Death Note

One notebook. Impossible choices.

Also known as: Death Note(デスノート) · Sveska Smrti · Caderno da Morte · Carnet de la Mort

8.71/10

Aggregated from 10 anime databases

Score rank

#24 of 3,668

Episodes

37 × 23 min

Status

Finished airing

Premiere

Fall 2006

Format

Studio

Madhouse

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Synopsis

A brilliant student discovers a notebook with supernatural powers and sets out to reshape the world according to his ideals.

At a glance

Death Note is a TV anime series produced by Madhouse, that premiered in Fall 2006. It ran for 37 episodes of about 23 minutes each. Its main genres are mystery, thriller and supernatural.

Across 10 major anime databases, community members rate it 8.71 out of 10 on average, placing it #24 of 3,668 in the Kitanime all-time ranking. It is also known as “Death Note(デスノート)”, “Sveska Smrti” and “Caderno da Morte”.

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