Death Note

This week on The Anime Effect: We recommend vampire animes for bloodthirsty fans, answer a tough question from the mailbag and share our chat with comic book artist Amy Reeder from New York Comic Con. Plus, creator Lena Lemon returns to the podcast as a co-host!In our audio-only episode we fill you in on the latest news in the anime world including a Death Note video game being release, new anime OPs dropping, a remastered Daft Punk movie coming next month and more!Episode 39 of The Anime Effect is now available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and anywhere else you listen to your podcasts! If you're waiting to watch the video episode, it'll be live on Crunchyroll and YouTube at 7 p.m.

Last week saw the reveal of Death Note: Killer Within, an online social deduction game that's set to launch on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam on November 5. Bandai Namco Entertainment wants to give everyone the advantage a day ahead of launch, hence the new How to Play trailer that just made its way online.Death Note: Killer Within How to Play TrailerDeath Note: Killer Within is a purely online game, so there's no offline mode and you'll need an Internet connection to enjoy it. PlayStation Plus members will also be able to pick it up as part of the monthly game offerings from November 5 to December 2.The Death Note manga ran in the pages of Weekly Shonen Jump magazine from 2003-2006, followed by Madhouse's TV anime adaptation from 2006-2007.

A video game has been revealed for Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata's Death Note manga, which has inspired an anime and multiple live-action films and series, among other pieces of media. The latest is Death Note: Killer Within, an "online social deduction game" from publisher Bandai Namco Entertainment and developer Grounding, Inc.  Death Note: Killer Within is set to launch on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and PC via Steam on November 5, 2024, so we'll get a chance to play next week.