Initially terrified of its god-like power, Light considers the possibilities of the Death Note's abilities and kills high-profile Japanese criminals, then targeting international criminals. In Tokyo, a disaffected high-school student named Light Yagami finds the 'Death Note', a mysterious black notebook which can kill anyone as long as the user knows both the target's name and face. As of April 2015, the Death Note manga had over 30 million copies in circulation. The live-action films briefly played in certain North American theaters, in 2008, before receiving home video releases. The series was aired on YTV's Bionix anime block in Canada and on Adult Swim in the United States with a DVD release following. The episodes from the anime first appeared in North America as downloadable from IGN before Viz Media licensed it. An American film adaptation was released exclusively on Netflix in August 2017 and a sequel is reportedly in the works.ĭeath Note media, except for video games and soundtracks, is licensed and released in North America by Viz Media. A miniseries titled Death Note: New Generation and a fourth film were released in 2016. The series was adapted into three live action films released in Japan in June 2006, November 2006, and February 2008, and a television drama in 2015.

Additionally, various video games have been published by Konami for the Nintendo DS. A light novel based on the series, written by Nisio Isin, was also released in 2006. Its 108 chapters were collected in 12 tankōbon volumes.Ī 37-episode anime television series adaptation, produced by Madhouse and directed by Tetsurō Araki, was broadcast in Japan on Nippon Television from October 2006 to June 2007. Death Note ran in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2003 to May 2006. The series centers around Light's subsequent attempts to use the Death Note to carry out a worldwide massacre of individuals whom he deems immoral and to create a crime-free society, using the alias of a god-like vigilante named 'Kira', and the subsequent efforts of an elite Japanese police task force, led by enigmatic detective L, to apprehend him. The story follows Light Yagami, a teen genius who discovers a mysterious notebook: the 'Death Note', which belonged to the Shinigami Ryuk, and grants the user the supernatural ability to kill anyone whose name is written in its pages. L the Prologue to Death Note -Spiraling Trap- (2008)ĭeath Note (stylized as DEATH NOTE) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata.Death Note: Light Up the New World (2016 film).Death Note: New Generation (2016 miniseries).Death Note 2: The Last Name (2006 film).

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