Bored with his deteriorating world and the laconic way of his fellows, shinigami Ryuuk drops his Death Note on Earth and watches to see if it stirs up anything interesting. His plan succeeds beyond his wildest expectations when the Death Note is found by brilliant high school senior Light Yagami, who is also bored with a world he considers rotten. Although initially he regards the book as a prank, Light soon discovers, through experimentation, that the book's claim is true: picture a person in your mind as you write the person's name in the Death Note, and that person dies 40 seconds later of of a heart attack (although a different time frame and manner of death can be specified). Armed with that power, Light sets out on a quest he sees as noble: make the world a better place by eliminating all its criminals using the Death Note. Soon cast as the mysterious Kira (a Japanese pronunciation of the English killer) in the media and on the Internet, some take exception to his playing god, most notably the police and the enigmatic master detective L, who resolves to do everything in his power to stop Kira. Light counters by doing everything in his power to prevent people from identifying or interfering with him, even if that means getting rid of people investigating him.
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Alternative title:
Carnet de la Mort (French)
Dödens Anteckningsbok (Swedish)
El Libro De La Muerte (Spanish)
Notatnik Zmierci (Polish)
"5B@04L A<5@B8 (Russian)
E0C1) 'DEH* (Arabic)
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Plot Summary:
Yagami Light is an ace student with great prospects, who's bored out of his mind. One day he finds the "Death Note": a notebook from the realm of the Death Gods, with the power to kill people in any way he desires. With the Death Note in hand, Light decides to create his perfect world, without crime or criminals. However, when criminals start dropping dead one by one, the authorites send the legendary detective L to track down the killer, and a battle of wits, deception and logic ensues...
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Running time: 23 minutes per episode Number of episodes: 37 Episode titles:39
Opening Theme:
#1: "the WORLD" by Nightmare (eps 1-19)
#2: "What's Up People?!" by Maximum the Hormone (eps 20-37) Ending Theme:
#1: "Aluminia" by Nightmare (eps 1-19)
#2: "Zetsubou Billy" by Maximum the Hormone (eps 20-36)
#3: "Coda ~ Death Note" by Yoshihisa Hirano (ep 37)
