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• Meet Light Yagami, a brilliant but bored high school student whose life is changed when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami, or god of death, named Ryuk. When Light discovers that any human whose name is written in the book dies, he vows to use its power to rid the world of evil. But every action has its consequences, and Light soon finds himself in a life or death bat
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| Death Note | | Director:
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| Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC | | Language:
| English | | Subtitle:
| English | | Number of Discs:
| 2 | | Studio:
| Viz VIDEO | | Run Time:
| 100 minutes | | DVD Release Date:
| November 20, 2007 | | Average Customer Rating:
|  based on 9 reviews |
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6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
You will get hooked.Oct 26, 2007
By H. Chandler
A must see for all anime fans. A good psychological thriller/ cat and mouse game between two masterminds. Each episode gets you more and more addicted to the show. The characters are more dimensional than any other series or movie that I have seen. Once I started watching, I could not pull myself away- it's just that addictive.
Both the animation and music are pretty average - not the best I've ever seen, but by far not the worst either. It's the story that really drives this series. I won't summarize it for you, Amazon does a pretty good job of that. And besides, anymore would just give away too much. If you need a preview, Adult Swim on Cartoon Network has started airing the series and even has full episodes on their website. It's dubbed, but atleast it will give you enough of a taste to see if you like it or not.
It's for a more mature crowd (I'd say 15+). The theme is death, but there's no especially gory scenes. There are many twists and turns that will keep you guessing till the end. The series is.. "how you say..'juicy'".
6 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Most amazing anime out there to dateOct 23, 2007
By Michael T. Lewis
Death Note is truly the best adult anime, period. I say adult, because the story line is mature and complex. I do not think children under the age of 13 will get any of what is going on. The action is limited, but the dialog and writing is truly a piece of work. You wont find sex scenes or excessive violence, but if you enjoy a unique, well written story that forces you to watch episode after episode to see what happens next, then Death Note will not disappoint.
Buy it, love it.
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Finally!Nov 05, 2007
By janeable
At last the Japanese studios are getting a clue. Hey, we here in region 1 *also* like to get the figures, stickers, etc. with the DVDs of our favorite shows. They have been offered with the Japanese versions forever. I'm gonna get this. Hooray!
One of the best series ever.Aug 24, 2008
By Noah E. Schumaker
"Shalkar Rakal"
Honestly, this is one of the best tv series ever simply because of the mental part of it. There isn't so much action in the sense of people fighting. It's all about the mental warfare. This series will keep you guessing what is going to happen inbetween each episode and as you're watching the episode itself. This is something that everybody and anybody should watch at least once through.
The Bad Part: It technically ended with the resolution at the end of the first "season". You can tell what part I'm talking about when you see it. Then because the fans loved it so much and they pressured him, he went about making a second "season". Think of it really being two books in the set. The second set of episodes takes some episodes to really get along. He had to take it slow to keep the human reactions in the show realistic as opposed to them "magically" figuring somthing out or slipping up. So that's it's only real downside.
There is one other part I don't particularly care for, but I can't say because it's a spoiler. If you enjoy the series, you'll know instantly what part I mean when you see it. ;)
The Human Whose Name is Written In This Notebook...May 24, 2008
By Zekeriyah
will die.
Thus opens the brilliant saga of Deathnote, one of the most compelling and amazing animes of all time. It tells the story of Light Yagami, an intelligent university student with a strong sense of justice who accidentally picks up a notebook owned by a God of Death. Slowly, he starts killing off criminals under the guise of Kira ('Killer'), becoming more and more like those who kills in the process. The storyline is incredibly amazing and faithful to the original mangas, while the artwork is absolutely perfect. And the music and English vocals are a perfect match as well. As a result, this is one of those animes that even people who normally don't like cartoons can get into.
The first four episodes, which is where you SHOULD start, introduce the protagonist of Light Yagami, as well as his rival, the great detective known only as L. L, of course, is a fan favorite (hes certainly my favorite) and the first four episodes here tell the story of Light and L.'s mind games, each trying to lure the other out into the open without revealing their own identities. The confrontation between the two, in the episode appropriately named 'Confrontation,' was one of the most defining moments of the anime. Meanwhile, Light uses his Deathnote to kill criminals and set the Japanese police against L. Very well complex storyline, but quite enjoyable.
As an added bonus, the limited edition first run DVDs of the series each come boxed with a figure - in this particular case, Ryuk, the raven-like Shinigami (Death God) with a macabre sense of humor whose Deathnote Light picks up at the beginning of the story.
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