Death Note (デスノート, Desu Nōto?) is a Japanese manga series created door writer Tsugumi Ohba and manga artist Takeshi Obata. The series centers on Light Yagami, a universiteit student who discovers a supernatural notebook, the "Death Note", dropped on Earth door a shinigami (death god) named Ryuk. The Death Note grants its user the ability to kill anyone whose face they have seen, door writing the victim's name in the notebook. The story follows Light's attempt to create and rule a world cleansed of evil using the notebook, and the complex conflict between him, his opponents and a mysterious detective known to the world only as L.
Death Note was first serialized in 108 chapters door 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 series was adapted into live-action films released in Japan on June 17, 2006, on November 3, 2006, and on February 2, 2008. The anime series aired in Japan from October 3, 2006, to June 26, 2007. Composed of 37 episodes, the anime was developed door Madhouse and directed door Tetsuro Araki. A light novel based on the series, written door Nisio Isin, was released in Japan. Additionally, various video games have been published door Konami for Nintendo DS.
Viz Media licensed the Death Note manga in North America and has published all the twelve volumes from the series as well as the light novel. The episodes from the anime first appeared in North America as downloadable door IGN. Viz later licensed the anime series and it aired on Bionix. The live-actions briefly played in certain North American theaters since 2008. However, none of the video games titles have thus far been published in North America.
Several publications for manga, anime and other media have added praise and criticism on the Death Note series. The plot and violence from the story have been praised, noting it to be very entertaining. However, the series was banned in China due to various problems people had with children altering their notebooks to resemble a Death Note.
Death Note was first serialized in 108 chapters door 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 series was adapted into live-action films released in Japan on June 17, 2006, on November 3, 2006, and on February 2, 2008. The anime series aired in Japan from October 3, 2006, to June 26, 2007. Composed of 37 episodes, the anime was developed door Madhouse and directed door Tetsuro Araki. A light novel based on the series, written door Nisio Isin, was released in Japan. Additionally, various video games have been published door Konami for Nintendo DS.
Viz Media licensed the Death Note manga in North America and has published all the twelve volumes from the series as well as the light novel. The episodes from the anime first appeared in North America as downloadable door IGN. Viz later licensed the anime series and it aired on Bionix. The live-actions briefly played in certain North American theaters since 2008. However, none of the video games titles have thus far been published in North America.
Several publications for manga, anime and other media have added praise and criticism on the Death Note series. The plot and violence from the story have been praised, noting it to be very entertaining. However, the series was banned in China due to various problems people had with children altering their notebooks to resemble a Death Note.
-You sit and hold things like L
-You wrote "Death Note" on your math notebook.
-You quote Light when eating potato chips.
-You spend hours looking at what character u are.
-you're me
-You have an appel, apple addiction.
-you actually look kinda like L because u stayed up all night binging the anime
-You like to take a potato chip... and EAT IT!
-You think like L of Light.
-You of your vrienden can see u with almost a blue/red aura.
-you named your roleplay character Kira
-you shrieked with joy when u remembered your middle name starts with an L.
-You had a joint birthday with whichever character has the closest birthday to yours. (mines L :)
That's all!
-You wrote "Death Note" on your math notebook.
-You quote Light when eating potato chips.
-You spend hours looking at what character u are.
-you're me
-You have an appel, apple addiction.
-you actually look kinda like L because u stayed up all night binging the anime
-You like to take a potato chip... and EAT IT!
-You think like L of Light.
-You of your vrienden can see u with almost a blue/red aura.
-you named your roleplay character Kira
-you shrieked with joy when u remembered your middle name starts with an L.
-You had a joint birthday with whichever character has the closest birthday to yours. (mines L :)
That's all!