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Death Note

★ 8.6 2006 · 2000s 1 season Nippon TV

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Synopsis

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?

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Cast & Crew

Mamoru Miyano

Mamoru Miyano

Light Yagami (voice)

Shido Nakamura

Shido Nakamura

Ryuk (voice)

Aya Hirano

Aya Hirano

Misa Amane (voice)

Kappei Yamaguchi

Kappei Yamaguchi

L (voice)

Kimiko Saito

Kimiko Saito

Rem (voice)

Naoya Uchida

Naoya Uchida

Soichiro Yagami (voice)

Ryou Naitou

Ryou Naitou

Touta Matsuda (voice)

Keiji Fujiwara

Keiji Fujiwara

Shuichi Aizawa (voice)

Kazuya Nakai

Kazuya Nakai

Kanzo Mogi (voice)

Noriko Hidaka

Noriko Hidaka

Near (voice)

Nozomu Sasaki

Nozomu Sasaki

Mello (voice)

Masao Maruyama

Masao Maruyama

Producer

Toshio Nakatani

Toshio Nakatani

Producer

Manabu Tamura

Manabu Tamura

Producer

Trivia about Death Note

The writer remarked on their preference for reading the previous "two or four" chapters carefully to ensure consistency in the story.

The typical weekly production schedule consisted of five days of creating and thinking and one day using a pencil to insert dialogue into rough drafts; after this point, the writer faxed any initial drafts to the editor.

In contrast, the writer took three or four days to create a chapter on some occasions, while on others they took a month.

The first time they met in person was at an editorial party in January 2004.

The two did not discuss the final chapters with one another and continued talking only with their editor.

After the publication of the pilot chapter, the series was not expected to receive approval for serialization.