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Death Note (TV)

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©Tsugumi Oba,Takeshi Obata / Shueisha ©DNDP, VAP, Shueisha, Madhouse

[ adapted from Death Note (manga) ]

Related anime:
Death Note Relight (special) (remix)

Alternative title:

Carnet de la Mort (French)

Dödens Anteckningsbok (Swedish)

El Libro De La Muerte (Spanish)

Notatnik Śmierci (Polish)

Тетрадь смерти (Russian)

مذكرة الموت (Arabic)

デスノート (Japanese)

死亡筆記本 (Chinese (Taiwan))

데스 노트 (Korean)

Genres: drama, mystery, psychological, supernatural, thriller

Themes: death, police, shinigami, suicide

Objectionable content: Significant (bloody violence and/or swearing and/or nudity)

Plot Summary: Yagami Light is an ace student with great prospects, who's bored out of his mind. One day he finds the "Death Note": a notebook from the realm of the Death Gods, with the power to kill people in any way he desires. With the Death Note in hand, Light decides to create his perfect world, without crime or criminals. However, when criminals start dropping dead one by one, the authorites send the legendary detective L to track down the killer, and a battle of wits, deception and logic ensues...

User Ratings: 8153 ratings have been given [details]

Masterpiece: 3801 votes (sub:2967, dub:596, raw:27, ?:18, edit.dub:8, Eng:2, others:183

85 Spanish subtitled
23 Portuguese subtitled
14 French subtitled
9 Polish subtitled
7 Italian subtitled
7 Arabic subtitled
6 German subtitled
6 Spanish dubbed
6 Russian dubbed
5 Russian subtitled
4 German dubbed
4 Korean subtitled
1 Polish dubbed
1 Italian dubbed
1 Spanish
1 Turkish subtitled
1 Greek subtitled
1 Spanish edited dub
1 Portuguese dubbed

)

Excellent: 2211 votes (sub:1660, dub:452, raw:14, ?:12, edit.dub:5, Eng:2, others:66

31 Spanish subtitled
7 Portuguese subtitled
5 French subtitled
4 Polish subtitled
4 German subtitled
4 Italian subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
2 Italian dubbed
2 Korean subtitled
1 German dubbed
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 Spanish dubbed
1 Arabic subtitled

)

Very good: 1072 votes (sub:784, dub:243, ?:4, raw:4, edit.dub:3, Eng:1, others:33

9 Spanish subtitled
4 French subtitled
4 Italian subtitled
3 German subtitled
3 Russian dubbed
3 Spanish dubbed
2 Italian dubbed
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 Indonesia dubbed
1 Polish edited dub
1 Russian subtitled

)

Good: 529 votes (sub:388, dub:115, raw:6, ?:3, edit.dub:2, others:15

6 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Polish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed

)

Decent: 203 votes (sub:140, dub:49, raw:5, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:7

3 Spanish subtitled
1 Dutch subtitled
1 Portuguese dubbed
1 German subtitled
1 Spanish dubbed

)

So-so: 105 votes (sub:82, dub:18, edit.dub:1, raw:1, others:3

2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled

)

Not really good: 51 votes (sub:38, dub:10, raw:1, others:2

1 French subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled

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Weak: 61 votes (sub:40, dub:15, edit.dub:2, ?:1, others:3

1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled

)

Bad: 29 votes (sub:23, dub:6)

Awful: 24 votes (sub:17, dub:4, edit.dub:1, ?:1, others:1

1 Spanish subtitled

)

Worst ever: 67 votes (sub:54, dub:9, raw:2, ?:1, others:1

1 Spanish subtitled

)

Seen in part or in whole by 13680 users, rank: #4
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.880 (Excellent-.11), std. dev.: 1.6514, rank: #90
Weighted mean: 8.831 (Excellent-.16), rank: #81 (seen all: 8.98 / seen some: 8.19 / won't finish: 5.88)
Bayesian estimate: 8.829 (Excellent-.17), rank: #11

Running time: 23 minutes per episode

Number of episodes: 37

Episode titles: We have 39

Vintage:

2006-10-03 to 2007-06-27

2007-04-01 (Animax Hong Kong)

2007-10-21 to 2008-07-06 (USA, Cartoon Network - Adult Swim)

2007-10-26 to 2008-07-04 (Canada, YTV - Bionix)

2008-02-07 (Animax Hungary)

2008-02-07 to 2008-06-12 (Animax Romania)

2008-02-09 to 2008-06-14 (Poland, AXN Sci-Fi)

2008-09-22 (Canada, SCREAM)

2008-10-20 to 2008-12-29 (Russia,2x2)

2008-10-28 (Italy)

2008-12-15 (Animax Spain)

2009-03-03 (Animax Brazil)

2009-03-03 (Animax Latin America)

Releases: We have 23

Opening Theme:

#1: "the WORLD" by Nightmare (eps 1-19)

#2: "What's Up People?!" by Maximum the Hormone (eps 20-37)

Ending Theme:

#1: "Aluminia" by Nightmare (eps 1-19)

#2: "Zetsubou Billy" by Maximum the Hormone (eps 20-36)

#3: "Coda ~ Death Note" by Yoshihisa Hirano (ep 37)

Official website:

Adult Swim's Official Death Note Website

Animax South Africa's Official Death Note Website

DEATH NOTE - U.S. Official Anime Site

DEATH NOTE デスノート (Japanese)

Madhouse's Death Note page (Japanese)

Madman's Official Death Note Website

Manga UK's Official Death Note Website

VAP's Official Death Note Website (Japanese)

Viz Media's DEATH NOTE

www.j-deathnote.com (Japanese)

死亡筆記本 (Chinese (Taiwan))

Links: We have 7

Trivia: We have 24

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Reviews:
Death Note DVD
Death Note DVDs 7 + 8
Death Note DVD Box Set 1
Death Note DVD 6
Death Note DVD 5
Death Note DVD 3
Death Note DVD 1

DVD

Death Note - Box Set 1 (DVD) 2008-11-18 (from $29.99)

Death Note - Box Set 2 (DVD) 2009-04-14 (from $29.99)

Death Note (DVD 1) 2007-11-20 (from $14.73)

Death Note - Deluxe Edition w/Figure (DVD 1) 2007-11-20 (from $23.99)

Death Note - DVD + Graphic Novel 1 Bundle (DVD 1) 2007-11-20 (from $18.99)

Death Note (DVD 2) 2007-12-18 (from $14.99)

Death Note - Deluxe Edition w/Figure (DVD 2) 2007-12-18 (from $23.31)

Death Note (DVD 3) 2008-01-29 (from $14.99)

Death Note - Deluxe Edition w/Figure (DVD 3) 2008-01-29 (from $23.99)

Death Note (DVD 4) 2008-04-29 (from $14.99)

Death Note - Deluxe Edition w/Figure (DVD 4) 2008-04-29 (from $23.99)

Death Note (DVD 5) 2008-06-24 (from $14.99)

Death Note - Deluxe Edition w/Figure (DVD 5) 2008-06-24 (from $23.99)

Death Note (DVD 6) 2008-08-26 (from $14.73)

Death Note - Deluxe Edition w/Figure (DVD 6) 2008-08-26 (from $19.45)

Death Note (DVD 7) 2008-10-28 (from $10.14)

Death Note - Deluxe Edition w/Figure (DVD 7) 2008-10-28 (from $23.99)

Death Note (DVD 8) 2008-12-30 (from $10.14)

Death Note - Deluxe Edition w/Figure (DVD 8) 2008-12-30 (from $23.99)

Death Note (DVD 9) 2009-02-24 (from $14.99)

Death Note - Deluxe Edition w/Figure (DVD 9) 2009-02-24 (from $23.99)

Death Note - V1 (R4 DVD 1) 2008-02-13

Death Note V2 (R4 DVD 2) 2008-03-19

Death Note V3 (R4 DVD 3) 2008-05-21

Death Note V4 (R4 DVD 4) 2008-07-23

Death Note V5 (R4 DVD 5) 2008-09-17

Death Note V6 (R4 DVD 6) 2008-12-11

Soundtrack

Death Note (OST 2) 2007-04-02 (from $44.99)

Japanese staff

Japanese cast

Director:
Kei Tsunematsu (OP 1)
Mitsuyuki Masuhara (OP 2)
Norimitsu Suzuki (ED 1)
Tetsuro Araki
Tomohiko Ito (ED 2)

Series Composition: Toshiki Inoue

Script:
Shoji Yonemura (9 episodes

eps 7, 11, 14, 18, 23-24, 30, 33-34

)
Tomohiko Ito (ep 26)
Toshiki Inoue (22 episodes

eps 1-5, 8-10, 12-13, 16-17, 20-22, 25, 27-29, 35-37

)
Yasuko Kobayashi (5 episodes

eps 6, 15, 19, 31-32

)

Storyboard:
Junichi Takaoka (eps 2, 10)
Kei Tsunematsu (OP 1)
Kiyoko Sayama (4 episodes

eps 20, 27, 32, 36

)
Makoto Bessho (eps 6, 8)
Michio Fukuda (4 episodes

eps 9, 13, 19, 28

)
Minoru Ohara (eps 24, 34)
Mitsuhiro Yoneda (eps 5, 21)
Norimitsu Suzuki (ED 1)
Ryosuke Nakamura (eps 17, 30)
Sayo Yamamoto (ep 22)
Shin Matsuo (ep 11)
Shinji Satoh (ep 3)
Shinsaku Sasaki (eps 18, 29)
Takashi Anno (eps 4, 12, 15)
Takashi Watanabe
Taku Takahashi
Tetsuro Araki (OP 1-2; 4 episodes

eps 1, 21, 25, 37

)
Tomohiko Ito (ED 2; eps 14, 26, 35)
Toru Takahashi (ep 31)
Toshio Hirata (eps 7, 16)
Yuzo Sato (ep 23)

Episode Director:
Eiko Nishi (eps 19, 28, 34)
Hideki Ito (ep 30)
Hironobu Aoyagi (ep 32)
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya (eps 3, 12, 20)
Hisato Shimoda (eps 24, 31)
Kei Tsunematsu (ep 1)
Makoto Bessho (eps 8, 16)
Mitsuhiro Yoneda (eps 5, 13, 21)
Mitsuyuki Masuhara (ep 25)
Naoto Hashimoto (ep 22)
Naoyasu Hanyu (eps 4, 11)
Oyunamu (6, 15)
Ryosuke Nakamura (ep 17)
Shinji Nagamura (eps 10, 18)
Takayuki Hirao (ep 36)
Tetsuhito Saito (ep 33)
Tetsuro Araki (eps 1, 37)
Tokio Yamauchi (ep 27)
Tomohiko Ito (7 episodes

eps 2, 7, 14, 23, 26, 29, 35

)
Yukio Okazaki (ep 9)

Music:
Hideki Taniuchi
Yoshihisa Hirano

Original Manga:
Takeshi Obata
Tsugumi Ohba

Character Design: Masaru Kitao

Art Director: Mio Ishiki

Chief Animation Director:
Masaru Kitao
Takahiro Kagami

Animation Director:
Akemi Kobayashi (5 episodes

eps 2, 8, 17, 22, 31

)
Atsushi Aono (eps 13, 21)
Hideki Inoue (ep 25)
Hideki Ito (ep 30)
Hideto Komori (ep 5)
Hirotaka Marufuji (ep 27)
Jang Kil Yong (ep 15)
Junichi Takaoka (5 episodes

eps 7, 14, 23, 29, 35

)
Kim Dong Joon (ep 16)
Kim Dong Seek (ep 6)
Kosuke Murayama (eps 5, 13)
Koushou Yasuno
Mamoru Yokota (eps 23, 26-27)
Mariko Aoki (eps 3, 12, 20)
Masaki Hyuga (eps 18, 24, 32)
Masaru Kitao (ep 1)
Shin Jae Ick (ep 33)
Shin'ichi Yokota (eps 29, 35)
Shinichi Miyamae (5 episodes

eps 4, 11, 19, 28, 34

)
Takahiro Kagami (eps 1, 25, 37)
Takashi Saijo (ep 9)
Takehiro Hamatsu (eps 5, 13, 21)
Takuro Takahashi
Terumi Nishii (eps 21, 31, 37)
Yoshitsugu Hatano (ep 13)
Yuki Kinoshita (ep 10)

Art design: Shinji Sugiyama

Sound Director: Tomoaki Yamada

Cgi Director: Daisuke Kusaka

Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Yamada

Producer:
Manabu Tamura
Masao Maruyama
Toshio Nakatani

Accessory Design: Daisuke Niitsuma

Animation producer: Kentaro Hashimoto

Assistant Director: Tomohiko Ito

Background Art:
Ayami Aritake
Ayu Kawamura
Ayumi Kawai
Chieko Masuda
Chihoko Nakashima
Eiji Wakamatsu
Emiri Iwata
Harumi Suwa
Hideaki Kita
Hideyuki Ueno
Hiroko Tanabe
Hiromitsu Sugihara
Hirotaka Mito
Hitoshi Nagasaki
Huang Gao Chen (Beijing Xiele Art Co.)
Huang Zheng Gang (Shanghai Nanxu Animation)
Izumi Wada
Junko Hagihira
Junko Hagiwara
Junko Ina
Kaoru Inoda (Madhouse)
Katsusuke Okamura
Kayoko Kobayashi
Kazumi Okada
Kenta Sawatani
Kouji Okamoto
Lee Gyu Sang (DR Movie)
Liang You (Beijing Xiele Art Co.)
Liu Hong Hang (Beijing Xiele Art Co.)
Luo Wei (Beijing Xiele Art Co.)
Ma Chen Hua (Shanghai Nanxu Animation)
Manabu Otsuzuki
Masako Okada (Madhouse)
Masami Saito
Masaya Hamaguchi
Mayu Usui
Mayuko Mori
Michiko Taniguchi
Michiko Tanimoto
Mio Isshiki
Momoko Takazu
Nao Ikeda (Madhouse)
Naoki Nakamura
Naoto Abe
Naruyo Kiriyama (Madhouse)
Norihiko Yokomatsu
Park Sun Hwan (DR Movie)
Rieko Ohiwa
Sawako Takagi
Seol Gyu Hwan (DR Movie)
Shigenori Takada
Shiho Yanase
Shihoko Suzuki
Shinji Sugiyama
Sohei Koizumi
Taro Goto
Tetsuhiko Nagashima
Tomoyuki Shimizu
Toshiki Nishi
Tsutomu Uchida
Xiao Feng (Shanghai Nanxu Animation)
Yasuaki Saitō
Yayoi Sekine
Yoichi Matsuyama
Yoshimi Sakai
Yuji Ikeda
Yuki Kasahara
Yūko Kobayashi

Background Scan: Hiroaki Sato

CG Animation:
Akisato Gondou
Mio Nakayama
Toshiki Nemoto
Tsukasa Saitō
Yūichirō Andō

CG Production: Yukiya Imamura

Clean-Up Animation:
Akiko Saito
Aya Furui (Studio Gimlet)
Chikako Urahata
Erina Nishino
Fumie Hayashi
Hae Lim Kim
Hae Rim Chol
Harue Ono
Hitomi Kashiwara (Studio Gimlet)
Hyeon Soo Joung (eps 6, 8, 16-17)
Jeon So Ra (eps 6, 8, 15-17)
Jeong Ah Park (eps 6, 15)
Jin Ah Kim (8 episodes

eps 1-2, 6-8, 15-17

)
Joong Eun Lee
Jun Myoung Hee (eps 6, 8, 15-17)
Jung Eun Son
Koji Ueno
Kyoung Ran Ku
Lee Jeong Eun (ep 6)
Leong Ah Park
Masako Torigata
Mi Ae Na
Mi Young Lee (ep 6)
Moon Hee Na
Nami Kumatani
Rie Ooshima (Studio Gimlet)
Sakura Komatsu
So Eun Jung
Soo Min Kim
Soon Lee Choi
Su Hyun Jung
Su Min Kim
Su Yeon Lee
Sung Yeon Ju
Terumi Hamahata
Tomoko Saito
Wang Hey Lan (ep 6)
Yasue Mizoguchi
Yayoi Hirano
Yong Kyoung Park
Yoon Jung Hye (ep 6)
Youhei Nishiwaki (Studio Gimlet)
Young Ju Jeong
Young Kyung Park (eps 6, 15)
Young Sun Chol
Yukie Noguchi
Yukiko Yamaguchi
Yuko Yamaguchi
Yun Hee Park

Color design: Ken Hashimoto

Color Inspection: Yuuko Satou

Color Key:
Fumie Hayashi
Hiromi Anzai
Hiroyuki Mori
Ken Hashimoto
Maki Saitou
Miyuki Kibata
Naomi Kaneko
Yasue Mizoguchi
Yoshinori Horikawa
Yuki Nariai
Yukie Noguchi

Color setting: Yuuko Satou

Cooperation:
Shin'ichirō Arimura (Clutch Players)
Takahiro Sato

Digital Composite: Mio Nakayama

Digital Photography:
Atsuro Saito
Hiroshi Takahashi
Jin Yamaguchi
Minoru Fujita

Editing: Aya Hida

Ending Animation:
Chappii (BONES Photography Dept.)
Norimitsu Suzuki (ED 1)

Finish Check:
Ikuyo Morita
Masako Torikata
Yoshinori Horikawa
Yuka Nakamura
Yuriko Kadomoto

In-Between Animation:
Akiko Taniguchi
Akira Tanabe
Azusa Kasahara
Bok Simm Kim (eps 6, 15-16)
Byun Hye Soon
Chiemi Furuno
Emi Kamada
Eri Furukawa
Eri Ishikawa
Eri Saito
Erina Kozuta
Eun Hee An
Eun Jin Han
Eun Kyung Lee (eps 6-7, 16)
Eun Soon Byun
Hayato Kojima
Hideyuki Hirai
Hideyuki Hoshina
Hiroki Iwamura
Hiromi Ennyū (Studio Gimlet)
Hiromi Tsukada
Hiroshi Karino
Hong Yi Min (eps 6, 15-16)
Hye Soon Byun
Hyun Joo Park
Hyun Ju Park
In Bum Hwang
Ji Hwan Cho
Jin Ju Go
Kaori Yamamoto
Kazuyuki Yamako
Keiko Watanabe
Kenichi Shima
Kim Young Jin
Kyung Suk Park
Maki Ando
Mari Sugita (Studio Gimlet)
Mariko Wada
Mariyo Higo
Masaaki Matsumura
Masae Koseki
Masanori Fukazawa
Masayuki Ikezu
Mayumi Kowada
Megumi Tonegawa
Mi Sun Hwang
Miho Sekimoto
Mika Hinata
Miki Komuro
Min Jung Chun
Min Kyoung Kim
Minami Yoshida
Misa Egawa
Misa Okano
Miyuki Genda
Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Sakamukai
Motohiro Taniguchi
Nana Fujiki
Nozomi Takahashi
Reina Miyagawa (Studio Gimlet)
Rie Ishigami
Ryouko Sekiya
Saori Kishii
Sayaka Kusano (Studio Gimlet)
So Young Kim (ep 6)
Son Na Ae (ep 6)
Song Ji Young
Sun Yeoun Yang
Syunichi Tomizawa
Tadayuki Satō
Takeo Ōhira
Takeshi Kanegae
Tomomi Nishimura
Tomoya Fujita
Tomoyuki Tsuchikata
Won Suk Choi
Woo Youn Lee (ep 6)
Yasuyo Ogawa
Yoko Tsubaki
Youko Saitou
Young Jae Kim
Young Jin Kim
Young Sun Jung
Yuji Shibata
Yuki Hijikata
Yung Ae Park
Yuuji Nosaka
Yuya Iwashita (eps 26-27)

In-Between Check:
Akiko Ohshima
Hideto Sakurakuri
Minami Tokunaga
Shouhei Hamaguchi

Key Animation:
Ai Ogasawara
Aika Sakuragi
Aiko Sonobe
Akane Umezu
Akemi Kobayashi
Aki Koishi
Akihito Aoki
Akiko Konno
Akiko Kumada
Akiko Kumata
Akiko Matsuo
Akiko Nakamura
Akiko Seki
Akiko Taniguchi
Akiko Yamaguchi
Akira Shinoda
Akira Takahashi
Asuka Shimizu
Ayako Karatani
Ayako Mori
Bae Huen Han (eps 6, 15)
Chiaki Furuzumi
Chieko Miyakawa
Chihiro Hayashi
Chihiro Kamiya
Daiki Imamura
Daisuke Kusakari
Daisuke Niitsuma
Eiichi Endo
Eiji Komatsu
Emiko Momose
Eri Yuzuki
Erika Uchiyama
Eriko Uchiyama
Erina Kozuta
Genichiro Kondo
Han Huen Hun
Hanako Enomoto
Harumi Takagi
Hideaki Matsuoka
Hideki Hamasu (ep 37)
Hidenori Inoue
Hideo Amemiya
Hiroaki Ishiyama
Hiromi Ishigami
Hiromi Kato
Hiromi Kitao
Hironori Hisashima
Hiroshi Kugimiya
Hiroshi Nishimura
Hirotaka Marufuji
Hirotaka Nii
Hiroyuki Yanagise
Hitomi Fujii
Hyo Jung An
Hyun Hwan Bee
Ichiro Uno
Inosuke Naitou
Izumi Nagashima
Jang Kil Yong (eps 6, 15)
Jimmy Stone
Jin Nishino
Jin Kyeong Park (eps 2, 6, 8, 15)
Juji Mizumura
Jun Mori
Jun Takagi
Junichi Hashimoto
Junichi Takaoka (OP 2; 6 episodes

eps 7, 14, 23, 29, 35-36

)
Kanako Sato
Kang Kwan Ru
Kaori Nakamura
Kaori Tokunaga
Kasumi Wada
Katsuji Matsumoto
Kazuaki Imai
Kazunobu Hoshi
Kazunori Takahashi
Kazutaka Hasama
Kazuyo Nakamura
Kei Ajiki
Kei Tsuchiya
Keiichi Ishida
Keiichirou Honjou
Keiko Sakakibara
Keisuke Okada
Kenichi Watanabe
Kenji Hachizaki
Kim Jan Joung
Kimiko Nakanishi
Kimiko Yashiro
Koichi Nakatani
Kosuke Murayama
Kouhei Yamazaki
Kuniko Yano
Kunio Kazuki
Kwan Gu Kang (eps 6-7, 15)
Kwan Gu Kwang
Kwang Han Choi
Kyota Washikita
Maki Kawano
Makoto Itou
Makoto Nakamura
Mami Hagiwara
Mamiko Nakanishi
Manabu Akita
Manabu Kawada
Manao Torii
Mao Takahashi
Marie Ino
Mariko Aoki
Mariko Ino
Mariko Ito
Masafumi Nakagawa
Masaki Hyuga
Masaki Kudo
Masanao Bessho
Masaru Kitao
Masayuki Sato
Mayumi Kitamura
Mayumi Yamamoto
Megumi Noda
Megumi Sakamoto
Megumi Satou
Megumi Tokuda
Michio Satô
Miho Kojima
Minako Sakurada
Minami Tokunaga
Misao Abe
Mitsuko Baba
Miyuki Nakajima
Miyuki Shinoda
Nagisa Nakajima
Naoaki Houjou
Naoki Takahashi
Naoko Ikeuchi
Naoko Nakamoto
Naomi Yoshida
Naotoshi Shida
Noboru Takahashi
Nobuko Sugino
Nobuyoshi Miyazaki
Norihiro Naganuma
Noriko Yoshida
Norimitsu Suzuki (ep 29)
Nozomu Abe
Orie Tanaka
Reiko Nozaki
Rie Kobayashi
Rie Usui
Rikako Sakaki
Ruri Watanabe
Ryouko Nakano
Ryousuke Sekiguchi
Ryuji Totake
Ryuutarou Sakaguchi
Sachie Sakurai
Sadatoshi Matsusaka
Satoshi Hattori
Satoshi Ishino
Satoshi Sakai
Satoshi Tazaki
Saya Aoi
Shigeki Sato
Shigenori Taniguchi
Shin'ichi Yokota
Shinako Kawai
Shingo Nakamura
Shingo Okano
Shinichi Machida
Shinichi Miyamae
Shinji Nagata
Shinya Suzuki
Shinya Uchida
Shōsuke Ishibashi
Shouichi Funaki
Shuuji Sakamoto
Sung Wook Woo
Tae Jong Kim (eps 6, 15)
Taeko Igo
Takaaki Wada
Takahiko Abiru
Takahiro Kagami
Takanori Suzuki
Takashi Muratani
Takashi Tsuge
Takato Fukuyama
Takayuki Noguchi
Takeshi Imai
Takeshi Okada
Terumi Nishii
Tomohiro Furukawa
Tomohito Matsuhiro
Tomoki Mizuno
Tomotsugu Sakakibara
Tomoyuki Ohshita
Toshiharu Kudō
Toshihiko Masuda
Tsuguo Sakamoto
Tsuyoshi Moriyama
Woo Seung-Wook (eps 6, 15)
Yasuharu Kataoka
Yoko Takanori
Yoshiaki Hatano
Yoshiaki Matsuda
Yoshihiko Umakoshi
Yoshihiro Itoo
Yoshiki Mizuno
Yoshinori Kanemori
Yoshinori Tokiya
Yosuke Sotoyama
Yui Enomoto
Yuichi Hirano
Yuji Shibata
Yuji Yanase
Yukari Matsuo
Yūki Morimoto
Yūki Tsuda
Yukie Fujii
Yuko Kimura
Yūko Nakayama
Yūko Tamai
Yumi Renbata
Yumiko Kinoshita
Yuri Takasaki
Yuri Torii
Yurie Kuniyuki
Yusuke Asaoku
Yūta Ōhata
Yuu Kaneshiro
Yuuji Kokai
Yuuji Shigekuni
Yuuka Tanaka
Yuuko Kamiyama
Yuuta Ootaka

Music Production:
Kazunari Sengoku
Makoto Saito
Tokuwa Nagae

Music Selection: Fumiko Harada

Opening Animation:
Hiroto Tanaka
Kunihiko Sakurai
Satoshi Tazaki
Tetsuro Araki

Photography:
Atsuro Saito
Bang Jung Hoon (DR Movie)
Choi Jae-Won (DR Movie)
Haruhi Gotō
Hiroki Iwasawa (Tama Production)
Hiroshi Fujita (DR Tokyo)
Hiroshi Ōizumi (DR Tokyo)
Hiroya Kumasawa (DR Tokyo)
Jin Yamaguchi (DR Tokyo)
Kazuhiro Sasaki
Kazuhiro Yamada
Kazumi Yokoo
Kazuto Furuya
Keiko Ishizuka (DR Tokyo)
Kenji Takahashi
Kim Ju Jwan (DR Movie)
Kōhei Tanada (DR Tokyo)
Lee Suk Bum (DR Movie)
Lee Young Gyeong (DR Movie)
Lim Jae Hwan (DR Movie)
Masahiko Yokoyama (Tama Production)
Masatoshi Bōno (DR Tokyo)
Masayuki Narai (DR Tokyo)
Naoaki Miura (Tama Production)
Natsuki Kumatani (DR Tokyo)
Natsumi Yajima
Nobutaka Murakami
Rie Yamazaki
Ryou Iijima
Shinobu Ohata (DR Tokyo)
Takahiro Uezono (DR Tokyo)
Takumi Haneda
Toshihiro Sasaki
Tsutoyuki Harada (Tama Production)
Yousuke Motoki
Yui Tanaka
Yukihiro Masumoto (DR Tokyo)
Yuuichirou Nagata

Planning:
Hiroshi Hirayama
Kazuhiko Torishima
Masahiko Osawa
Mitsuru Ohshima
Suzuko Fujimoto

Post Production: Shunji Sakai

Production Advancement:
Ai Arakawa
Daisuke Andō
Etsuo Sato (ep 9)
Hiroshi Motohashi (ep 33)
Izumi Shibutani
Keiji Matsumoto
Masashi Tanaka (ep 36)
Masato Saitō
Shigehisa Iida (ep 18)
Shinryō Miura (ep 19)
Shintarō Maruyama (ep 25)
Tadashi Shiobara
Takahiro Ishikawa
Takeshige Oshima
Takushi Iwaoka
Tetsuhisa Tajima
Yasuhiro Kuramoto (ep 26)
Yumi Asano

Production Assistant: Mikiko Kobayashi

Production Committee:
Fuminori Hara (Madhouse)
Hiroyuki Ueno (NTV/D.N. Dream Partners)
Kenichiro Ushigi (Shueisha)
Kōji Morinaga (NTV/D.N. Dream Partners)
Manabu Tamura (VAP)
Mitsuru Ohshima (VAP)
Rieko Ono (NTV/D.N. Dream Partners)
Shin Kobamatsu (NTV/D.N. Dream Partners)
Shinji Takada (NTV/D.N. Dream Partners)
Toru Horikoshi (NTV/D.N. Dream Partners)
Tsuneo Ooyama (Shueisha)
Tsuyoshi Natsuno (NTV/D.N. Dream Partners)
Yoshiteru Yamaguchi (NTV/D.N. Dream Partners)
Yukiko Ninokata (Madhouse)

Publicity:
Natsumi Tanimoto
Yoji Yamada
Yuko Kishikawa

Recording Assistant: Kazuyoshi Iino

Recording engineer: Shoji Hata

Setting Production: Shinji Nishikawa

Sound Effects: Rie Komiya

Sound Production:
Akemi Ikeda
Riyo Yamada
Sachiko Sekine

Sound Production Assistance: Megumi Ozawa (Rise Spirit)

Special Effects:
Ayumi Arabata
Chie Tanimoto
Kumiko Taniguchi
Kuniharu Okano (Artland; ep 34)
Saeko Kimura
Shin Inoie
Tetsu Onitsuka (ep 28)
Toyohiko Sakakibara
Yoko Suzuki (ep 28)

Supervision: Tetsuro Araki

Theme Song Performance:
Maximum The Hormone (OP2, ED2)
Nightmare (OP,ED)

Video Editing:
Erika Fujiwara (Q-Tec)
Mitsuru Onishi

Kappei Yamaguchi as L

Mamoru Miyano as Light Yagami

Ai Satou as Sachiko Yagami

Akeno Watanabe as Halle Lidner (SPK)

Aya Hirano as Misa Amane

Haruka Kudou as Sayu Yagami

Hideo Ishikawa as Hideki Ide

Hiroki Takahashi as Stephen Gevanni (SPK)

Kazuya Nakai as Kanzo Mogi

Keiji Fujiwara as Shuichi Aizawa

Kimiko Saito as Rem

Kiyoshi Kobayashi as Watari

Maaya Sakamoto as Kiyomi Takada

Masaki Aizawa as Anthony Rester (SPK)

Masaru Ikeda as Koreyoshi Kitamura

Masaya Matsukaze as Mikami Teru

Masumi Okamura as Kiyomi Takada

Mitsuru Ogata as Steve Maison

Naoya Uchida as Soichiro Yagami

Noriko Hidaka as Near

Nozomu Sasaki as Mello

Ryo Naitou as Tota Matsuda

Shidou Nakamura as Ryuuku

Ami Koshimizu as Yuri (ep 4)

Aoi Inaba as Shop Assistant (ep 8)

Aruno Tahara as David Hoope

Chafurin as Hitoshi Demegawa

Eiji Hanawa as Shingo Midou

Hajime Koyanagi as John Matckenraw (SPK)

Hidenobu Kiuchi as Hirokazu Ukita

Hideo Ishikawa as Raye Penber (eps 4-5)

Hideyuki Umezu as
Armonia=Jastin=Beyondllemason
Narrator

Hirofumi Nojima as Reiji Namikawa

Hiroshi Ohtake as Roger Ruvie

Hiroyuki Yokoo as Suguru Shimura

Issei Futamata as Kyousuke Higuchi

Katsuhisa Houki as Kiichiro Osoreda (ep 4)

Kazuki Yao as Shidou

Kazuya Nakai as Yochi (ep 1)

Ken'ichi Matsuyama as Jealous

Kensuke Nishi as
Hideki Ryuuga (ep 8)
Motofuji (ep 1)

Kibou Tokumei as Zerhogie (shinigami)

Kiyoyuki Yanada as Takeshi Ooi

Masaki Aizawa as
Masahiko Kida
Rodd Los

Miki Nagasawa as Wedy

Naoko Matsui as Naomi Misora

Nobuko Miyazaki as Announcer (ep 1)

Rintarou Nishi as Eiichi Takahashi

Takashi Matsuyama as Jack Neylon

Takeharu Onishi as Gook (shinigami) (ep 1)

Takuya Kirimoto as Aiber

Tetsuo Goto as Dellidublly (shinigami) (ep 1)

Tomohiro Nishimura as
Matt
Shibuimaru Takuo (ep 1)

Tsunehisa Fujii as Reporter (special guest; ep 1)

Yasunori Masutani as English Teacher (ep 1)

Yukitoshi Tokumoto as
Arayoshi Hatori
Lind L. Taylor (ep 2)
Mori (ep 6)

Japanese companies

Animation Assistance:
Frontline (5 episodes

eps 4, 11, 19, 28, 34

)
Kyung Kang ANIA (ep 33)
Office Take Off (eps 3, 12, 20)
Studio Alteil (ep 27)
Studio Line (eps 26-27)
Tama Production (ep 9)
Yuhodo (eps 10, 18, 24)

Animation Production: Madhouse Studios

Background Art:
Dr. Movie
Studio Wyeth

Backgrounds:
Beijing Golden Pinasters Animation Company
FAI
Madhouse Studios
Shanghai Superman
Tezuka Productions

Broadcaster:
Chukyo TV (2006-10-17)
Hiroshima Telecast Co., Ltd. (2007-01-09)
NittelEPlus (2007-01-24)
NTV
Television Niigata Network Co., Ltd. (2007-05-05)
Yomiuri TV (2006-10-16)

Clean-Up Animation:
AI
Anime R
Changzhou New Star Art Co. Ltd. (ep 10)
DR TOKYO
Dr. Movie
drop
EASIA
Fan Out
Frontline
Golden Bell
Hanjin Animation (eps 10, 18)
Hayashi
HYOIN Animation
IMOVE
Kyung Kang ANIA
Nendai Animation
Office Take Off
Studio CATS
Studio Gash
Studio Gimlet
Studio L
U-Han Entertainment
VISTA

In-Between Animation:
Changzhou New Star Art Co. Ltd. (ep 10)
Cube Emotion
Dogakobo
Dr. Movie
drop
EASIA
Fan Out
Frontline
Hanjin Animation (eps 10, 18)
Hayashi
HYOIN Animation
IMOVE
Kyung Kang ANIA
Madhouse Studios
Nendai Animation
Office Take Off
Studio CATS
Studio Gimlet
Studio L
Tama Production
U-Han Entertainment
VISTA
Wish
Yuhodo

Key Animation:
Animation Planet
Changzhou New Star Art Co. Ltd. (eps 10, 18)
Dogakobo
drop
FAI
Fan Out
Hanjin Animation (eps 10, 18)
Hayashi
HYOIN Animation
K Production (ep 28)
Minamimachi Bugyosho
NASA
Studio CATS
Studio L
Studio Line
Studio Onepack
Taikan Anime Kabushiki Kaisha
U-Han Entertainment
Wombat
Yuhodo

Music Collaboration:
Nippon TV Music
VAP

Photography:
Asahi Production
DR TOKYO
Tama Production (ep 9)

Planning Collaboration: Shonen Jump

Production:
D.N. Dream Partners
Madhouse Studios
NTV
Shueisha
VAP

Recording Studio:
Omnibus Japan
Sanpunzaka Studio
Studio Don Juan

Sound Effects: Anime Sound Production

Sound Production:
Aoni Production
Seiji Production
Sound Team Donfan

English cast

English staff

Executive producer:
Akira Fujita (VIZ Media)
Hidemi Fukuhara (VIZ Media)

Producer: Diana Gage (Ocean)

Associate producer:
Jiro Okada (Ocean)
Joshua Lopez (VIZ Media; eps 33-37)
Steve Moody (Ocean)

Camera:
Corey Fischer (Extras)
Jiro Okada (Extras)

Casting Coordination: Gregory Berry

Casting Director: Theresa MacFarlane

Co-Producer:
Lilly Fuentes-Joy (VIZ Media; eps 20-24)
Miki Macaluso (VIZ Media)
Mitsuko Kitajima (VIZ Media)

Creative Consultant: Pancha Diaz

Dialogue Editing:
Aaron MacDonald (eps 5-11, 13)
Donovan Johnson (eps 5-8, 25-28)
Eric Loewerison (eps 1-4)
Gabriella Cheung (20 episodes

eps 1-11, 13, 17-24

)
Marc Matsumoto (eps 33-37)
Masako Uchiura (eps 17-32)
Michael Iske (eps 1-4)
Ryan McKinnon (eps 9-13)

Editing: Jesse Spencer (Extras)

Extras Director:
Peter Makepeace
Robert Ramirez

Extras Producer:
Peter Makepeace
Robert Ramirez

Production Supervision: William Germain (VIZ Media)

Re-Recording Mixing: Keith A. Goddard

Recording engineer:
Derek Seaborn (9 episodes

eps 21-24, 33-37

)
Donovan Johnson (eps 13-16)
Matt Gauthier (eps 17-20, 25-32)
Michael Iske (eps 1-12)

Script Adaptation:
Michelle Clough (eps 20-37)
Stephen Hedley (eps 1-19)

Script Editing:
Jiro Okada
Stephen Hedley

Sound Technician: Steve Moody (Extras)

Special Thanks To:
Alessandro Juliani (Extras)
Brad Swaile (Extras)
Brian Drummond (Extras)
Karl Willems (Extras)
Shannon Chan-Kent (Extras)

Video Post-Production:
Elisa Chee (eps 13-37)
Gabriella Cheung (eps 33-37)
Michael Hey (eps 1-12)
Sean McConkey
Shannon Lum

Voice Direction: Karl Willems

Alessandro Juliani as L

Brad Swaile as Light Yagami

Andrew Kavadas as Kyousuke Higuchi

Brian Dobson as Hideki Ide

Brian Drummond as Ryuk

Cathy Weseluck as Near

Chris Britton as Soichiro Yagami

Colleen Wheeler as Rem

David Hurwitz as Mello

French Tickner as Watari

Heather Doerksen as Kiyomi Takada

Howard Siegal as Koreyoshi Kitamura

John Murphy as Kanzo Mogi

John Novak as Steve Mason

Kelly Metzger as Sayu Yagami (Younger)

Kirby Morrow as Teru Mikami

Kristie Marsden as Sayu Yagami (Older)

Lisa Ann Beley as Hal Lidner (SPK)

Michael Adamthwaite as Anthony Rester (SPK)

Saffron Henderson as Sachiko Yagami

Samuel Vincent as Stephen Gevanni (SPK)

Shannon Chan-Kent as Misa Amane

Trevor Devall as Shuichi Aizawa

Vincent Tong as Tota Matsuda

Aidan Drummond as Teru Mikami (Young)

Alexa Devine as Kyoko (eps 15-16)

Alistair Abell as Student (ep 9)

Brian Dobson as
Kiichiro Osoreda (ep 4)
Rod Ross (eps 27-29)
Teacher (eps 1-2)

Brian Drummond as
Roy (ep 29)
Sudo (ep 1)
Suguru Shimura

David Orth as
Aiber
Eiichi Takahashi

David Pettitt as Dellidublly (Shinigami)

Drew Nelson as Matt (ep 35)

Fred Henderson as Yoshida President (ep 22)

Jason Simpson as Skyer (ep 29)

Jeremy From as Hirokazu Ukita

John Murphy as
Lind L. Taylor (ep 2)
Rushuoll (ep 29)

John Novak as
Shinigami (ep 1)
Takimura (ep 27)

Karen Rae as Yumi Aizawa (ep 31)

Kelly Sheridan as TV Reporter (ep 1)

Lalainia Lindbjerg as
Takuo's Victim (ep 1)
Yuri (ep 4)

Lee Tockar as
Shinigami (ep 1)
Takuo Shibuimaru (ep 1)

Martin Sims as Masahiko Kida

Michael Adamthwaite as Raye Penber (eps 4-5)

Michael Dobson as
Armonia Jastin Beyondlemason (ep 28)
David Hoope (ep 27)
Dreads (eps 27-29)
ICPO Speaker (ep 2)
Jealous
Jose (ep 29)

Michael Kopsa as Takeshi Ooi

Paul Dobson as Hideki Ryuga

Peter New as ICPO Speaker (ep 2)

Ron Halder as Roger Ruvie (eps 26-27)

Samuel Vincent as Sidoh (eps 28-29)

Shannon Chan-Kent as Yumi Aizawa (ep 18)

Simon Hayama as Arayoshi Hatori

Tabitha St. Germain as Naomi Misora

Ted Cole as
Jack Neylon/Kal Snyder (eps 28-29)
John McEnroe (ep 27)
Reiji Namikawa

Trevor Devall as
Miller (ep 28)
Shingo Mido

Venus Terzo as
Eriko Aizawa (ep 18)
Wedy

Vincent Tong as Field Reporter (ep 1)