Death Note
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Death Note is a supernatural anime series based on the Shonen Jump manga by writer Tsugumi Ohba and artist Takeshi Obata.
The series is licensed by Viz Media. It premiered on [adult swim] in October 2007.
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Story
Light Yagami is a disenfranchised high school genius who is disgusted by the rampant crime and corruption in the world today. One day he finds a seemingly uninteresting notebook lying on the ground, which turns out to be the "Death Note", a powerful book from the Spirit Realm that will almost instantly kill anyone whose name is written down inside. Now granted with the powers of life and death, and after meeting the book's owner, a shinigami named Ryuk, Light decides to use the Death Note to pass judgment on criminals and rid the world of all evil, while the seemingly mysterious string of deaths attracts a world-famous eccentric detective known as "L", who is in search of the killer.
Credits
| Original Story | Takeshi Obata Tsugumi Ooba |
U.S. Licensor | Viz Media |
| ADR Production | Ocean Productions, Inc. The Ocean Group |
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| Director | Tetsuro Araki | ||
| Planning | Suzuko Fujimoto Hiroshi Hirayama Mitsuru Ohshima Masahiko Osawa Kazuhiko Torishima |
ADR Director | Karl Willems |
| English Adaptation | Michelle Clough Stephen Hedley |
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| English Voice Cast | |||
| Series Composition |
Toshiki Inoue | Brad Swaile | Light Yagami |
| Character Design |
Masaru Kitao | Brian Drummond | Ryuk |
| Color Design |
Ken Hashimoto | Alessandro Juliani | L |
| Art Direction | Mio Ishiki | Shannon Chan-Kent | Misa Amane |
| Director of Photography | Kazuhiro Yamada | Colleen Wheeler | Rem |
| Music | Yoshihisa Hirano Hideki Taniuchi |
French Tickner | Watari |
| Chris Britton | Soichiro Yagami | ||
| Music Producer | Tokuwa Nagae Makoto Saito Kazunari Sengoku |
Trevor Devall | Shuichi Aizawa |
| Vincent Tong | Tota Matsuda | ||
| David Hurwitz | Mello | ||
| Animation Production | Madhouse Studios | Cathy Weseluck | Near |
| Production | Madhouse Studios NTV Shueisha VAP |
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Episodes
See under Death Note: list of episodes.
Media
Opening Themes
- Episodes 1-19: "the WORLD" by Nightmare
- Episodes 20-37: "What's Up People?!" by Maximum the Hormone
Closing Themes
- Episodes 1-19: "Aluminia" by Nightmare
- Episodes 20-36: "Zetsubou Billy" by Maximum the Hormone
- Episode 37: "Coda ~ Death Note" by Yoshihisa Hirano
