About This Anime

Death Note began as a manga series which was later adapted to become a set of live-action films, an anime based on the manga, and a light novel. Two games have also been released for the Nintendo DS in Japan.

Manga

The Death Note manga series was first serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump published by Shueisha in December 2003. The series has since ended in Japan with a total of 108 chapters. Later, the individual chapters were collected into twelve separate tankōbon. Later, a thirteenth volume titled Death Note - How to Read was released, helping to elucidate some mysteries left at the end of the manga, like the destiny of some of the characters. Death Note was eventually licensed for North American publication by Viz Media, and the first English-language volume was released on October 4, 2005.^] The manga has since been published in several different languages including English, German, Chinese and Spanish. Currently, Viz has released all twelve volumes of Death Note in English, and will release the Death Note: How To Read 13 supplement in February 2008.

To date, Death Note has sold around twenty million copies in Japan.Death Note was nominated for Best Manga at the 2006 American Anime Awards.

Novel

A novel adaption of the series has been written by Ishin Nishio, called Death Note: Another Note. It serves as a prequel to the manga series, with Mello narrating the story of L's first encounter with Naomi Misora during the Los Angeles "BB Serial Murder Case" mentioned in volume 2 of the manga. Beside Naomi's character, the novel focuses on how L works. Insight was given into Watari's orphanage and how the whole system of geniuses such as L, Mello and Near were put to work. Viz will be releasing the novel in English in February 2008.

Live-action films

Death Note was also adapted into a two part live-action movie released in 2006. The two motion pictures were directed by Shūsuke Kaneko, produced by Nippon Television and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures Japan. A spin-off film focusing on L is currently in production.

Anime

The Death Note anime, directed by Tetsurō Araki and animated by Madhouse, began airing in Japan on October 3, 2006, and finished its run on June 26, 2007, totaling 37 twenty-minute episodes. Contrary to the movies, the anime series closely follows the original storyline of the first seven volumes of the manga (L's arc) then rushes significantly through N's arc by accentuating many action scene and skipping monologues or long discussions between characters described in the final 5 volumes of the manga series. There are also a few changes on the character designs, adapted by Masaru Kitao, and the order of facts, as well as a few additional scenes not featured in the original manga. It is also set in the year 2007, instead of starting at the year 2003. The series aired on the Nippon Television network "every Tuesday at 24:56". The series was co-produced by Madhouse, Nippon Television, Shueisha, D.N. Dream Partners and VAP.

In North America, the series has been licensed by Viz Media for residents in the United States of America to use "Download-to-Own" and "Download-to-Rent" services while it was still airing in Japan. This move is seen as "significant because it marks the first time a well known Japanese anime property will be made legally available to domestic audiences for download to own while the title still airs on Japanese television". The downloadable episodes contain the original Japanese audio track and English subtitles, and is available through IGN's Windows-only Direct2Drive service. DVDs of the series will also be released, containing both an English dubbed audio track, produced by The Ocean Group, and the original Japanese audio track with optional English subtitles. Viz announced at Anime Expo 2007 that the first DVD will be officially released on November 20, 2007 in both regular and special editions and also confirmed at Comic-Con International 2007 that the first 15,000 copies of each DVD will contain collectible figures.

Death Note was slated to make its North American television premiere in Canada on YTV's Bionix programming block on September 7, 2007.^] However, the show was removed from the schedule at the last minute. The Canadian premiere was pushed back to October 26, 2007 at 10:00 pm, when it finally premiered. Death Note premiered in the U.S. on October 20, 2007 at 12:00 a.m. on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim. The show also streams online for free on Adult Swim Video, with a new episode uploaded every Friday afternoon, a day before its broadcast premiere. Death Note has also been aired by the anime television network Animax across its respective networks worldwide, including Hong Kong and Taiwan.

A three-hour animated Death Note:R From Vision of God' (デスノート:リライト幻視する神, Desu Nōto: Riraito Genjisuru kami^?) TV special aired on Nippon Television in Japan on August 31, 2007 at 8:03 PM. It is about Light Yagami and his rival L from the unique vantage point of Ryuk, Light's shinigami. It contains new footage and dialogue that was not in the original TV show.

aBOUT the Book

Before the series begins, Ryuk writes instructions in English inside his Death Note with the belief that English is the most popular language in the human world.

The human whose name is written in this note shall die.
This note will not take effect unless the writer has the person's face in their mind when writing his/her name. Therefore, people sharing the same name will not be affected.
If the cause of death is written within 40 seconds of writing the person's name, it will happen.
If the cause of death is not specified, the subject will simply die of a heart attack.
After writing the cause of death, the details of the death should be written in the next 6 minutes and 40 seconds.

Anime theme songs

Opening themes

"the WORLD" by Nightmare (episodes 1 - 19)
"What's up, people?!" by Maximum the Hormone (episodes 20 - 37)

Ending themes

"Alumina" (アルミナ, Arumina^?) by Nightmare (episodes 1 - 19, TV Special "Death Note:R From Vision of God")
"Zetsubō Billy" (絶望ビリー, Zetsubō Birī^?) by Maximum the Hormone (episodes 20 - 36)
"Coda ~ Death Note" by Yoshihisa Hirano (episode 37)

Insert song

"Misa no Uta" by Aya Hirano (episode 25)
"Zetsubō Billy" (絶望ビリー, Zetsubō Birī^?) by Maximum the Hormone (TV Special "Death Note:R From Vision of God")

Video games

A Death Note video game developed and published by Konami for the Nintendo DS, entitled Death Note Kira's Game (デスノートキラゲーム, Desu Nōto Kira Gēmu^?), was released on February 15, 2007.Kira Game is a strategy game where the player takes on the role of Kira or L. These are just titles, as any character can be Kira or L. The player will attempt to deduce who their enemy is (Kira will try to uncover L's identity and vice versa). This will play out in 3 phases: Investigation, where the player will discuss the case and clues with other characters; Voting, where each member of the investigation team casts a vote on who they suspect is L or Kira based on the player's performance in the previous phase; L/Kira, where the player can either focus their investigation on one member to see if they are Kira (L part) or force a member off of the team (Kira part). The gameplay is very similar to that of the common party game Mafia.

A sequel to the game, Death Note L o Tsugumono (デスノート Lを継ぐ者, Desu Nōto Eru o Tsugumono^?, lit. "Death Note: Successor to L"), was released in Japan on July 12, 2007. The storyline is based on the second part of the manga, featuring characters such as Mello and Near.

Several characters from Death Note appear in Jump Super Stars and Jump Ultimate Stars, a fighting game featuring a plethora of characters from Shonen Jump titles. Light, Ryuk and L appear in Jump Super Stars as support characters. In Jump Ultimate Stars Misa, Near, and Mello are added as support characters as well.

Soundtracks

Sound of Death Note is a soundtrack featuring music from the first Death Note film composed and arranged by Kenji Kawai. It was released on 17 June 2006 by VAP and is priced at ¥2500.

Sound of Death Note the Last name is a soundtrack featuring music from the second Death Note film, Death Note the Last name, composed and arranged by Kenji Kawai. It was released on 2 November 2006 by VAP and is priced at ¥2500.

Death Note original soundtrack

Death Note original soundtrack

Soundtrack by Yoshihisa Hirano Hideki Taniuchi
Released	December 21, 2006
Genre	Anime soundtrack
Label	VAP
Producer	Kazunari Sengoku Makoto Saito Tokuwa Nagae

The Death Note original soundtrack for the anime adaptation was first released in Japan on December 21, 2006 and was published by VAP. It contains music from the series, composed by Yoshihisa Hirano and Hideki Taniuchi, with the first opening and ending themes sung by the Japanese band Nightmare in the TV size format.

Death Note original soundtrack II

Death Note original soundtrack II

Soundtrack by Yoshihisa Hirano Hideki Taniuchi
Released	March 21, 2007
Genre	Anime soundtrack
Label	VAP
Producer	Kazunari Sengoku Makoto Saito Tokuwa Nagae

The Death Note original soundtrack II for the anime adaptation was first released in Japan on March 21, 2007 and was published by VAP. It contains music from the series, composed by Hideki Taniuchi and Yoshihisa Hirano. It also features the new opening and closing themes by Maximum The Hormone in the TV size format. Note that, while track 19 has the same title as track 14 on the first OST, they are in fact two different songs. Strangely, track 5 is identical to the first OST's track 28, although they have different titles.

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Episodes

This is an episode listing for the Japanese animated television series Death Note, based on the manga series written and illustrated by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata respectively. The series primarily centers around a high school student who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook that causes the death of anyone whose name is written in it.

Death Note aired in Japan on the Nippon Television network "every Tuesday [at] 24:56" (meaning 00:56 on Wednesdays). The first episode aired on October 3, 2006, and the 37th and last episode aired on June 26, 2007. A special three-hour "Director's Cut" compilation episode, entitled "Death Note:R (Rewrite)", was aired on August 31, 2007.

As of January 10, 2007, the series has been licensed for North American distribution by VIZ Media. Significantly, episodes of the series will be officially available for download soon after they air in Japan; according to VIZ, this is "the first time a well known Japanese anime property will be made legally available to domestic audiences for download to own while the title still airs on Japanese television". VIZ Media began releasing these episodes via Direct2Drive on May 10th 2007.

On October 21st, Death Note premiered on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, being placed into the 12:00AM EST time slot. ^] The first episode bore a "TV-14-V" rating, while the second was given a TV-14LV rating. On October 26th, it premiered on YTV's Bionix, at 10:00pm.

Death note chapter's

This is the complete list of every chapter of the Death Note manga, written by Tsugumi Ohba and drawn by Takeshi Obata. The series primarily centers around a high school student who decides to rid the world of evil with the help of a supernatural notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it.

The Death Note manga series was originally serialized by Shueisha in Weekly Shonen Jump from the first issue in December 2003 to May 2006, with 108 chapters in total. The series has been published in its entirety in 12 graphic novels in Japan. Eventually, Death Note was licensed for American publication by VIZ Media and began to be released in October 2005.

In keeping with the notebook theme, the issues of the Japanese version of the manga are labeled as "pages" rather than "chapters." The issues are labeled as "chapters" in the English-language Viz manga releases.

Copyrights and Credits

Chanlu Design.

The artwork (Death Note characters) belongs to its creator, Obata Takeshi. The brushes used in the layout came from Angryblue and the images came from DeathGod.