Death Note
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)
Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Vintage:
August 1, 2006
Status:
Completed
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...
This anime's it's rather similar to Code Geass, except not as good, mainly for the writing and the main character.
The best part was the voice acting, It's an anime you'll actually want to watch the dubbed version of. Alessandro Juliani gives a particularly good performance as L.
Other than that, it's somewhat interesting how the main character is more of an antagonist, while the ones working against him are more like the good guys. It would be better if Light was just a bit like-able though, you tend to hate his guts after a while.
As for animation, I guess that soft, dreary style suits the plot, but it's kind of boring compared to the more typical, vibrant anime style.
