Death Note - Series Review
by iwantmycookies | created - 26 May 2021 | updated - 20 Feb 2022 | PublicSeries rating - 8.5/10 Highlight episode - Silence (Episode 25)
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1.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Rebirth
(2006)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami discovers a Shinigami's notebook and plans to use it to create a better world.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Ai Satô, Nobuko Miyazaki, Tsunehisa Fujii
Votes: 6,440
8-great
2.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Taiketsu
(2006)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
The series of mysterious deaths catches the attention of world-renowned detective L, who confronts the killer on live television.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Tomohiko Itô, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Naoya Uchida, Ai Satô
Votes: 6,635
8.5-great
3.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Torihiki
(2006)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Naoya Uchida, Ai Satô
Votes: 5,186
8.5-great
4.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Tsuiseki
(2006)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
While formulating a plan to get the name of the man following him, Light tests the limits of the Death Note.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Naoyasu Habu, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Naoya Uchida, Hideo Ishikawa
Votes: 5,284
8.5-great
5.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Kakehiki
(2006)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
Soichiro confronts L about the FBI agents investigating the police, and Light makes a move against the FBI.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Mitsuhiro Yoneda, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Naoya Uchida, Ai Satô
Votes: 4,979
8.5-great
6.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Hokorobi
(2006)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
Light runs into a woman at the police department who has information for L that could lead to Light's capture.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Oyunamu, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Naoya Uchida, Ai Satô
Votes: 4,785
8-great
7.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Donten
(2006)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Tomohiko Itô, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Naoya Uchida, Ryô Naitô
Votes: 6,205
9-amazing
8.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Mesen
(2006)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
Light, entirely aware of L's surveillance equipment in his home, begins a very careful game to throw off suspicion.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Makoto Bessho, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Naoya Uchida, Ai Satô
Votes: 4,632
8-great
9.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Sesshoku
(2006)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
L makes a direct move against his top suspect when Light enters To-Oh University.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Yukio Okazaki, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Naoya Uchida, Ai Satô
Votes: 4,677
8.5-great
10.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Giwaku
(2006)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
L challenges Light to a tennis match and tests his deductive abilities; an urgent call has them rushing to the hospital.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Shinji Nagamura, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Naoya Uchida, Ai Satô
Votes: 4,493
8-great
11.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Totsunyû
(2006)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
Video tapes reportedly from Kira air on Sakura TV, although L suspects that this is the work of another Kira.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Naoyasu Habu, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Aya Hirano, Naoya Uchida
Votes: 4,580
8.5-great
12.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Koigokoro
(2006)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Aya Hirano, Naoya Uchida
Votes: 4,378
8.5-great
13.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Kokuhaku
(2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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 before he finds her.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Mitsuhiro Yoneda, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Aya Hirano, Naoya Uchida
Votes: 4,317
8.5-great
14.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Tomodachi
(2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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 with her.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Tomohiko Itô, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Aya Hirano, Naoya Uchida
Votes: 4,256
8.5-great
15.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Kake
(2007)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Oyunamu, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Aya Hirano, Naoya Uchida
Votes: 4,696
9-amazing
16.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Ketsudan
(2007)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
Light decides to tell L that he thinks he may be Kira.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Makoto Bessho, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Shidô Nakamura, Aya Hirano
Votes: 4,205
8.5-great
17.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Shikkou
(2007)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
Getting nowhere fast, L thinks of a new plan to get Light, Misa and Mr. Yagami out of confinement.
Directors: Ryôsuke Nakamura, Tetsurô Araki, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Aya Hirano
Votes: 4,235
8.5-great
18.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Nakama
(2007)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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 profit.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Shinji Nagamura, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Aya Hirano
Votes: 4,124
8-great
19.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Matsuda
(2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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 headquarters.
Directors: Eiko Nishi, Tetsurô Araki, Norimitsu Suzuki, Kei Tsunematsu | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Aya Hirano
Votes: 4,080
8-great
20.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Kosoku
(2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
After Light establishes a mole within the Yotsuba Group, L separates himself from the rest of the task force and recruits Misa.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Aya Hirano, Naoya Uchida
Votes: 4,034
8-great
21.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Katsuyaku
(2007)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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, but her memories of being the second Kira do not return.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Mitsuhiro Yoneda, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Aya Hirano, Kimiko Saitô
Votes: 3,988
8-great
22.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Yûdô
(2007)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
After learning that Higuchi is Kira, L decides that they mustn't apprehend him till they understand his killing method.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Naoto Hashimoto, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Aya Hirano
Votes: 4,040
8.5-great
23.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Kyôsô
(2007)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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, Higuchi - frantic to kill Matsuda - takes "the deal" to become unstoppable.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Tomohiko Itô, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Aya Hirano
Votes: 4,498
8.5-great
24.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Fukkatsu
(2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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 exist, and when Light takes the Death Note from L, his memory returns.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Hisato Shimoda, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Shidô Nakamura, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Votes: 6,278
9-amazing
25.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Chinmoku
(2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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 will arrest Misa as Kira unless Rem acts quickly.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Aya Hirano
Votes: 8,835
9-amazing
26.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Saisei
(2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
After L's death, the world needs a new great detective, and it's generally agreed that Light take his place.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Tomohiko Itô, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Shidô Nakamura, Kiyoshi Kobayashi
Votes: 4,301
8-great
27.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Yûkai
(2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
The first moves of two new investigators cause Light to make a spontaneous decision with long-term consequences.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Tomio Yamauchi, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Shidô Nakamura, Aya Hirano, Naoya Uchida
Votes: 3,996
8-great
28.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Shôsô
(2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Eiko Nishi, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Shidô Nakamura, Aya Hirano, Naoya Uchida
Votes: 3,896
8-great
29.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Chichioya
(2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Tomohiko Itô, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Shidô Nakamura, Aya Hirano, Naoya Uchida
Votes: 4,029
8.5-great
30.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Seigi
(2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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 an important hint about the Death Notes: some of the rules are fake.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Hideki Itô, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Shidô Nakamura, Aya Hirano, Ryô Naitô
Votes: 3,837
8-great
31.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Ijô
(2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
Near escapes the mob attack, and Light once again proves his ability to stay a step ahead by creating a fourth Kira.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Hisato Shimoda, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Shidô Nakamura, Aya Hirano, Ryô Naitô
Votes: 3,841
8-great
32.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Sentaku
(2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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 college. Aizawa's suspicions about Light grow.
Directors: Hironori Aoyagi, Tetsurô Araki, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Aya Hirano, Ryô Naitô, Kazuya Nakai
Votes: 3,914
8.5-great
33.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Chôshô
(2007)
TV-14 | 23 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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 continue his work in a fake book made to look like the real one.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Tetsuhito Saitô, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Aya Hirano, Ryô Naitô, Kazuya Nakai
Votes: 3,846
8-great
34.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Koshi
(2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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 to separate Misa from Light.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Eiko Nishi, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Aya Hirano, Ryô Naitô, Kazuya Nakai
Votes: 3,775
8-great
35.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Satsui
(2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Tomohiko Itô, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Ryô Naitô, Keiji Fujiwara, Hideo Ishikawa
Votes: 3,957
8.5-great
36.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
1.28
(2007)
TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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 the warehouse and is writing everyone's name in the Death Note.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Takayuki Hirao, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Aya Hirano, Ryô Naitô, Kazuya Nakai
Votes: 5,016
9-amazing
37.
Death Note (2006–2007)
Episode:
Shin sekai
(2007)
TV-MA | 23 min | Animation, Crime, Drama
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 last revealed.
Directors: Tetsurô Araki, Mitsuyuki Masuhara | Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Shidô Nakamura, Ryô Naitô, Keiji Fujiwara
Votes: 6,303
9-amazing
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