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Death Note

Death Note

The human whose name is written in this note shall die.

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Overview

Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?

Created by Toshiki Inoue
Written by Toshiki Inoue, Takeshi Obata, Tsugumi Ohba
Produced by Manabu Tamura, Masao Maruyama, Toshio Nakatani
NetworksNippon TV

Top Cast

Mamoru Miyano

Mamoru Miyano

Light Yagami (voice)

Shido Nakamura

Shido Nakamura

Ryuk (voice)

Aya Hirano

Aya Hirano

Misa Amane (voice)

Kappei Yamaguchi

Kappei Yamaguchi

L (voice)

Kimiko Saito

Kimiko Saito

Rem (voice)

Naoya Uchida

Naoya Uchida

Soichiro Yagami (voice)

Ryou Naitou

Ryou Naitou

Touta Matsuda (voice)

Keiji Fujiwara

Keiji Fujiwara

Shuichi Aizawa (voice)

Kazuya Nakai

Kazuya Nakai

Kanzo Mogi (voice)

Noriko Hidaka

Noriko Hidaka

Near (voice)

Themes & Keywords

detectivejournalismsecret identitypolicesupernaturalsociopathrivalrymurderserial killergrim reaperpsychological thrillerbased on mangajusticedeathethical dilemmashounenanimeshinigamitime skipmagic bookpsychologicalfantasticprosocial psychopathhorror

About Death Note

Death Note is a animation, mystery, sci-fi & fantasy series that first aired in 2006 exploring themes of detective, journalism, secret identity, police, supernatural, sociopath. Created by Toshiki Inoue, it stars Mamoru Miyano, Shido Nakamura, Aya Hirano. Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?

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