Death Note (2006) — Story, Release Date, Rating

Synopsis:

The series explores a stark contrast between two realms: a world plagued by human depravity and the detached, repetitive existence of the gods of death. Seventeen-year-old Light Yagami discovers a mysterious notebook granting him the power to kill by writing names. Driven by a conviction to eradicate evil, he adopts the alias "Kira" and begins systematically eliminating criminals.

This act draws the attention of L, an equally brilliant detective tasked with identifying Kira. The narrative unfolds as a complex game of cat and mouse, where Light's strategic mind is constantly challenged by L's deductive skills. The story delves into moral ambiguity, questioning the nature of justice and the potential consequences of wielding absolute power. It presents a psychological exploration of good and evil, examining how unwavering beliefs can shape individuals and societies in profound and unsettling ways.

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Episodes:

Episode 1: Rebirth (Aired: 10/04/2006)
Episode 2: Confrontation (Aired: 10/11/2006)
Episode 3: Dealings (Aired: 10/18/2006)
Episode 4: Pursuit (Aired: 10/25/2006)
Episode 5: Tactics (Aired: 11/01/2006)
... and 32 more episodes

Characters:

Lawliet, L (Main) - Voice Actors: Yamaguchi, Kappei, Juliani, Alessandro, Lebon, Guillaume, Haggége, Julien, Crescentini, Stefano, Viczián, Ottó, Cantú, Sérgio, Eom, Sang Hyeon, Pera, Roger, Núñez, Hugo
Ryuk (Main) - Voice Actors: Nakamura, Shidou, Drummond, Brian, Sótonyi, Gábor, Vasconcellos, Jorge, Lee, Jong Gu, Kuschmann, Bernd, Karsen, Emmanuel, Rossi, Alessandro, de Castro, Rolando, Varela, Jordi
Yagami, Light (Main) - Voice Actors: Miyano, Mamoru, Swaile, Brad, Hasper, Kim, Kim, Yeong Seon, Aquilone, Flavio, Kolovratnik, Krisztián, Zamora, Sergio, Leonardo, José, Tomassian, Alexis, Campuzano, Manuel
Aizawa, Yumi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Arishima, Moyu, Chan-Kent, Shannon, Hesse, Kirstin, Bebi, Ludovica, Solís, Nallely, Rotard, Céline
Aizawa, Shuuichi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fujiwara, Keiji, Devall, Trevor, Fehér, Péter, Meese, Andreas, Jeon, Tae Yeol, Vázquez, Carlo, Dascar, Eduardo, Baroni, Marco, Larcher, Laurent
Aizawa, Eriko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kawaragi, Shiho, Riça, Iara, Terzo, Venus, Dobrusskin, Susanne, Conty, Claire, Airol, Cecilia
Amane, Misa (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hirano, Aya, Chan-Kent, Shannon, Turba, Magdalena, Trifol, Nuria, Csuha, Borbála, Gómez, Rebeca, Menezes, Ana Lúcia, Kim, Seo Yeong, Pestel, Charlyne, Savo, Germana
Armonia Justin Beyondormason (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fonseca, Eduardo, Vigné, Michel, Dobson, Michael, Umezu, Hideyuki, Stern, Sérgio, Matos, Marcelo
Block, Kyle (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matos, Marcelo
Bullook, Halle (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Watanabe, Akeno, Lafforgue, Stéphanie, Beley, Lisa Ann, Kim, Seon Hye, Guillén, Maria Rosa, Haupt, Silke
Carter, Anthony (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Aizawa, Masaki, Adamthwaite, Michael, Itchart, Eduard, Reitz, Olaf, Primo, Reginaldo, Padilla, Luis Alfonso, Hernández, Enrique, Faure, Jean-Louis
Conners, Larry (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Cole, Ted, Koyanagi, Motoi, Baaken, Renier, Júlio, Ronaldo, Schoumsky, Antoine
Darlingbin, Carl (Supporting)
Demegawa, Hitoshi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Chafurin, Perry, Ward, Oliveira, Rodrigo, Friebe, Thomas, Massix, Pascal, García, Leonardo, Gil, Vicente
Gardner, Ellickson (Supporting)
Ghiroza, Daril (Supporting)
Gook (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Onishi, Takeharu, Bayer, Hans, Tockar, Lee, Lezama, Ernesto, Massix, Pascal, Matos, Marcelo
Gordon, Dwhite (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Aizawa, Masaki, Hüpgen, Hans-Detlef, Dobson, Brian, Vigné, Michel, Delgado, Víctor, Ribeiro, Hélio
Hatori, Arayoshi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tokumoto, Yukitoshi, Hayama, Simon, Hernández, Enrique, Baaken, Renier, Schnetzer, Ricardo, Amram, Jonathan, Reyes, Salvador
Higuchi, Kyousuke (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Futamata, Issei, Coello, Ricky, Kavadas, Andrew, Jeong, Jae Heon, Borg, Patrick, Vollbrecht, Bernd, Murad, Samir, Prester, Nino, Gómez, Óscar
Ide, Hideki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishikawa, Hideo, Sörös, Miklós, Dawn-Claude, René, Dobson, Brian, Jeong, Jae Heon, De Gracia, Ángel, Torreão, Christiano, Pallini, Enrico, Lorrain, Franck
Irius, Zakk (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Rocabayera, Ramón, Sandryni, Marcelo, Drummond, Brian, Cortés Jáquez, Jesús
Jealous (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsuyama, Kenichi, Dobson, Michael, Massix, Pascal, Júlio, Ronaldo
Jeevas, Mail (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nishimura, Tomohiro, Nelson, Drew, Ruiz, Miguel Ángel, Dubernat, Bruno, Ferreira, Diogo
Jose (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Muñoz, Eleazar, Pestel, Charles, Dobson, Michael, Sandryni, Marcelo
Kaneboshi, Ginzou (Supporting)
Keehl, Mihael (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Sasaki, Nozomu, Hurwitz, David, Sablik, Nico, Markovics, Tamás, Kim, Il, Garijo, Emmanuel, Olguín, Javier, Souza, Marcos, De Flaviis, Fabrizio, Gimeno, Manuel
Kenwood, Mary (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nagasawa, Miki, Terzo, Venus, Welter, Ilya, Solís, Nallely, Molina, Graciela, Yun, Seong Hye, Gasparri, Stella, Goés, Maíra, Kartner, Virginie
Kida, Masahiko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Aizawa, Masaki, Castañeda, Mario, Gravina, Mauro, Júlio, Ronaldo, Sandryni, Marcelo, Schmidtke, Lars, Schoumsky, Antoine, Sims, Martin
Kitamura, Koreyoshi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ikeda, Masaru, Bayer, Hans, Atlan, Jean-Luc, Jeong, Yeong Wung, Barbosa, Walmir, Siegel, Howard
Kollet, Pedro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fonseca, Eduardo, Sanou, Mohad, Lucas, Jorge
Kyoko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Leal, Lupita, Kondou, Kanako, Devine, Alexa
Light's Teacher (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Finck, Sébastien, Masutani, Yasunori, Dobson, Brian, Grau, Luis, Lopes, Fernando
Loud, Stephen (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takahashi, Hiroki, Vincent, Samuel, Jeon, Tae Yeol, Lladó, Carlos, Bassetti, Marco, Haase, Markus, Santhos, Leonardo, Belfodil, Thibaut
Mason, Steve (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ogata, Mitsuru, Rocha, Bruno, Wolf, Volker, Novak, John, Mayén, Alejandro, Reyes, Salvador, del Río, Ángel, Dubernat, Bruno
Matsuda, Touta (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Naitou, Ryou, Tong, Vincent, Graziano, Leonardo, Roden, Simon T., Czető, Roland, Hyeon, Gyeng Su, Vieira, Luiz Sérgio, Jenner, David, Pestel, Charles, Leal, Alfredo
Midou, Shingo (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Devall, Trevor, Hanawa, Eiji, Gerick, Wanja, Byeon, Hyeon Wu, De Gracia, Ángel, Abreu, Ronalth, Dubernat, Bruno
Mikami, Teru (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsukaze, Masaya, Morrow, Kirby, Baldini, Nanni, Szabó, Máté, Jeong, Myeong Jun, Back, Flávio, Schmidtke, Lars, Pons, Jordi, Choël, Bruno, Mercado Jr., Arturo, Drummond, Aidan
Miller (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Devall, Trevor
Misora, Naomi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Matsui, Naoko, St. Germain, Tabitha, D'Amico, Domitilla, Linderhaus, Silke, Győrfi, Anna, Song, Do Yeong, Leroux, Marianne, Amorim, Priscila, Contreras, Claudia
Mogi, Kanzou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nakai, Kazuya, Murphy, John, Kapácsy, Miklós, Choi, Han, Espinoza, Duda, Schleberger, Stephan, Basile, Germano, Mayén, Alejandro, Lorrain, Franck, Grau, Luis
Morello, Tierry (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Kirimoto, Takuya, Hyeon, Gyeng Su, Schalla, Björn, Orth, David, Santhos, Leonardo, Dubernat, Bruno
Namikawa, Reiji (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Nojima, Hirofumi, Cole, Ted, Pfeiffer, Markus, Iansante, Christian, Láng, Balázs, Song, Jun-seok, Guetat, Nessym, Souto, Clécio
Noriko (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Werner, Rieke, Kondou, Kanako, Conte, Guilene
Nusumi, Yonegoro (Supporting)
Ooi, Takeshi (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Yanada, Kiyoyuki, Kopsa, Michael, Wolf, Volker, Rosenberg, Renato, Alfos, Marc, Coria, Guillermo
Osoreda, Kiichiro (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Houki, Katsuhisa, Magliozzi, Mauro, Harting, Peter, Murad, Samir, Dobson, Brian, Massix, Pascal, Gil, Vicente
Otoharada, Kurou (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Fonseca, Eduardo
Penber, Raye (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Ishikawa, Hideo, Adamthwaite, Michael, Briggs, Guilherme, Dumond, Cédric, Tóth, Roland, Gu, Ja hyeong, Lopez, Gabriele, Vásquez, Gerardo
Rem (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Saitou, Kimiko, Wheeler, Colleen, Kametz, Michaela, Kossuth, Gábor, Choi, Mun Ja, Drummond, Alexandre, Darah, Marie-Christine, Scotti, Sonia, Edwards, Erica, Díaz, Azucena
River, Nate (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Hidaka, Noriko, Weseluck, Cathy, Bartucz, Attila, Maurer, Hannes, Emmanuel, Charles, Bae, Jeong Mi, Coronel, Bruno, de Boüard, Vincent, Castagna, Jacopo, Mutsuda, Masumi
Ruvie, Roger (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Moro, Marc, Halder, Ron, Matos, Marcelo, Ootake, Hiroshi, Berg, Rolf, Cortés Jáquez, Jesús
Ryuuga, Hideki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: de Castro, Rolando, Nishi, Kensuke, Dobson, Paul
Sairas, George (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Tahara, Aruno, Moro, Marc, Dobson, Michael, Bellisar, André
Sasaki (Supporting) - Voice Actors: Takeo, Kazuma
... and 19 more characters

Staff:

Hashimoto, Kentarou (Producer)
Maruyama, Masao (Producer)
Nakatani, Toshio (Producer)
Tamura, Manabu (Producer)
Kobayashi, Mikiko (Assistant Producer)
Araki, Tetsurou (Director, Episode Director, Storyboard, Theme Song Lyrics)
Yamada, Chiaki (Sound Director)
Aoyagi, Hironori (Episode Director)
Bessho, Makoto (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Hanyuu, Naoyasu (Episode Director)
Hashimoto, Naoto (Episode Director)
Hirao, Takayuki (Episode Director)
Itou, Tomohiko (Episode Director, Script, Storyboard, Assistant Director)
Itou, Hideki (Episode Director, Animation Director)
Masuhara, Mitsuyuki (Episode Director)
Nakamura, Ryousuke (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Nishi, Eiko (Episode Director)
Okazaki, Yukio (Episode Director)
Osamura, Shinji (Episode Director)
Oyunamu (Episode Director)
Saitou, Tetsuhito (Episode Director)
Satou, Tetsuto (Episode Director)
Shimoda, Hisato (Episode Director)
Suzuki, Norimitsu (Episode Director, Storyboard, Key Animation)
Tsuchiya, Hiroyuki (Episode Director)
Tsunematsu, Kei (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Yamauchi, Tomio (Episode Director)
Yoneda, Mitsuhiro (Episode Director, Storyboard)
Inoue, Toshiki (Script, Series Composition)
Kobayashi, Yasuko (Script)
Yonemura, Shouji (Script)
Annou, Takashi (Storyboard)
Fukuda, Michio (Storyboard)
Hirata, Toshio (Storyboard)
Matsuo, Shin (Storyboard)
Moriyama, You (Storyboard)
Oohara, Minoru (Storyboard)
Sasaki, Shinsaku (Storyboard)
Satou, Shinji (Storyboard)
Satou, Yuuzou (Storyboard)
Sayama, Kiyoko (Storyboard)
Takahashi, Tooru (Storyboard, Key Animation)
Takaoka, Junichi (Storyboard, Key Animation, Animation Director)
Watanabe, Takashi (Storyboard)
Yamamoto, Sayo (Storyboard)
Maximum the Hormone (Theme Song Performance)
Nightmare (Theme Song Performance)
Abe, Misao (Key Animation)
Abiru, Takahiko (Key Animation)
Ahn, Hyo-jeong (Key Animation)
... and 159 more staff

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Winners of 2009 Japan Expo Awards (07/02/2009)
Warner Acquires Live Action Film Rights of Death Note (05/01/2009)

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Genres: Psychological, Shounen, Supernatural, Suspense
Themes: Psychological
Demographics: Shounen
Studios: Madhouse
Producers: D.N. Dream Partners, Nippon Television Network, Shueisha, VAP
Licensors: VIZ Media
Rating: 8.62 / 10
Rank: #93
Popularity: #2
Users Listed: 4,147,685
Users Scored: 2,903,828
NSFW: No
Last Updated: 03/06/2024
Aired: October 4, 2006 – June 27, 2007 (Fall)
Type: tv
Source: manga
Age Rating: R
Episodes: 37
Broadcast: Wednesday at 00:56 (JST)

Death Note