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Death Note (Japanese: デスノート Hepburn: Desu Nōto) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The story follows Light Yagami, a high school student who stumbles across a mysterious otherworldly notebook: the "Death Note", which belonged to the Shinigami Ryuk, and grants its user the power to kill anyone whose name and face he knows. The series centers around Light's subsequent attempts to use the Death Note to change the world into a utopian society without crime and the subsequent efforts of a special task force led by L, a reclusive international criminal profiler, to apprehend him and end his reign of terror.
Cover of the first tankōbon for Death Note featuring Ryuk and Light Yagami
デスノート
(Desu Nōto)GenreMystery, supernatural, thriller[1]MangaWritten byTsugumi OhbaIllustrated byTakeshi ObataPublished byShueishaEnglish publisher
DemographicShōnenMagazineWeekly Shōnen JumpOriginal runDecember 1, 2003 – May 15, 2006Volumes12 (List of volumes)NovelDeath Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder CasesWritten byNisio IsinPublished byShueishaEnglish publisher
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PublishedAugust 1, 2006Anime television seriesDirected byTetsurō ArakiProduced byToshio Nakatani
Manabu Tamura
Masao MaruyamaWritten byToshiki InoueMusic byYoshihisa Hirano
Hideki TaniuchiStudioMadhouseLicensed by
Madman Entertainment
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Original networkNippon TVEnglish network
Original runOctober 3, 2006 – June 26, 2007Episodes37 (List of episodes)GameDeath Note: Kira's GameDeveloperKonamiPublisherKonamiGenreActionPlatformNintendo DSReleased
JP: February 15, 2007
GameDeath Note: Successor to LDeveloperKonamiPublisherKonamiGenreActionPlatformNintendo DSReleased
JP: July 12, 2007
Anime television filmDeath Note: Relight - Visions of a GodDirected byTetsurō ArakiProduced byToshio Nakatani
Manabu Tamura
Masao MaruyamaWritten byToshiki InoueMusic byYoshihisa Hirano
Hideki TaniuchiStudioMadhouseLicensed by
Madman Entertainment
Viz Media
Manga Entertainment
Original networkNippon TVReleasedAugust 31, 2007Runtime130 minutesNovelDeath Note: L - Change the WorldWritten byMPublished byShueishaEnglish publisher
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PublishedDecember 25, 2007GameL: The Prologue to Death Note - Spiraling TrapDeveloperKonamiPublisherKonamiGenreActionPlatformNintendo DSReleased
JP: February 7, 2008
Anime television filmDeath Note: Relight 2 - L's SuccessorsDirected byTetsurō ArakiProduced byToshio Nakatani
Manabu Tamura
Masao MaruyamaWritten byToshiki InoueMusic byYoshihisa Hirano
Hideki TaniuchiStudioMadhouseLicensed by
Madman Entertainment
Viz Media
Manga Entertainment
Original networkNippon TVReleasedAugust 22, 2008Runtime100 minutesLive-actionDeath Note (2006 film)Death Note 2: The Last Name (2006 film)L: Change the World (2008 film)Death Note (2015 TV drama)Death Note: The Musical (2015 musical)Death Note: New Generation (2016 miniseries)Death Note: Light Up the New World (2016 film)Death Note (2017 film)
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Death Note was first serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2003 to May 2006. The 108 chapters were collected and published into 12 tankōbon volumes between April 2004 and July 2006. An anime television adaptation aired in Japan from October 3, 2006, to June 26, 2007. Composed of 37 episodes, the anime was developed by Madhouse and directed by Tetsuro Araki. A light novel based on the series, written by Nisio Isin, was also released in 2006. Additionally, various video games have been published by Konami for the Nintendo DS. The series was adapted into three live-action films released in Japan on June 17, 2006, November 3, 2006, and February 2, 2008, and a television drama in 2015. A miniseries entitled Death Note: New Generation and a fourth film were released in 2016. An American film adaptation was released on Netflix on August 25, 2017.
Death Note media is licensed and released in North America by Viz Media, with the exception of the video games and soundtracks. The episodes from the anime first appeared in North America as downloadable from IGN, before Viz Media licensed it and it aired on YTV's Bionix anime block in Canada and on Adult Swim in the United States with a DVD release following. The live-action films briefly played in certain North American theaters in 2008, before receiving home video releases. In 2015, the collected volumes of the Death Note manga had over 30 million copies in circulation.
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