
10/04/2006 (JP) • 22m
THE HUMAN WHOSE NAME IS WRITTEN IN THIS NOTE SHALL DIE.
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?
2006 | 37 Episodes
Season 1 of Death Note premiered on October 4, 2006.
Status
Ended
Type
Scripted
Original Language
Japanese
Keywords
detective
journalism
secret identity
police
supernatural
sociopath
rivalry
murder
serial killer
grim reaper
psychological thriller
based on manga
justice
death
ethical dilemma
shounen
anime
shinigami
time skip
magic book
psychological
fantastic
prosocial psychopath
horror
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