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Death Note
Synopsis
The story
Light Yagami is a genius high school student who is about to learn about life through a book of death. When a bored shinigami, a God of Death, named Ryuk drops a black notepad called a Death Note, Light receives power over life and death with the stroke of a pen. Determined to use this dark gift for the best, Light sets out to rid the world of evil… namely, the people he believes to be evil. Should anyone hold such power? The consequences of Light’s actions will set the world ablaze.
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Episode guide
37 episodes
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Characters & voices
500 credited
L Lawliet
Main
Ryuk
Main
Light Yagami
Main
Mihael Keehl
Main
Nate River
Main
Misa Amane
Main
Teru Mikami
Supporting
Rem
Supporting
Touta Matsuda
Supporting
Souichirou Yagami
Supporting
Kyosuke Higuchi
Supporting
Reiji Namikawa
Supporting
Arayoshi Hatori
Supporting
Masahiko Kida
Supporting
Tierry Morello
Supporting
Mary Kenwood
Supporting
Quillsh Wammy
Supporting
Shidoh
Supporting
Production staff
500 credited
Aya HiranoInsert Song Performance
Takeshi ObataOriginal Character Design
Tsugumi OobaOriginal Story
Tetsurou ArakiDirectorTetsurou ArakiStoryboard (OP1, OP2, eps 1, 21, 25, 37)Tetsurou ArakiEpisode Director (eps 1, 37)Tetsurou ArakiInsert Song Lyrics
Yuuki KinoshitaAnimation Director (ep 10)
Hideki TaniuchiMusic
Satoshi IshinoKey Animation (ep 32)
Takehiro HamatsuAnimation Director (eps 5, 13, 21)
Kiyoko SayamaStoryboard (eps 20, 27, 32, 33, 36)
NightmareTheme Song Performance (OP1, ED1)
MAXIMUM THE HORMONETheme Song Performance (OP2, ED2)MAXIMUM THE HORMONETheme Song Arrangement (OP2, ED2)
Yoshihiko UmakoshiKey Animation (eps 21, 25, 31, 37)
Yuuzou SatouStoryboard (ep 23)
Takahiro KagamiChief Animation DirectorTakahiro KagamiAnimation Director (ED2, eps 1, 25, 37)Takahiro KagamiKey Animation (eps 25, 29, 37)Themes & motifs
AniList community tags
CrimeTheme-Other96%
DetectiveCast-Traits95%
Anti-HeroCast-Main Cast94%
Male ProtagonistCast-Main Cast90%
FugitiveTheme-Action90%
PoliceTheme-Other-Organisations87%
PhilosophyTheme-Other84%
Primarily Adult CastCast-Main Cast81%
NoirTheme-Other79%
GodsCast-Traits77%
Urban FantasySetting-Universe76%
UrbanSetting-Scene72%
Primarily Male CastCast-Main Cast72%
Unrequited LoveTheme-Romance70%
ShounenDemographic68%
EspionageTheme-Action64%
Community pulse
971.2K members
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Current58,714
Planning88,050
Completed767,968
Dropped27,735
Paused28,690
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What viewers say
500 community reviews
Interesting story but has sexist themes and the second half of the show is... not that good.
@isahbellah32/263 helpful
Death Note is one of those shows that we can easily call a classic, just like an opening ''the world''. [OP ANALYSIS]
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