Death Note (2006–2007)

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TMDb8.627/10· 5K votes

About Death Note

Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?

Cast of Death Note

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  Mamoru Miyano

  as Light Yagami (voice)

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  Shido Nakamura

  as Ryuk (voice)

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  Aya Hirano

  as Misa Amane (voice)

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  Kappei Yamaguchi

  as L (voice)

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  Kimiko Saito

  as Rem (voice)

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  Naoya Uchida

  as Soichiro Yagami (voice)

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  Ryou Naitou

  as Touta Matsuda (voice)

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  Keiji Fujiwara

  as Shuichi Aizawa (voice)

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  Kazuya Nakai

  as Kanzo Mogi (voice)

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  Noriko Hidaka

  as Near (voice)

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  Nozomu Sasaki

  as Mello (voice)

Our take on Death Note

This landmark anime hands a bored genius student a notebook that kills anyone whose name is written in it — and watches him wage a god-complex war of wits against the detective trying to stop him. Tense, cerebral and morally electric, it's a battle of two brilliant minds. If its psychological cat-and-mouse gripped you, seek out smart thriller anime and dramas where intellect, ego and justice collide.