Death Note

Original title: Death Note: Desu nôto

TV Series
2006–2007
12
24m

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Kappei Yamaguchi, Shidô Nakamura, and Mamoru Miyano in Death Note (2006)

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An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.

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IMDb RATING

8.9/10

417K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

429

Stars

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Awards
- 2 wins & 1 nomination total

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Death Note

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Trivia
The theme playing at the very beginning of the pilot is a chanted variation of the prayer "Kyrie Eleison", which is Greek for "Lord have mercy."

Quotes
Ryuk: You have lost, Light. Didn't I say in the beginning, when you die, the one who'll write your name down in a notebook will be me. That is the deal between the Shinigami and the first human to get their hands on the note in the human world. Once you enter prison, I don't know when you'll die. It's annoying to wait. Your life is already over. You'll die here.
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Ryuk: Well, it was good while it lasted. We killed some boredom, didn't we? We did some various and interesting things.

Connections
Edited into Death Note Relight - Visions of a God (2007)

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Performer: Nightmare (as Naitomea)
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[opening theme]

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Featured review

9/10

Genius

The first 25 episodes of Death Note are simply insane. The mental fight between L and Yagame Light is something I've never seen before in that intensity. They are both such great characters so if either of them wins you will be sad for the other one. The last 12 episodes were still pretty good but just not at the same level as before. But the ending was really great again and a worthy one.