Death Note

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Nippon Television Network Corporation (ended 2007)
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"The human whose name is written in this note[book] shall die." These are the first words read in the Death Note by Light Yagami, a straight-A student who develops a god complex when he finds a notebook, dropped by shinigami Ryuk, that has the power to kill anyone whose name is written down in it. However, matters get out of hand when the Japanese Police Force tries to solve the case of the mysterious upsurge in criminal deaths alongside master detective L. It's a battle of wits in this anime based on the popular manga by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. Opening Themes: - "the WORLD" by Nightmare (episodes 1-19) - "What's up, People?!" by Maximum the Hormone (マキシマムザホルモン) (episodes 20-37) Ending Themes: - "Alumina" (アルミナ, Arumina) by Nightmare (episodes 1-19) - "Despair Billy" (絶望ビリー, Zetsubō Birī) by Maximum the Hormone (マキシマムザホルモン) (episodes 20-36) Airings Outside of Japan: US Airing: Cartoon Network (Adult Swim) - Sundays @ 12:00 AM (10/21/07-12/23/07; episodes 1-10) - Saturdays @ 11:30 PM (1/5/08-2/2/08; episodes 11-15) - Sundays @ 12:30 AM (2/10/08-3/30/08; episodes 16-23) - Sundays @ 1:00 AM (4/6/08-4/27/08; episodes 24-27) - Sundays @ 12:30 AM (5/4/08-7/6/08; episodes 28-end) Canada Airing: YTV (Bionix) - Fridays @ 10:00 PM (10/26/07-7/4/08; episodes 1-end)moreless
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S 2 :  Ep 20 Aired 8/22/08
S 2 :  Ep 19 Aired 8/31/07
S 2 :  Ep 18 Aired 6/27/07
S 2 :  Ep 17 Aired 6/20/07
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  • Beautiful

    10
    "Perfect"
    By clarinet31, Apr 30, 2012
    This is my favorite anime. It's so dark and complex, yet has wonderfully funny moments. The animation and soundtrack are fantastic, too! The only things I didn't like were Near and Mello. Everything else was perfect!

    To those who say there was no character development... Light developed in so many ways. He went from a bored college student, to someone who was killing for good, to someone with a god complex, to someone who killed to get his way. Matsuda also developed over the series... he finally snapped at the end! It would be interesting to find out how his life was affected by that...moreless

  • i loved this show but im sad

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    By Damonsoul1, Mar 31, 2012
    im sad because they had canceled and now they only show them with subtitles and ther in chinese most of the time i want to hear wat there saying instead of reading it

  • Beautiful anime, ingeniously written, thorough plot, amazing dialogue- Character development?

    6.5
    "Fair"
    By ZimIrkenInva, Mar 28, 2012
    Now, this is only my opinion after watching the anime and reading the manga. All my friends say it's their favorite, best anime ever. But honestly, I don't see what's so great about it.
    Yes, everything's amazing. Well, almost everything.
    While reading the manga, I was astonished. The plot was so thought out, and carried out beautifully. There were hardly any flaws. However- I found it very difficult to get attached to any of the characters.
    There's no character depth. There's nothing interesting about any of them- In fact, I hardly cared about Light at all. I thought he was a loony, angsty teenage dweeb. L didn't have any character either. I couldn't relate to them, and I didn't want to. Nobody was interesting. I didn't care if they died or not.
    It seemed that this anime had everything BUT the character development, which usually is the other way around when it comes to other animes. Honestly, it's disappointing, because I want to like this anime as much as my friends do, but none of the characters in the show motivate me to care.
    It's like a video game with insane graphics and terrible gameplay. Death Note was just missing the life in its characters for me.moreless

  • i was honestly happy it didnt last forever...

    10
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    By metalwulf77, Mar 05, 2012
    ...because good things go to crap when they last too long! death note is absolutely wonderful, mature and captivating it keeps your interest, but doesnt go on seemingly endlessly like other mangas/animes

  • Death Note

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    By MadamStacey, Dec 22, 2011
    I love this anime! It's too bad it's so short, I loved the whole L vs Light action.
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keeping secrets, life vs. death, moral seria killer, paranoia, ruthless killing

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