Ok. after watching death note twice. i've decided to come up with wad is the diff between e manga and e movie. (spoilers below!! Those who haf not watched yet are strongly encouraged to not read)

Things in the movie diff frm e manga

• Shinigamis'(Gods of Death) world was not shown
• Yagami Light has a girlfriend called Shiori
• Yagami Light studies law
• Light picks up the Death Note on a rainy night
• Light investigates on a child's murder
• Light meets Ryuk, a shinigami, in an ally
• Light showed alot of fear when facing Ryuk
• Light keeps the Death Note with him at all times(but only when he is carrying a bag)
• Watari is not in disguise
• Do not show all members of ICPO(International Crime Police Orgnization)
• Yagami Souichirou(Light's father) does not wear specs all the time
• The FBI Agent Raye that followed Light is pure Japanese
• Light and Shiori boarded a bus heading for a garage
• Light, Shiori and Raye sat on the right of the bus
• Light and Shiori left the scene immediately
• Raye's fiancee, Misora Naomi, followed Raye to the train
• Investigates on Kira without going to the police
• Finds Shiori instead of Light
• Light finds Misora's name by getting it from the priest at a church
• Light did not throw away the packet of consomme-flavoured chips containing the LCD Mini-Television
• Ryuk's body did not twist and turn when he was not given apples to eat for 7 days
• Misora takes shiori as a hostage
• Misa stalker is her producer
• Misora contacts L
• Misora shoots herself in the head
• Light tells his father to let him be on the team
• L comes out and welcomes Light on the team
• L eats the consumme-flavoured chips

These are almost all of the pointsi discovered tt are diff frm the manga. i think its cux e manga gt not much girls. so dey gav yagami light a gf. so tt it will attract more viewers. bt there's bound to be even more diff in the 2nd n 3rd part of Death Note. haha. till den.. Sayonara...

"A malicious flame burns!" Describing Yagami Light-o