. Meanwhile, Soichiro Yagami is the father of Light.
The other cast members announced (via Crunchy Roll) are Masataka Kubota as Light Yagami, Kento Yamazaki as L, Mio Yuuki as Near, Reiko Fujiwara as Sayu Yagami, Megumi Seki as Akiko Himura, Gouki Maeda as Touta Matsuda, Tomohisa Yuhe as Shuichi Aizawa, Kazuaki Hankai as Watari and Jiro Sato as Kanzo Mogi.
Live-action "Death Note" is set to air on July 5, 2015. According to Anime News Network, the live-action series is different from anime or movies. It will showcase an original story. Moreover, the cast of the television series live-action is different from the earlier live-actions. The musical and live-action movies did not have Near.
"Death Note" manga revolves around the life of a teenager called Light. He finds a special notebook using which he can kill people by writing their names in it. Light uses the Death Note book against criminals and becomes a vigilante. The authorities and a detective investigate the deaths and the game begins.
In North America, Viz Media launched the "Death Note" anime show, manga as well as a spinoff novel. In Weekly Shonen Jump of Shueisha, the manga ran from 2003 to 2006. Also, in Japan, the "Death Note" manga was presented via three live-action movies and TV anime series featuring 37 episodes.
