Release
L: Change the World was first released in the Japanese box office on 9 February 2008. It was screened on 398 cinema screens throughout Japan on its opening day. On the same day, this film was also released in Taiwan, Korea, Hong Kong and Thailand. It was subsequently released in Singapore on February 21, 2008, and in the United Kingdom on December 29, 2008.
L: Change the World had a limited two-day screening in the United States. Two versions, a subtitled version with Japanese audio and an English-dubbed version, were shown on 29 and 30 April 2009 respectively. The latter version had the same voice actors doing the voice-over as the other English-dubbed versions of Death Note. This film was released in the US by publisher Viz Media.
The film was released on DVD in the US on August 18, 2009.
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