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Death Note
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Cover of the first tankōbon for Death Note featuring Ryuk and Light Yagami
DEATH NOTE
Genre Detective fiction, Psychological thriller, Supernatural
Manga
Written by Tsugumi Ohba
Illustrated by Takeshi Obata
Published by Shueisha
English publisher
AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA / UK
Viz Media
Demographic Shōnen
Magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump
Original run December 2003 – May 2006
Volumes 12 (List of volumes)
Novel
Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases
Written by Nisio Isin
Published by Shueisha
English publisher
NA / UK
Viz Media
Published August 1, 2006
Anime television series
Directed by Tetsurō Araki
Written by Toshiki Inoue
Music by Yoshihisa Hirano
Hideki Taniuchi
Studio Madhouse
Licensed by
AUS
Madman Entertainment
NA
Viz Media
UK
Manga Entertainment
Network NTV, STV, ytv, CTV, FBS, HTV, SDT, FCT
English network
AU
ABC2
CA
YTV, Scream, Neon Alley
US
Cartoon Network (Adult Swim), Neon Alley
ZA
Animax South Africa
Original run October 3, 2006 – June 26, 2007
Episodes 37 (List of episodes)
Game
Death Note Kira's Game
Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Genre Action
Platform Nintendo DS
Released
JP February 15, 2007
Game
Death Note: Successor to L
Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Genre Action
Platform Nintendo DS
Released
JP July 12, 2007
Anime television film
Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God
Directed by Tetsurō Araki
Written by Toshiki Inoue
Studio Madhouse
Licensed by
NA
Viz Media
Network NTV
Released August 31, 2007
Runtime 130 minutes
Game
L the Prologue to Death Note: Spiraling Trap
Developer Konami
Publisher Konami
Genre Action
Platform Nintendo DS
Released
JP February 7, 2008
Anime television film
Death Note: Relight 2: L's Successors
Directed by Tetsurō Araki
Written by Toshiki Inoue
Studio Madhouse
Licensed by
NA
Viz Media
Network NTV
Released August 22, 2008
Runtime 100 minutes
Novel
Death Note: L: Change the World
Written by M
Published by VIZ Media, LLC
Published
October 20, 2009
Live-action films
Death Note (2006 film)
2: The Last Name (2006 film)
L: Change the World (2008 film)
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Death Note (デスノート Desu Nōto?) is a Japanese manga series created by writer Tsugumi Ohba and manga artist Takeshi Obata. It centers on Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook, the titular "Death Note". This notebook grants its user the ability to kill anyone whose name and face they know. The series follows Light's subsequent efforts to create a criminal-free utopia using the notebook, and the efforts of a detective known as L to stop him.
Death Note was first serialized in 108 chapters by Shueisha in the Japanese manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2003 to May 2006. The series was also published in tankōbon format in Japan starting in May 2004 and ending in October 2006 with a total of twelve volumes. The anime series 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 released in Japan. Additionally, various video games have been published by Konami for Nintendo DS. The series was adapted into live-action films released in Japan on June 17, 2006, November 3, 2006, and February 2, 2008.
Viz Media licensed the Death Note manga in North America and has published all the twelve volumes from the series, a 13th volume which serves as a "reader's guide", as well as the light novels. The episodes from the anime first appeared in North America as downloadable by IGN. Viz later licensed the anime series and it aired on Bionix in Canada and on Cartoon Network in the United States, and was released on DVD in North America. The live-action films briefly played in certain North American theaters since 2008. However, none of the video games have thus far been published in North America or Europe.
Death Note is one of Weekly Shōnen Jump's best-selling manga series of all time, with sales over 26.5 million copies.
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