Pardon me whilst I nerd the hell out, but I'm a bit pissed at the casting...
Now - what I've seen on TV so far was ok...
I REALLY don't like Brad Swail cast as Yagami Light...as Light is what I would consider "a bad guy" and Swail typically plays "hero" types (Amuro Ray, Quatre Winner, Kyosuke Date) - BUT at least he's a veteran voice actor instead of some unknown.
I'm pretty happy with Brian Drummond taking on the role of Ryuk, though - I do typically like him better as a hero. However, Drummond is pretty good at pulling off "evil" characters. You may know him as Zechs Marquis from Gundam Wing, or Alan Schezar from Vision of Escaflowne.
My biggest problems are as follows:
Alissandro Juliani was cast as L.
Some/Most people might not have a clue who he is - the only one of his credits I recognize was.... Nightscream from beast Machines?!
This might not mean much, nay - anything - to many of you. Nightscream was a really terrible sounding bat robot... to any deathnote or anime fans who have a few minutes and want to hear the abomination which will be voicing L...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0mEC73GjQAk - watch a bit of that, near the beginning the character called Nightscream will say something along the lines of "I am transformed"
Anyways, sorry for mucking up the OoT