 Tetsuro Araki, the director of the anime, said that he felt an urge to support and cheer for Light.Araki added that Light would have used and killed him if he was one of Light's friends, but the director still believed that Light is ""that" interesting" and therefore he would have felt an attraction towards Light.Pauline Wong of "OtakuZone" had her opinions of the film portrayal of Light Yagami published in "The Star", a Malaysian newspaper.