Product Description

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 battle of wits with the mysterious genius detective called L. Humanity itself becomes the battleground to determine what form of justice will prevail!

Episode 1: Rebirth

Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami suddenly finds himself holding the power of life and death in his hands--the power of the Death Note! He decides to rid the world of evil--by killing off criminals one by one. When the murders start to pile up, genius detective L is on the case, and an epic battle of wits unfolds!

Episode 2: Confrontation

While the world's criminals continue to drop dead, L meets by computer with representatives from various nations. He requests that a task force be set up in Japan, under the direction of none other than Soichiro Yagami, Light's father!

Episode 3: Dealings

Ryuk, the shinigami, or god of death, who dropped the Death Note into the human world, warns Light that someone is on his trail. Light is troubled that he can't find out the identity of his tracker, and Ryuk suggests an amazing deal...

Episode 4: Pursuit

Light--now known to the world as Kira--tests the Death Note to understand the scope of its powers by killing off six convicts in various ways--and confirms he can control his victims' actions before they die!

Episode 5: Tactics

Soichiro Yagami demands to meet with L in person when he finds out that L has secretly brought FBI agents into Japan. Light, meanwhile, has found a way to get those very FBI agents off the case--permanently!

Episode 6: Unraveling

Light meets a woman at the Police Department with an urgent message for the Kira task force. As son of the chief investigator, Light listens to her story and is startled to discover she has information that could lead to his arrest!

Episode 7: Overcast

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. Realizing she must have given him an alias, he's got only minutes to find out her real name before she spills her story to the task force!

Episode 8: Glare

L insists on setting up bugs and cameras in the homes of members of the Japanese task force, including the Yagamis'. But Light is a step ahead as usual--he knows he's being watched!

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #20947 in DVD
• Released on: 2007-11-20
• Rating: Unrated
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 100 minutes

Amazon.com
Although he's one of the top-ranked high school students in Japan, Light Yagami, the hero of the dark fantasy Death Note (2006), is alienated and bored. His life changes dramatically when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped into human space by Ryuk, an equally bored and alienated Shinigami, or god of death. If anyone writes the name of a human in the notebook, that person will die within minutes. After testing the Death Note's powers, Light quickly overcomes his initial qualms and launches a grandiose vigilante campaign: he will rid the world of criminals and evil people to create his version of a perfect society. But the string of deaths he causes inevitably attracts the attention of the police. The mysterious investigator known only as "L" vows to track down the murderer and bring him to justice. This high-stakes battle of wits pits Light against L, while Ryuk watches with icy bemusement. Death Note is less overtly violent than Elfen Lied or Gantz, but it revels in a similarly off-putting amoral cruelty. (Rated Teen+ Older Teen, suitable for ages 15 and older: grotesque imagery, violence, violenec against women) --Charles Solomon

Customer Reviews

Not Your Average Anime
Not being an avid Japanese anime viewer, I was - at first - hesitant when I was shown Death Note by a friend. He told me it wasn't like normal anime (see also: screaming death explosions in "Dragonball Z", earth-shattering battles in "InuYasha", etc.) which interested me. I began watching it and became instantly hooked.

The story isn't entirely about the freakish notebook known as the Death Note. It's about the morality in what's right and wrong about what to do with those who have committed human atrocities and yet still are allowed to live in human society. Killers who roam the streets and kill time and time again and somehow slip through the fingers of the justice system.

The story of the Death Note surrounds one young man named Light Yagami and his efforts to end the consistent tragedies in the human world. And through his efforts, he decides he will become the "God of the New World" once the world is "cleansed of evil". But is consistently hounded and investigated by a mysterious world-famous detective known only as "L".

Not to be missed.

I hate it and appreciate it
So I said I hate it and yet I give it 5 starts right? Why? Well I hate the whole idea of how the main character is no hero at all, but rather a villain, an anti-hero. He is evil,childish and manipulitave. So why do i watch it? Simple. I want the main character to lose. That's right I hope that while I am watching this series the antagonist gets the better of him. With that aside I will say this. This show has some of the most brilliant writing I have ever seen in any TV show. The entire premise is original yet at first glance it would seem difficult to make a good story out of it. Once you start watching the series, you will be amazed by the genius in all the writing. Nearly each episode has some twist or cliffhangar att he end that leaves you wanting to watch the second. I will not discuss the characters or even any of the plot, because quite frankly, people have discussed it enough as it is. Rather I want to enlighten potential buyers that what makes this show great is not it's premise, but rather the brilliant writing. If you are a Christian, like I am, you might be offended by what the main character does. Since I don't approve of the main character's motives or actions I hope he loses in the end. So if you are a Christian then watch it from that perspective.

great series but can get all episodes from somewhere else
Like all the people that have giving good reviews, I will say that the story is great. Most shows and movies involving mystery focus more on the investigation, but this is different. Light Yagami wants to rid the world of evil and becomes a murderer himself. Meanwhile, the police begin investigating Kira, due to the unusual number of heart attacks. This show would probably be like dramatic irony more than anything else because we, the audience, know from the beginning that Light, the protagonist of this story, is the culprit. I recommend that everyone get this series from iTunes or Direct2Drive though because Amazon has only 16 episodes for download, while iTunes and Direct2Drive have all 37 episodes.