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Rebirth Rebirth
Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami discovers a Shinigami's notebook and plans to use it to create a better world.
October 21, 2007
Taiketsu Taiketsu
The series of mysterious deaths catches the attention of world-renowned detective L, who confronts the killer on live television.
October 10, 2006
Torihiki Torihiki
As the Task Force and L's investigation deepens, Ryuk tells Light that someone is shadowing them. Light needs the man's name, and Ryuk makes an offer.
October 17, 2006
Tsuiseki Tsuiseki
While formulating a plan to get the name of the man following him, Light tests the limits of the Death Note.
October 24, 2006
Kakehiki Kakehiki
Soichiro confronts L about the FBI agents investigating the police, and Light makes a move against the FBI.
October 31, 2006
Hokorobi Hokorobi
Light runs into a woman at the police department who has information for L that could lead to Light's capture.
November 7, 2006
Donten Donten
Light uses the Death Note to try to get rid of the woman who could get him captured and is shocked when it doesn't work.
November 14, 2006
Mesen Mesen
Light, entirely aware of L's surveillance equipment in his home, begins a very careful game to throw off suspicion.
November 21, 2006
Sesshoku Sesshoku
L makes a direct move against his top suspect when Light enters To-Oh University.
November 28, 2006
Giwaku Giwaku
L challenges Light to a tennis match and tests his deductive abilities; an urgent call has them rushing to the hospital.
December 5, 2006
Totsunyû Totsunyû
Video tapes reportedly from Kira air on Sakura TV, although L suspects that this is the work of another Kira.
December 12, 2006
Koigokoro Koigokoro
Light is invited into the Task Force to help respond to the second Kira, and Rem tells Misa how she came by her Death Note.
December 26, 2006
Kokuhaku Kokuhaku
Light goes to Aoyama to discover the identity of the second Kira before L becomes more suspicious, but Misa Amane, the new Kira, uses her unusual gift to find Light...
January 9, 2007
Tomodachi Tomodachi
Light and Misa show each other their Death Notes, and Light asks Misa to have her shinigami Rem get rid of L, which Misa will do in order to have Light fall in love...
January 16, 2007
Kake Kake
Convinced the two Kiras have met and worried at the prospect of his own murder, L declares that the event of his death will prove Light is Kira.
January 23, 2007
Ketsudan Ketsudan
Light decides to tell L that he thinks he may be Kira.
January 30, 2007
Shikkou Shikkou
Getting nowhere fast, L thinks of a new plan to get Light, Misa and Mr. Yagami out of confinement.
February 6, 2007
Nakama Nakama
L's depression causes a scuffle to break out in the new headquarters, and a recent string of CEO deaths has L and Light thinking that Kira may be killing for monetary...
February 13, 2007
Matsuda Matsuda
Matsuda, the task force member eager to distinguish himself, decides, while assigned to watch Misa, to do a little snooping on his own at the Yotsuba Group's Tokyo...
February 20, 2007
Kosoku Kosoku
After Light establishes a mole within the Yotsuba Group, L separates himself from the rest of the task force and recruits Misa.
February 27, 2007
Katsuyaku Katsuyaku
The third Kira sets his eyes on Misa after meeting her. While Misa takes a break from meeting the Yotsuba Group, Rem contacts her. Misa is able to see the shinigami,...
March 6, 2007
Yûdô Yûdô
After learning that Higuchi is Kira, L decides that they mustn't apprehend him till they understand his killing method.
March 13, 2007
Kyôsô Kyôsô
L and Light, watching from the investigation team building, wonder whom Higuchi (seemingly alone) is talking to. L wonders if it's a shinigami. With Rem beside him,...
March 20, 2007
Fukkatsu Fukkatsu
The team arrests Higuchi for being Kira and causing multiple murders. Inspecting Higuchi's Death Note, team members who touch it abruptly discover that shinigami do...
March 27, 2007
Chinmoku Chinmoku
Light, his memory recovered, orders Misa to begin killing after Higuchi dies. The Shinigami Rem realizes that everything is going according to Light's plan, and that L...
April 3, 2007
Saisei Saisei
After L's death, the world needs a new great detective, and it's generally agreed that Light take his place.
April 10, 2007
Yûkai Yûkai
The first moves of two new investigators cause Light to make a spontaneous decision with long-term consequences.
April 17, 2007
Shôsô Shôsô
In trying to retrieve his kidnapped sister, Light learns of two opposing factions trying to take him down, the SPK lead by N and a crime syndicate lead by Mello.
April 24, 2007
Chichioya Chichioya
Mello learns some valuable information concerning false entries in his Death Note from its true owner. Soichiro agrees to take on the shinigami eyes to thwart him.
May 1, 2007
Seigi Seigi
Mello busts into SPK headquarters to retrieve a photograph of himself to make sure he won't be killed by Kira. In exchange for Near giving him the picture, Mello drops...
May 8, 2007
Ijô Ijô
Near escapes the mob attack, and Light once again proves his ability to stay a step ahead by creating a fourth Kira.
May 15, 2007
Sentaku Sentaku
Star newscaster Kiyomi Takada becomes Kira's spokesperson to the world (after Mikami "deletes" Demegawa). She just so happens to have been Light's girlfriend in...
May 22, 2007
Chôshô Chôshô
Near goes to Japan, allegedly as bait for Kira. Following Light's instructions, Takada asks Mikami to send her five pages of the Death Note. She tells him that he will...
May 29, 2007
Koshi Koshi
Aizawa figures out what's going on and tells Near, who already knows about the notes. Near instructs Aizawa to continue watching Light, and then puts in motion a plan...
June 5, 2007
Satsui Satsui
Mello kidnaps Takada in a daring operation, getting in the way of both Near and Light's plans to set up a meeting between the SPK and the investigation team.
June 12, 2007
1.28 1.28
Near, along with the SPK, meets Light and the task force at a warehouse for the final showdown. To everyone's shock, Near reveals that Kira's follower, Mikami, is at...
June 19, 2007
Shin sekai Shin sekai
Though Mikami has written all the investigators' names in the Death Note, a minute passes and everyone is still alive. Near seizes Mikami's Death Note, and all is at...
June 26, 2007
Directed by
Tetsurô Araki Tetsurô Araki  
Kei Tsunematsu Kei Tsunematsu  
Tomohiko Itô Tomohiko Itô  
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya Hiroyuki Tsuchiya  
Naoyasu Habu Naoyasu Habu  
Mitsuhiro Yoneda Mitsuhiro Yoneda  
Oyunamu Oyunamu  
Makoto Bessho Makoto Bessho  
Yukio Okazaki Yukio Okazaki  
Shinji Nagamura Shinji Nagamura  
Ryôsuke Nakamura Ryôsuke Nakamura  
Eiko Nishi Eiko Nishi  
Naoto Hashimoto Naoto Hashimoto  
Hisato Shimoda Hisato Shimoda  
Mitsuyuki Masuhara Mitsuyuki Masuhara  
Tomio Yamauchi Tomio Yamauchi  
Hideki Itô Hideki Itô  
Hironori Aoyagi Hironori Aoyagi  
Tetsuhito Saitô Tetsuhito Saitô  
Takayuki Hirao Takayuki Hirao  
Written by
Tsugumi Ôba Tsugumi Ôba  
Takeshi Obata Takeshi Obata  
Toshiki Inoue Toshiki Inoue  
Yasuko Kobayashi Yasuko Kobayashi  
Shôji Yonemura Shôji Yonemura  
Tomohiko Itô Tomohiko Itô  
Gracie P. Aylward Gracie P. Aylward  
Cast
Mamoru Miyano Mamoru Miyano ... Light Yagami (37 episodes)
Brad Swaile Brad Swaile ... Light Yagami (37 episodes)
Vincent Tong Vincent Tong ... News Reporter (35 episodes)
Ryô Naitô Ryô Naitô ... Tôta Matsuda (34 episodes)
Trevor Devall Trevor Devall ... Shuichi Aizawa (31 episodes)
Brian Drummond Brian Drummond ... Ryuk / Sudou (30 episodes)
Naoya Uchida Naoya Uchida ... Soichiro Yagami (27 episodes)
Chris Britton Chris Britton ... Soichiro Yagami (27 episodes)
Keiji Fujiwara Keiji Fujiwara ... Shûichi Aizawa (27 episodes)
Kappei Yamaguchi Kappei Yamaguchi ... L (25 episodes)
Alessandro Juliani Alessandro Juliani ... L (25 episodes)
Aya Hirano Aya Hirano ... Misa Amane (25 episodes)
Shannon Chan-Kent Shannon Chan-Kent ... Misa Amane (25 episodes)
Shidô Nakamura Shidô Nakamura ... Ryuk (24 episodes)
John Murphy John Murphy ... Lind L. Tailor (22 episodes)
Kazuya Nakai Kazuya Nakai ... Ryô-chin (21 episodes)
Kiyoshi Kobayashi Kiyoshi Kobayashi ... Watari (19 episodes)
French Tickner French Tickner ... Watari (19 episodes)
Brian Dobson Brian Dobson ... Teacher (18 episodes)
Masaki Aizawa Masaki Aizawa ... Amerika daihyô (17 episodes)
Hideo Ishikawa Hideo Ishikawa ... Raye Penber (15 episodes)
Ai Satô Ai Satô ... Sachiko Yagami (14 episodes)
Saffron Henderson Saffron Henderson ... Sachiko Yagami / News Anchor (12 episodes)
Kimiko Saitô Kimiko Saitô ... Shiroi Shinigami (11 episodes)
Colleen Wheeler Colleen Wheeler ... Rem (11 episodes)
Haruka Kudô Haruka Kudô ... Sayu Yagami (10 episodes)
Michael Adamthwaite Michael Adamthwaite ... Raye Penber (10 episodes)
Ted Cole Ted Cole ... Reiji Namikawa (10 episodes)
Michael Dobson Michael Dobson ... ICPO Member / Additional Voices (9 episodes)
Kelly Metzger Kelly Metzger ... Sayu Yagami (9 episodes)
Issei Futamata Issei Futamata ... Kyosuke Higuchi (9 episodes)
Andrew Kavadas Andrew Kavadas ... Kyosuke Higuchi (9 episodes)
Noriko Hidaka Noriko Hidaka ... Near (9 episodes)
Sam Vincent Sam Vincent ... Stephen Gevanni (9 episodes)
Cathy Weseluck Cathy Weseluck ... Near (9 episodes)
Hiroki Takahashi Hiroki Takahashi ... Stephen Gevanni (8 episodes)
Ward Perry Ward Perry ... ICPO Member / Additional Voices (7 episodes)
Hirofumi Nojima Hirofumi Nojima ... Reiji Namikawa (7 episodes)
Nozomu Sasaki Nozomu Sasaki ... Mello (7 episodes)
David Robert Moore David Robert Moore ... Mello (7 episodes) (as David Hurwitz)
Kirby Morrow Kirby Morrow ... Interrogated Man (7 episodes)
Chafûrin Chafûrin ... Hitoshi Demegawa (6 episodes)
Heather Doerksen Heather Doerksen ... Kiyomi Takada (6 episodes)
David Orth David Orth ... Eiichi Takahashi (6 episodes)
Masaya Matsukaze Masaya Matsukaze ... Teru Mikami (6 episodes)
Yukitoshi Tokumoto Yukitoshi Tokumoto ... Otoko 1 (5 episodes)
Hidenobu Kiuchi Hidenobu Kiuchi ... Ukita (5 episodes)
Jeremy From Jeremy From ... Hirokazu Ukita (5 episodes)
Tabitha St. Germain Tabitha St. Germain ... Naomi Misora (5 episodes)
Kiyoyuki Yanada Kiyoyuki Yanada ... Takeshi Ooi (5 episodes)
Hiroyuki Yokoo Hiroyuki Yokoo ... Suguru Shimura (5 episodes)
Michael Kopsa Michael Kopsa ... Takeshi Ooi (5 episodes)
Martin Sims Martin Sims ... Masahiko Kida (5 episodes)
Miki Nagasawa Miki Nagasawa ... Wedy (5 episodes)
Eiji Hanawa Eiji Hanawa ... Shingo Mido (5 episodes)
Venus Terzo Venus Terzo ... Wedy / Eriko Aizawa (5 episodes)
John Novak John Novak ... Shinigami Deridovely (4 episodes)
Lee Tockar Lee Tockar ... Shinigami Gook / Takuo Shibuimaru (4 episodes)
Rintarô Nishi Rintarô Nishi ... Eiichi Takahashi (4 episodes)
Takuya Kirimoto Takuya Kirimoto ... Aiber (4 episodes)
Jason Simpson Jason Simpson ... Skyer (4 episodes)
Akeno Watanabe Akeno Watanabe ... Halle Lidner (4 episodes)
Lisa Ann Beley Lisa Ann Beley ... Halle Lidner (4 episodes)
Maaya Sakamoto Maaya Sakamoto ... Kiyomi Takada (4 episodes)
Tomohiro Nishimura Tomohiro Nishimura ... Shibutaku (3 episodes)
Kensuke Nishi Kensuke Nishi ... Sudô (3 episodes)
Naoko Matsui Naoko Matsui ... Fiancé (3 episodes)
Mitsuru Ogata Mitsuru Ogata ... FBI chôkan (3 episodes)
Kanako Kondô Kanako Kondô ... Shin'nyûsei D (3 episodes)
Masaru Ikeda Masaru Ikeda ... Jichô (3 episodes)
Howard Siegel Howard Siegel ... Koreyoshi Kitamura (3 episodes)
Ron Halder Ron Halder ... Roger Ruvie (3 episodes)
Tsunehisa Fujii Tsunehisa Fujii ... Reporter (2 episodes) (as Tsunehisa Fujii -Nippon TV announcer-)
Yasunori Masutani Yasunori Masutani ... Eigo kyôshi (2 episodes)
Mitsuaki Hoshino Mitsuaki Hoshino ... Shussekisha A (2 episodes)
Katsuhisa Hôki Katsuhisa Hôki ... Kiichirô Osoreda (2 episodes)
Kazuma Takeo Kazuma Takeo ... Basu untenshu (2 episodes)
Aoi Inaba Aoi Inaba ... Ten'nin (2 episodes)
Orie Kimoto Orie Kimoto ... Shin'nyûsei E (2 episodes)
Masumi Okamura Masumi Okamura ... Kiyomi Takada (2 episodes)
Miwako Inagaki Miwako Inagaki ... Yumi Aizawa (2 episodes)
Simon Hayama Simon Hayama ... Arayoshi Hatori (2 episodes)
Hiroshi Ôtake Hiroshi Ôtake ... Roger Ruvie (2 episodes)
Aruno Tahara Aruno Tahara ... David Hoope (2 episodes)
Kazuki Yao Kazuki Yao ... Sidoh (2 episodes)
Drew Nelson Drew Nelson ... Matt (2 episodes)
Fujita Daisuke Fujita Daisuke ... Announcer (2 episodes)
Nobuko Miyazaki Nobuko Miyazaki ... Announcer (voice) (as Nobuko Miyazaki -Nippon TV announcer-)
Takeharu Ônishi Takeharu Ônishi ... Gook (voice)
Tetsuo Gotô Tetsuo Gotô ... Dellidublly (voice)
Sadao Nunome Sadao Nunome ... Otoko 2 (voice)
Mayuki Makiguchi Mayuki Makiguchi ... Joshi 1 (voice)
Ryôko Ono Ryôko Ono ... Joshi 2 (voice)
Suzuna Kinoshita Suzuna Kinoshita ... Joshi 3 (voice)
Chieko Sasai Chieko Sasai ... Josei (voice)
Ryûji Mizuno Ryûji Mizuno ... Shussekisha B (voice)
Shinpachi Tsuji Shinpachi Tsuji ... Shussekisha C (voice)
Tetsuo Sakaguchi Tetsuo Sakaguchi ... Shussekisha D (voice)
Masaru Suzuki Masaru Suzuki ... Wakamono A (voice)
Kôta Nemoto Kôta Nemoto ... Wakamono C (voice)
Umeka Shôji Umeka Shôji ... Joshi seito (voice)
Aiko Aihashi Aiko Aihashi ... Joshi A (voice)
Tomoya Kawai Tomoya Kawai ... Sôsa-kan C (voice)
Toshio Kobayashi Toshio Kobayashi ... Yobikô kôshi (voice)
Ami Koshimizu Ami Koshimizu ... Yuri (voice)
Makoto Kuramochi Makoto Kuramochi ... Sôsa-kan G (voice)
Kazuya Kobayashi Kazuya Kobayashi ... Keiji (voice)
Mimi Tamaki Mimi Tamaki ... Rôfûfu (Tsuma) (voice)
Mi-Ko Mi-Ko ... Kappuru (On'na) (voice) (as Mi~Ko)
Lalainia Lindbjerg Lalainia Lindbjerg ... Yuri (voice)
Yasuhiko Kawazu Yasuhiko Kawazu ... Announcer (voice)
Nobuaki Kanemitsu Nobuaki Kanemitsu ... Shin'nyûsei A (voice)
Yûji Kimura Yûji Kimura ... Shin'nyûsei B (voice)
Terry Klassen Terry Klassen ... Coadjuvant Shinigami (voice)
Takafumi Kawakami Takafumi Kawakami ... Gakusei A (voice)
Takeshi Mori Takeshi Mori ... Gakusei B (voice)
Ken'ichirô Ishikawa Ken'ichirô Ishikawa ... Shinpan (voice)
Andrew Francis Andrew Francis ... To-Oh University Student (voice)
Taichi Masu Taichi Masu ... Announcer A (voice) (as Taichi Masu - Nippon TV Announcer)
Daisuke Sugaya Daisuke Sugaya ... NHN Announcer (voice) (as Daisuke Sugaya - Nippon TV Announcer)
Yôko Nobutomo Yôko Nobutomo ... Taiyô TV Announcer (voice) (as Yôko Nobutomo - Nippon TV Announcer)
Yasuhiro Mamiya Yasuhiro Mamiya ... Shunin keiji (voice)
Masahiro Yamanaka Masahiro Yamanaka ... Stalker (voice)
Ryou Agawa Ryou Agawa ... Cameraman (voice) (as Natsuki Dai)
Ken'ichi Matsuyama Ken'ichi Matsuyama ... Jealous (voice)
Shigeo Kiyama Shigeo Kiyama ... Terebi no koe (voice)
Yuka Shioyama Yuka Shioyama ... Yosshî (voice)
Izukomo Morinaga Izukomo Morinaga ... Danshi (voice)
Sana Kobayashi Sana Kobayashi ... Joshi (voice)
Shiho Kawaragi Shiho Kawaragi ... Eriko Aizawa (voice)
Ashleigh Ball Ashleigh Ball ... Aiber's Son (voice)
Kristie Marsden Kristie Marsden ... Sayu Yagami (voice)
Hideyuki Umezu Hideyuki Umezu ... Armonia Justin Beyondormason (voice)
Takashi Matsuyama Takashi Matsuyama ... Jack Neylon (voice)
Shonosuke Horikoshi Shonosuke Horikoshi ... Kurofuku B (voice)
Uncredited Cast
Alistair Abell Alistair Abell ... Student (2 episodes)
Produced by
Kentarô Hashimoto Kentarô Hashimoto  
Mikiko Kobayashi Mikiko Kobayashi  
Masao Maruyama Masao Maruyama  
Toshio Nakatani Toshio Nakatani  
Manabu Tamura Manabu Tamura  
Kazuhiko Torishima Kazuhiko Torishima  
Masahiko Ôsawa Masahiko Ôsawa  
Mitsuru Ôshima Mitsuru Ôshima  
Original Music by
Yoshihisa Hirano Yoshihisa Hirano  
Hideki Taniuchi Hideki Taniuchi  
Additional Info
Premiere: October 04, 2006
DVD Release: November 18, 2014
Blu-ray Release: March 01, 2016
Country: Japan
Distributor: Warner Brother Studios
Websites: IMDb Wikipedia
Ratings
IMDb

8.9 / 10

Alternate Titles
> Death Note: Desu Nôto
Production Companies
D.N. Dream Partners
Madhouse
Nippon Television Network (NTV)
Shueisha
Video Audio Project (VAP)
Distributors
Adult Swim
  (2007) (USA) (TV) (Cartoon Network)
HBO Max
  (2020) (USA) (video) (VOD)
Viz Media
  (2007) (USA) (DVD)
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