Death Note

Death Note
Cover of the first tankōbon for Death Note featuring Ryuk and Light Yagami
デスノート (Desu Nōto)
Genre	Occult detective, psychological thriller
Manga
Written by	Tsugumi Ohba
Illustrated by	Takeshi Obata
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	AUS Madman Entertainment NA/UK Viz Media
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Weekly Shōnen Jump
Original run	December 1, 2003 – May 15, 2006
Volumes	12 (List of volumes)
Novel
Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases
Written by	Nisio Isin
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA/UK Viz Media
Published	August 1, 2006
Anime television series
Directed by	Tetsurō Araki
Produced by	Toshio Nakatani Manabu Tamura Masao Maruyama
Written by	Toshiki Inoue
Music by	Yoshihisa Hirano Hideki Taniuchi
Studio	Madhouse
Licensed by	AUS Madman Entertainment NA Viz Media UK Manga Entertainment
Original network	NTV, STV, ytv, CTV, FBS, HTV, SDT, FCT
English network	AU ABC2 CA YTV, Scream NA Neon Alley US Adult Swim ZA Animax South Africa
Original run	October 3, 2006 – June 26, 2007
Episodes	37 (List of episodes)
Game
Death Note Kira's Game
Developer	Konami
Publisher	Konami
Genre	Action
Platform	Nintendo DS
Released	JP: February 15, 2007
Game
Death Note: Successor to L
Developer	Konami
Publisher	Konami
Genre	Action
Platform	Nintendo DS
Released	JP: July 12, 2007
Anime television film
Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God
Directed by	Tetsurō Araki
Produced by	Toshio Nakatani Manabu Tamura Masao Maruyama
Written by	Toshiki Inoue
Music by	Yoshihisa Hirano Hideki Taniuchi
Studio	Madhouse
Licensed by	NA Viz Media
Original network	NTV
Released	August 31, 2007
Runtime	130 minutes
Novel
Death Note: L: Change the World
Written by	M
Published by	Shueisha
English publisher	NA Viz Media
Published	December 25, 2007
Game
L the Prologue to Death Note: Spiraling Trap
Developer	Konami
Publisher	Konami
Genre	Action
Platform	Nintendo DS
Released	JP: February 7, 2008
Anime television film
Death Note: Relight 2: L's Successors
Directed by	Tetsurō Araki
Written by	Toshiki Inoue
Studio	Madhouse
Licensed by	NA Viz Media
Original network	NTV
Released	August 22, 2008
Runtime	100 minutes
Live-action
Death Note (2006 film) 2: The Last Name (2006 film) L: Change the World (2008 film) Death Note (2015 TV drama) Death Note: The Musical (2015 Musical) Death Note: New Generation (2016 miniseries) Death Note: Light Up the New World (2016 film) Death Note (2017 film)

Death Note (Japanese: デスノート, Hepburn: Desu Nōto^?) is a Japanese manga series written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The story follows Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers a supernatural notebook from a Shinigami named Ryuk that grants its user the ability to kill anyone whose name and face he knows. The series centers around Light's attempts to create and rule a world "cleansed of evil" as "God" using the notebook, and the efforts of a detective known as L to stop him.

Death Note was first serialized in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2003 to May 2006. The 108 chapters were collected and published into 12 tankōbon volumes between May 2004 and October 2006. A television anime adaptation aired in Japan from October 3, 2006, to June 26, 2007. Composed of 37 episodes, the anime was developed by Madhouse and directed by Tetsuro Araki. A light novel based on the series, written by Nisio Isin, was also released in 2006. Additionally, various video games have been published by Konami for the Nintendo DS. The series was adapted into four live-action films released in Japan on June 17, 2006, November 3, 2006, and February 2, 2008, and a television drama in 2015. A miniseries entitled "Death Note: New Generation" and a fourth film released in 2016. An upcoming American film is scheduled to release in 2017.