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Death Note is a paranormal anime that aired on Nippon Television.

Shinigami are death gods who observe the human world from above, writing the names of those who should die in their notebooks. When a tricky shinigami by the name of Ryuk decides the shinigami world is too boring, he throws his notebook into the human world, where it is found by a teenager named Light Yagami. After verifying that the book does in fact, kill those whose names are written on its pages, Light sets out on a mission—to rid the world of evildoers by killing them all!

Soon it becomes apparent to the police that someone is targeting criminals for death, so to deal with such an extraordinary case, the world's best detective is called in—L, an eccentric, reclusive shut-in. Thus begins a game of cat-and-mouse between two equally brilliant minds, both with the righteous belief that they are justice.

Contents 1 Cast 2 Seasons 3 In-Depth 4 DVD Releases 5 Manga 6 External Sites

Cast

Japanese Voices	English Voices	Character	Duration
Main Cast
Mamoru Miyano	Brad Swaile	Light Yagami	1
Kappei Yamaguchi	Alessandro Juliani	L	1
Supporting/Recurring Cast
Aya Hirano	Shannon Chan-Kent	Misa Amane	1
Shidou Nakamura	Brian Drummond	Ryuk	1
Kimiko Saito	Colleen Wheeler	Rem	1
Naoya Uchida	Chris Britton	Soichiro Yagami	1
Ryo Naitou	Vincent Tong	Tota Matsuda	1
Kazuya Nakai	John Murphy	Kanzo Mogi	1
Keiji Fujiwara	Trevor Devall	Shuichi Aizawa	1
Hidenobu Kiuchi	Jeremy From	Hirokazu Ukita	1
Hideo Ishikawa	Brian Dobson	Hideki Ide	1

Seasons

Season	Premiere	Finale	#
Nippon Television
Season One	October 3, 2006	June 26, 2007	37
Death Note:R	August 31, 2007

In-Depth

• At a Glance: Additional information about the series

DVD Releases

Title	Release Date	#
Episode Collections - Sets: Region 1
Box Set Volume 1	November 18, 2008	1	purchase
Box Set Volume 2	April 14, 2009	1	purchase
Episode Collections - Volumes: Region 1
Original and Uncut 1	November 20, 2007	1	purchase
Original and Uncut 2	December 18, 2007	1	purchase
Original and Uncut 3	February 19, 2008	1	purchase
Original and Uncut 4	April 29, 2008	1	purchase
Original and Uncut 5	June 24, 2008	1	purchase
Original and Uncut 6	August 26, 2008	1	purchase
Original and Uncut 7	October 28, 2008	1	purchase
Original and Uncut 8	December 30, 2008	1	purchase
Original and Uncut 9	February 24, 2009	1	purchase

Manga

Title	Release Date
Volume 1	October 10, 2005	purchase
Volume 2	November 1, 2005	purchase
Volume 3	January 3, 2006	purchase
Volume 4	March 7, 2006	purchase
Volume 5	May 2, 2006	purchase
Volume 6	July 5, 2006	purchase
Volume 7	September 5, 2006	purchase
Volume 8	November 7, 2006	purchase
Volume 9	January 2, 2007	purchase
Volume 10	March 6, 2007	purchase
Volume 11	May 1, 2007	purchase
Volume 12	July 3, 2007	purchase

External Sites

• Official VIZ Media website for Death Note (US site)