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- Season 1 overviewOct 4, 2006-Jun 13, 200735 episodesSeason 1 episodes1. Rebirth Oct 4, 2006
- Light Yagami decides to rid the world of evil with the power of the Death Note.
- 2. Confrontation Oct 11, 2006
- As the world's criminals drop dead, L sets up a task force to find the murder.
- 3. Dealings Oct 18, 2006
- Ryuk, the Shinigami who dropped the Death Note, warns Light that someone is on his trail.
- 4. Pursuit Oct 25, 2006
- Light tests the Death Note's powers by killing six convicts in various ways.
- 5. Tactics Nov 1, 2006
- Yagami finds out that Light has brought in FBI agents.
- 6. Unraveling Nov 8, 2006
- Light meets a woman with an urgent message for the Kira task force.
- 7. Overcast Nov 15, 2006
- Light tries to use the Death Note to get rid of someone who could get him captured.
- 8. Glare Nov 22, 2006
- L insists on bugging the homes of Chief Yagami and Deputy Director Kitamura.
- 9. Encounter Nov 29, 2006
- L grows suspicious of Light's behavior and investigates him on his own.
- 10. Doubt Dec 6, 2006
- L's growing suspicion of Light compells him to bring Light into the investigation.
- 11. Assault Dec 13, 2006
- News anchors and commentators who expressed doubt about Kira begin dying.
- 12. Love Dec 27, 2006
- A second Kira is now on the loose and L asks Light to join the task force.
- 13. Confession Jan 10, 2007
- Light attempts discover the identity of the second Kira.
- 14. Friend Jan 17, 2007
- Light and Misa show each other their Death Notes.
- 15. Wager Jan 24, 2007
- Evidence points to Misa Amane as the second Kira.
- 16. Decision Jan 31, 2007
- Misa and Light are in confinement and the murders continue.
- 17. Execution Feb 7, 2007
- The killings continue and Misa and Light are released.
- 18. Ally Feb 14, 2007
- A strange connection between the recent Kira murders and the Yotsuba Group.
- 19. Matsuda Feb 21, 2007
- Matsuda is eager to distinguish himself.
- 20. Makeshift Feb 28, 2007
- The Yotsuba Group hires Eraldo Coil to uncover L's identity.
- 21. Performance Mar 7, 2007
- The Yotsuba Group hires Eraldo Coil to uncover L's identity.
- 22. Guidance Mar 14, 2007
- Misa narrows down suspects in the Yotsuba Group; L devises a plan.
- 23. Frenzy Mar 21, 2007
- A member of the Yotsuba Group attempts to kill Matsuda.
- 24. Revival Mar 28, 2007
- Higuchi tells the investigators about the Death Note.
- 25. Silence Apr 4, 2007
- Light orders Misa to begin killing as Kira.
- 26. Renewal Apr 11, 2007
- Light has removed everyone in his way to achieving the perfect world.
- 27. Abduction Apr 18, 2007
- Near, a new investigator from the SPK, is searching for the Death Notes.
- 28. Impatience Apr 25, 2007
- Light reveals to Near that his sister Sayu has been kidnapped by someone who wants the Death Note.
- 29. Father May 2, 2007
- Light attempts to discover where Mello and his associates are hiding.
- 30. Justice May 9, 2007
- Mello tries to retrieve a photograph of himself to make sure he won't be killed by Kira.
Death Note is a Japanese anime television series based on the manga series of the same name written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata.
No.TitleDirected ByWritten By1"Rebirth" Transliteration: " Shinsei " ( ...Tetsurō Araki Kei Tsunematsu2"Confrontation" Transliteration: " ...Toshiki Inoue3"Dealings" Transliteration: " Torihiki " ...Hiroyuki TsuchiyaToshiki Inoue4"Pursuit" Transliteration: " Tsuiseki " ( ...Naoyasu HanyūToshiki InoueGenius high school student Light Yagami learns about the value of life through a book of death dropped by a bored shinigami named Ryuk. All 37 episodes are i...
- The Series
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Episodes
The anime series is comprised of 37 episodes of about 20 minutes each. For a list of televised episodes, see List of Episodes.
Films
The series was later condensed into two films: Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God, which covered the first part of the story, and Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors, which covered the second part. The first film aired on TV in Japan in 2007, and the second aired in 2008. Content was heavily revised to make the films feature-length. The films notably include a few new scenes, such as Light visiting L's grave, and Near recalling a time when L spoke to the children at Wammy's House.
Japan
The series was first broadcasted from October 3, 2006, to June 26, 2007, airing on the Nippon Television network "every Tuesday at 23:34". The series was co-produced by Madhouse, Nippon Television, Shueisha, D.N. Dream Partners, and VAP. The anime series was first released on 13 DVDs. Following the end of the series, two films that heavily condensed the anime series were released. The first film, Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God, aired on Nippon Television in Japan on August 31, 2007, a...
United States and Canada
In North America, the series has been licensed by Viz for residents in the United States to use "Download-to-Own" and "Download-to-Rent" services while it was still airing in Japan. This move is seen as "significant because it marks the first time a well known Japanese anime property will be made legally available to domestic audiences for download to own while the title still airs on Japanese television. The downloadable episodes contain the original Japanese audio track and English subtitle...
Brazil
In Brazil, the anime series was first broadcast by the now-defunct cable channel, Animax. The series premiered in March 3, 2009. In april 10, 2014, the series began its broadcast on Play TV, alongside Bleach. It is now available on Netflix, Crunchyroll, and Funimation. In 2021, it was the target of a sensationalist report by RecordTV, which associated the show with violence and suicide.
Tom S. Pepirium of IGN said that Death Note's "heavy serialized nature" is what "makes the show so engaging and discussion-worthy." Pepirium, saying that translating Death Note is "no small task," said that Stephen Hedley created a dub with "nothing clunky." Pepirium added that Karl Willems, director of the dub, assembled a "stunning voice cast of ...
Tetsuro Araki, the director, said that he wished to convey aspects that "made the series interesting" instead of simply "focusing on morals or the concept of justice." Toshiki Inoue, the series organizer, agreed with Araki and added that, in anime adaptations, there is a lot of importance in highlighting the aspects that are "interesting in the ori...
The story begins in the year 2006 instead of 2003. The anime series closely follows the original storyline of the first seven volumes of the manga (Part I, also called L's arc) then rushes significantly through Mello and Near's arc (Part II) by accentuating many action scenes and skipping monologues or long discussions between characters described ...
Japanese DVDs
Japan originally released the anime on thirteen DVDs between December 21, 2006, and December 21, 2007. The first press edition of each DVD included a character figurine.
North America DVDs
VIZ Media released the series on nine DVDs in North America: 1. Death Note Volume 1 - Episodes 1-4 (Disc Cover Light Yagami) 2. Death Note Volume 2 - Episodes 5-8 (Disc Cover L) 3. Death Note Volume 3 - Episodes 9-12 (Disc Cover Ryuk) 4. Death Note Volume 4 - Episodes 13-16 (Disc Cover Misa Amane) 5. Death Note Volume 5 - Episodes 17-20 (Disc Cover Rem) 6. Death Note Volume 6 - Episodes 21-24 (Disc Cover Ryuk) 7. Death Note Volume 7 - Episodes 25-28 (Disc Cover Near) 8. Death Note Volume 8 -...
Official site: ntv.co.jp/deathnote/(Japanese anime)Official site: deathnote.viz.com(English, North America)Death Note: With Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile, Vincent Tong, Ryô Naitô. An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.
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October 3, 2006. USA. November 20, 2007. This is a list of episodes for the Death Note anime series. The series consists of 37 episodes divided into 2 parts. It was directed by Tetsurō Araki and animated by Madhouse.
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.
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