TV SERIES

Death Note

8.6/10
TMDB5,249 votes
2006Original: Japanese1 seasons

Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?

Genres: Animation, Mystery, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Cast: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Shidou Nakamura, Aya Hirano, Noriko Hidaka

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THE STORY & THE PEOPLE

About Death Note

The human whose name is written in this note shall die.

Death Note (2006) is a TV series in the animation, mystery, sci-fi & fantasy genres. The cast includes Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Shidou Nakamura, Aya Hirano.

Released
2006-10-04
Original language
Japanese
Seasons
1
Episodes
37
Status
Ended
Production countries
Japan
Production companies
Madhouse, Nippon Television Network Corporation, D.N. Dream Partners, VAP, Shueisha

Death Note cast & characters

Audience reviews

8.6/10 from 5,249 TMDB votes. Ratings and reviews are supplied by TMDB. Reviews are attributed to their original authors.

Zak_Jaggs

TMDB member review

My favourite ever series not just of anime but TV in general, Death Note is simply beautiful television. The production is amazing from great animation to brilliant music and wonderful performances in English and Japanese. The characters of Light, L, Ryuk, Misa and so on are all truly iconic and entertaining, with Light Yagami being my favourite ever fictional character (he is a brilliant psychopath) and his rivalry…

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My favourite ever series not just of anime but TV in general, Death Note is simply beautiful television. The production is amazing from great animation to brilliant music and wonderful performances in English and Japanese. The characters of Light, L, Ryuk, Misa and so on are all truly iconic and entertaining, with Light Yagami being my favourite ever fictional character (he is a brilliant psychopath) and his rivalry with L being simply incredible. Episodes 25 and 37 stand-out as two of the greatest episodes of any TV show ever, especially episode 37 which releases the brilliantly built-up tension in a wonderful way. Tension is Death Note's speciality; it is brimming with tension and the few moments it lets loose are really quite special. If you want a high-stakes, morally grey battle of geniuses that sees almost every character get emotional broken and subjected to horrific fates, then watch Death Note. And the end of Death Note actually left me speechless.

GoodTimeData

TMDB member review

Such a great anime; if you're not into anime, Death Note is a welcome mat, a hello, and a welcome to the best of anime. A great intellect battle in a TV show and  delivering a compelling story deep and dark and one of the most philosophically dense manga ever written. It's a genuine philosophical argument about power, justice, and human nature.

Questions about Death Note

What is Death Note about?

Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?

Who stars in Death Note?

Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Shidou Nakamura, Aya Hirano, Noriko Hidaka, Nozomu Sasaki. See the cast cards above for character names.

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