Nippon TV’s ​new ​live-action ​drama series,​ Death Note​,​ sets a new distribution record for the Japanese broadcaster in July, broadcasting/streaming into 120 countries/regions within a week of the domestic airdate.

Nippon TV said this was record distribution for its dramas.

Death Note, based on the comic book about a notebook with the power of life and death, premieres in Japan on Sunday, 5 July, at 10pm. ​

In Asia, South Korean cable channel, Channel J, will broadcast the programme​ ​about a week after airing in Japan.

Streaming platform Crunchyroll will upload the series within days for the U.S., Europe, Middle East and Africa. The show will also be made available on Mperience.

The comic book has already been versioned as an animated series, two live-action movies and a musical.