VIZ Media Appoints New Licensee for Death Note

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8: VIZ Media has tapped home-textile manufacturer The Northwest Company to produce a range of home- decor products for its animated series Death Note.

The new product, consisting of throw blankets, throw pillows and pillowcases, will be released in the U.S. and Canada. The 37-episode animated Death Note series can be seen each week on Cartoon Network. Death Note is distributed on DVD by VIZ Media, and the manga series is published in the U.S. by VIZ Media. Death Note has also spawned two live-action films. The following categories that are still available for licensing are food/beverage, wall decor, video-game accessories, collectible card games and trading cards, headwear, costumes and gift.

—By Irene Lew