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Death Note

Death Note

Death Note

2006 - 2007
Drama, Crime
TV Series
23m
An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it. (imdb)
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Directed by:

Tomohiko Ito
Tomohiko-Ito
Tomohiko Ito
13 total credits
Tomohiko Ito has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Erased, Sword Art Online and Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale
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, Tetsurô Araki
Tetsur-Araki
Tetsurô Araki
20 total credits
Tetsurô Araki has 20 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Attack on Titan, SPY×FAMILY, Black Lagoon and Highschool of the Dead
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, Naoyasu Hanyu
Naoyasu-Hanyu
Naoyasu Hanyu
1 total credit
Naoyasu Hanyu has just 1 credit at Criticker: Death Note
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, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Hiroyuki-Tsuchiya
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
3 total credits
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Dealings, Pursuit, Makeshift and Love
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Writers:

Tsugumi Ohba
Tsugumi-Ohba
Tsugumi Ohba
10 total credits
Tsugumi Ohba has 10 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Desu nôto, Desu nôto: The last name, L: Change the World and Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God
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, Takeshi Obata
Takeshi-Obata
Takeshi Obata
11 total credits
Takeshi Obata has 11 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Desu nôto, Desu nôto: The last name, L: Change the World and Hikaru no Go
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, Toshiki Inoue
Toshiki-Inoue
Toshiki Inoue
75 total credits
Toshiki Inoue has 75 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies, ChäoS;HEAd, Urusei Yatsura 4: Lum the Forever and Ninja Scroll: The Series
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, Gracie P. Aylward
Gracie-P-Aylward
Gracie P. Aylward
2 total credits
Gracie P. Aylward has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note and Dark Child
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Starring:

Shidô Nakamura
Shid-Nakamura
Shidô Nakamura
29 total credits
Shidô Nakamura has 29 credits at Criticker, including: Letters from Iwo Jima, Death Note, Fearless, Red Cliff and Monster
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, Keiji Fujiwara
Keiji-Fujiwara
Keiji Fujiwara
91 total credits
Keiji Fujiwara has 91 credits at Criticker, including: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Death Note, Hunter x Hunter, Baccano! and The Tatami Galaxy
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, Kappei Yamaguchi
Kappei-Yamaguchi
Kappei Yamaguchi
157 total credits
Kappei Yamaguchi has 157 credits at Criticker, including: Kiki's Delivery Service, Death Note, One Piece, Baccano! and Battle Angel
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, Kazuya Nakai
Kazuya-Nakai
Kazuya Nakai
84 total credits
Kazuya Nakai has 84 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Samurai Champloo, Night Is Short, Walk on Girl, One Piece and Godzilla: Monster Planet
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, Aya Hirano
Aya-Hirano
Aya Hirano
53 total credits
Aya Hirano has 53 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Parasyte: The Maxim and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
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, Mamoru Miyano
Mamoru-Miyano
Mamoru Miyano
87 total credits
Mamoru Miyano has 87 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Steins;Gate, Tokyo Ghoul, Steins Gate The Movie: Load Region of Déjà Vu and Blame!
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, Naoya Uchida
Naoya-Uchida
Naoya Uchida
19 total credits
Naoya Uchida has 19 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Vinland Saga, Dororo, Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor and Hunter X Hunter: Phantom Rouge
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, Ryô Naitô
Ry-Nait
Ryô Naitô
13 total credits
Ryô Naitô has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Death Note: Rewrite 2: L's Successors, Quiet Country Cafe 2, Kodomo no Omocha and Di Gi Charat
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Death Note

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Drama, Crime, Animation

Country:

Japan

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Death Note

2006 - 2007
Drama, Crime
TV Series
23m
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beedubBeeDub
Rated 03 May 2021
78
39th
OK, so I know this is held up by many as anime's Greatest Thing Ever, but I've started it twice and lost interest within a few episodes both times. Both main characters are so unlikable and engage in such despicable acts that I find it impossible to root for or care about anyone involved. Not my cup of tea. Sorry.
Rated 03 May 2021
goremeatgoremeat
Rated 18 Mar 2018
90
95th
Probably the slickest serialized crime thriller ever; Death Note is filled with chessmaster games galore, dripping with an awesome rock-inspired demonic style. Like underpainting in late-romantic oil paintings, the hints of moral musing breathe some light and depth in places, too.
Rated 18 Mar 2018
cairosmithcairosmith
Rated 14 Nov 2016
72
69th
An excellent supernatural drama which runs out of track halfway through and continues to chug on as it plows needlessly through landscapes where the plot has long since run out.
Rated 14 Nov 2016
revanskywalkerRevanSkywalker
Rated 19 Jun 2024
50
34th
Deus Ex Machina festival
Rated 19 Jun 2024
kyriei2kyriei2
Rated 23 May 2020
75
61st
İlk jeneriğin olduğu bölümler 90, ikinci jenerikten sonrası 60 ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Rated 23 May 2020
tanklin13Tanklin13
Rated 27 Oct 2018
80
88th
First 1/3 is like a 92, the middle is like 80, and the last 1/3 is 70ish. Completely worth watching. At least watch what I consider to be season 1. (first 1/3 or so)
Rated 27 Oct 2018
zeboimZeboim
Rated 23 Dec 2015
10
89th
Man is it good up until episode 23, after which it falls off a cliff. Watch it, but stop there to avoid disappointment.
Rated 23 Dec 2015
bakcheiabakcheia
Rated 09 Sep 2015
81
71st
Watch out Criticker, if you keep adding anime series I will have a huge list for you to keep up with... That being said, Death Note is probably one of the bet suspense animes around. The constant struggle between both Light and L is spellbinding, even though it moves rather slowly and loses steam in the second half of the series. However, both characters are incredibly entertaining, and watching them intellectually spar and fake each other out is far too much fun.
Rated 09 Sep 2015
rosenritterrosenritter
Rated 08 Sep 2015
9
94th
Unbelievably committed to what it's doing, tonally and in terms of pacing. From the first moment to the last, there are no filler subplots, no comedic breather episodes, there's nothing going on that isn't part of THE GAME, the big mind-game with the entire world at stake. It's written with the psychotic singlemindedness of Yagami Light himself. I don't know of any TV serial as tightly plotted as this, so in that regard, if in no other, it's the gold standard.
Rated 08 Sep 2015
tj_monsterTJ monster
Rated 22 Jun 2025
70
70th
great plot till it runs out halfway. then it adds new charchters who are intyeresting but its not the same. goes downhill after that. loved the feud between L and Kira though.
Rated 22 Jun 2025
scholar69420Scholar69420
Rated 11 Jun 2025
77
82nd
The first 24 eps are incredible television. Falls off tho, the true ending isn't even good.
Rated 11 Jun 2025
thatdutThatDut
Rated 10 Jan 2025
82
34th
cool n shi
Rated 10 Jan 2025
kedersizkedersiz
Rated 04 Jan 2025
95
44th
if you like manipulation etc very good
Rated 04 Jan 2025
coffeecoffee
Rated 08 Dec 2024
90
93rd
Legend.. for a reason. A solid and sound reason. The first 25-26 episodes are so amazing that the remaining garbage can only harm it a little.. thus the 90 rating. Also, I read some about the other versions of Death Note and decided to never watch them. The last 12 episodes already ruined it a little, I won't let it happen anymore.
Rated 08 Dec 2024
dingbaatDingbaat
Rated 07 Dec 2024
80
39th
The second part of the series with all the new other characters was just something I couldn’t get into. Everything else though was great.
Rated 07 Dec 2024
chazzChazz
Rated 06 Dec 2024
97
85th
GOD
Rated 06 Dec 2024
meowgaritameowgarita
Rated 20 Nov 2024
77
26th
pretty good
Rated 20 Nov 2024
omniavanitasOmniaVanitas
Rated 18 Sep 2024
51
19th
Interesting overall, despite narratively shooting itself in the foot and limping along without its most compelling character for its final third, but failed to fulfill its potential. Still better than average for the genre.
Rated 18 Sep 2024
dieeinzigeDieEinzige
Rated 18 Sep 2024
62
40th
Pretty good for an anime, although I found that the main antagonists for the last 10 or so episodes being people I didn't care about brought the last third or so down a lot and soured the ending a bit. Should have ended before that.
Rated 18 Sep 2024
rotaciravrotacirav
Rated 27 Aug 2024
32
4th
The premise was intriguing and could have gone a lot of different ways. Then came the protagonists’s reaction to the demon and I thought “Oh, it decides to be trash”. Entertaining trash though, even if the last third is weaker like everyone is saying (the creators evidently painted themselves into a corner by letting a protagonist with an impossible plan for world domination win against his only credible antagonist).
Rated 27 Aug 2024
shavermavkzshavermavkz
Rated 27 Jul 2024
72
39th
Cool, but I stopped watching halfway through. After episode 23 (if I remember correctly) the anime loses it's charm.
Rated 27 Jul 2024
dishantDishant
Rated 24 Jul 2024
99
0th
What need to be said
Rated 24 Jul 2024
sleepingbeepsleepingBeep
Rated 16 May 2024
19
87th
IM GONNA TAKE A CHIP, AND EAT IT!!!! plsss watch death note if you havent. nonbinary L, transmasc Near, transfem Mellow, vs asexual Light and Misa (literally me). its sooo compelling, youre always thinking "WOAAAG whats happning next.." and everything is so well thought out. ull be soooo invested. politically it's meh. it's kinda copaganda, but doesn't overtly demonize leftdts so thats good ig. WATTTCH
Rated 16 May 2024
christianmchristianm
Rated 30 Apr 2024
85
93rd
Excellent near the beginning, but gets bad near the end.
Rated 30 Apr 2024
ashleylmashleylm
Rated 03 Dec 2023
70
75th
Unfortunately, they didn't stick the landing.
Rated 03 Dec 2023
scuffedScuffed
Rated 10 Jul 2023
70
70th
A bit pretentious at times. And despite an implied wish to "rid the world of evil," this series is politically shallow. The aesthetic isn't always for me with how edgy it is, but you can't deny it does it well. It's certainly engaging even if it's not as thought provoking as it wishes it could be.
Rated 10 Jul 2023
octogooseOctogoose
Rated 09 Jul 2023
69
42nd
It's good, but I feel like it could be better. I read the manga before watching the anime and really enjoyed it (It's still far from perfect and suffers from many of the problems I have with the anime). I feel like the faster pace of the anime doesn't work for this character-driven story. I know that it's part of the limitations of the medium, but I wish they would take more time to explore the characters and the relationships between them. Nevertheless, there were some incredible scenes in here
Rated 09 Jul 2023
tvbTvB
Rated 06 Jun 2023
75
33rd
The first part of it was fantastic, but it got so slow for me nearing the end that it just wasn’t as watchable or enjoyable. The ending, however, I did enjoy, albeit controversial.
Rated 06 Jun 2023
gaalstaffGaalstaff
Rated 19 Mar 2023
70
23rd
First half 85 Second half 55
Rated 19 Mar 2023
dmcrimsonDMCrimson
Rated 15 Mar 2022
74
21st
Has a show ever been this in love with explaining meaningless details and choices? It's like hearing a smug lawyer read a contract they drafted out loud. Written by someone who daydreams about how they would take down Mike Tyson in a boxing match with a meticulously planned hour-long punch combo, never realizing how under-equipped they are to actually fight.
Rated 15 Mar 2022
croweycrowey
Rated 19 Nov 2021
79
75th
First season is solid gold. Latter seasons enraged me. :D
Rated 19 Nov 2021
vgnpwrzvgnpwrz
Rated 27 Sep 2021
42
30th
First half of the series was great. Very smart and well thought out. The second half was terrible. As soon as L arrived the series went sharply downhill. All the good qualities left and it became absurd and boring C-
Rated 27 Sep 2021
zamnzamn
Rated 26 Jul 2021
100
89th
loved it very captivating and plot was unpredictable
Rated 26 Jul 2021
soixistSoixist
Rated 30 Mar 2021
81
64th
First half is great. Second half is meeeh.
Rated 30 Mar 2021
faveryfavery
Rated 17 Aug 2020
35
13th
Up to episode 20. I don't think I'll continue for a while because this arc is absolute horsecrap. Generic evil corporate villains and Light becoming a hypocrite? Let's not even get started on the pacing. Just awful. I'm not picking it up for a while, maybe forever.
Rated 17 Aug 2020
edsuedsu
Rated 30 Jun 2020
6
53rd
First half is quite good. Second half is a convoluted mess.
Rated 30 Jun 2020
sfgse83rf3sfgse83rf3
Rated 25 May 2020
4
90th
A very entertaining series of cat-and-mouse games, played between a brilliant detective and a killer with supernatural aid. Both characters are smart in a believable way, with the audience having full access to their entire thought-process.
Rated 25 May 2020
srmt99srmt99
Rated 12 May 2020
100
98th
L is the greatest character of all time.
Rated 12 May 2020
gogolitgogolit
Rated 16 Apr 2020
82
84th
Slick, tense
Rated 16 Apr 2020
grimsoothgrimsooth
Rated 11 Dec 2018
84
89th
One of the best anime to compare all other anime to, almost no rewatch value however.
Rated 11 Dec 2018
rtd2rtd2
Rated 22 Jan 2018
80
50th
It starts out so strong, but gets waylaid somewhere around episode 15. I've actually never completed the series, despite trying a few times. My rating is probably a bit generous, because the show could have been fantastic.
Rated 22 Jan 2018
groovysoulsGroovy_Souls
Rated 08 Aug 2017
90
90th
A remarkable series from beginning to end. While after the death of a certain character, other character arcs become less interesting, the series never loses steam. Light is such an interesting character, and the tension that builds is divine. One of the best anime series you could watch, though honestly, I'm probably not the authority on that.
Rated 08 Aug 2017
guillaumeGuillaume
Rated 04 Aug 2017
85
95th
Fantastic psychothriller with a strong storyline, a wealth of well-developed characters with a whacky edge, great soundtrack and an unnerving moral dilemma.
Rated 04 Aug 2017
vandelay1Vandelay1
Rated 31 Mar 2017
82
92nd
nice series
Rated 31 Mar 2017
kito1kito1
Rated 02 Mar 2017
80
89th
Great series, driven by razor-sharp intellect. At times the thoughts will be racing through your head - which is so satisfying -, against the background of top-notch score and drawing. -- I have to say that the last 12 episode segment is not as great as the previous ones, it is just OK.
Rated 02 Mar 2017
tonys_iiTonyS.
Rated 06 Dec 2016
80
84th
Captivating but wildly uneven. The first 16 episodes are brilliant because of the numerous mindgames between Light and L and cliffhangers. The following "Yotsuba" arc replaces all this with dumb humor and stupid, caricatural behavior. Fortunately this arc ends on a good episode and is followed by an even better one. Then the series goes back towards the style of the early episodes but without the same punch/quality (slight improvement with the introduction of Mikami, terrible tone-deaf ending).
Rated 06 Dec 2016
war_machineWar Machine
Rated 29 Nov 2016
90
93rd
First like 8 episodes amazing. Then it keeps going in phases of like 10 episodes, where the first 2 change up the show a lot and are 80s, and then set up to new cool shit that's 90ish again. Ending is horrible but I can imagine my own :)
Rated 29 Nov 2016
yoshinarutoYoshinaruto
Rated 17 May 2016
95
98th
This rating is for the first 25 or 26 episodes, which ranged from a score of 80 to 100. What comes after ranges from 50 to 70 or so. The plot is really intriguing and the the intelligence of both the writing and the two lead characters makes it almost perfect at times. One of the best anime for non anime fans I'd say.
Rated 17 May 2016
chmulcr0nchmul_cr0n
Rated 01 Jan 2016
76
82nd
Delightfully unrealistic and convenient. Shame the ending sucked.
Rated 01 Jan 2016
daigoroDaigoro
Rated 28 Oct 2015
8
85th
Went downhill in the second half, and the two main characters are a little too perfect and hard to connect with, but otherwise a great series with a unique premise and deep themes.
Rated 28 Oct 2015
ytadelYtadel
Rated 27 Sep 2015
7
84th
I absolutely loved everything until the big twist two-thirds of the way through (no spoilers, but if you've seen it of course you know what I'm talking about), which was a bold move, sure... but I just didn't like anything after nearly as much. That said, the first two-thirds of the show were completely awesome. It's not even about the Death Note itself or the supernatural stuff as the twisty, ingenious, awesome chess game between Light and L. I was in awe at how clever the the writers were.
Rated 27 Sep 2015
ocelotOcelot
Rated 15 Sep 2015
45
36th
A great concept on paper (get it?) that fails because the author is unwilling to handicap one of the two leads. They're both equally implausibly smart, so the developments come down to how unsmart the writer is. I'd like to see an American version, if only because we'd be killing Senators instead of guys who robbed convenience stores. Light Yagami is Rorschach, except hotter and dumber.
Rated 15 Sep 2015
neonmanNeonman
Rated 10 Sep 2015
73
47th
I always thought this is what Dexter wanted to be -- it has the same "killing the bad guys" concept, though instead of the main character mugging it for the camera and everyone fucking each other, this has some well measured tactics between our "hero" and the authorities, including the brilliantly scheming L. I probably would've liked it more if it was a bit shorter, and I definitely would've liked it more if my friend who lent me the DVDs hadn't spoiled everyone's death to me.
Rated 10 Sep 2015
aflickeringAFlickering
Rated 08 Sep 2015
6
86th
an extremely well-plotted battle of wits thriller with very little padding (while there is some wheel-spinning in the second half, it comes together in the end), but i wish more of it haunted me the way s1e7 always has.
Rated 08 Sep 2015
velvet_croweVelvet Crowe
Rated 08 Sep 2015
76
84th
Death Note is a series I respect for its use of tension and mind games between the leads, even if its application is laughably contrived and often ham-fisted. But I don't think the series gets enough flak for other things such as its characterization even beyond Misa. L's quirkiness made me roll my eyes, and the leads fit into the trope of genius that I find nauseating and unconvincing. The show also has no real exploration of its morality, using it as a motive rather than a theme to explore.
Rated 08 Sep 2015
karamazovkaramazov.
Rated 06 Sep 2015
47
62nd
From memory.
Rated 06 Sep 2015
Death Note - Season 1
Death Note - Season 1 (2006) - S1
Season 1 - An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it. (imdb)
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Directed by:

Tomohiko Ito
Tomohiko-Ito
Tomohiko Ito
13 total credits
Tomohiko Ito has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Erased, Sword Art Online and Sword Art Online the Movie: Ordinal Scale
Read more
, Tetsurô Araki
Tetsur-Araki
Tetsurô Araki
20 total credits
Tetsurô Araki has 20 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Attack on Titan, SPY×FAMILY, Black Lagoon and Highschool of the Dead
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, Naoyasu Hanyu
Naoyasu-Hanyu
Naoyasu Hanyu
1 total credit
Naoyasu Hanyu has just 1 credit at Criticker: Death Note
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, Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
Hiroyuki-Tsuchiya
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya
3 total credits
Hiroyuki Tsuchiya has 3 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Dealings, Pursuit, Makeshift and Love
Read more

Writers:

Tsugumi Ohba
Tsugumi-Ohba
Tsugumi Ohba
10 total credits
Tsugumi Ohba has 10 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Desu nôto, Desu nôto: The last name, L: Change the World and Death Note: Relight: Visions of a God
Read more
, Takeshi Obata
Takeshi-Obata
Takeshi Obata
11 total credits
Takeshi Obata has 11 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Desu nôto, Desu nôto: The last name, L: Change the World and Hikaru no Go
Read more
, Toshiki Inoue
Toshiki-Inoue
Toshiki Inoue
75 total credits
Toshiki Inoue has 75 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Dragon Ball: Curse of the Blood Rubies, ChäoS;HEAd, Urusei Yatsura 4: Lum the Forever and Ninja Scroll: The Series
Read more
, Gracie P. Aylward
Gracie-P-Aylward
Gracie P. Aylward
2 total credits
Gracie P. Aylward has 2 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note and Dark Child
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Starring:

Shidô Nakamura
Shid-Nakamura
Shidô Nakamura
29 total credits
Shidô Nakamura has 29 credits at Criticker, including: Letters from Iwo Jima, Death Note, Fearless, Red Cliff and Monster
Read more
, Keiji Fujiwara
Keiji-Fujiwara
Keiji Fujiwara
91 total credits
Keiji Fujiwara has 91 credits at Criticker, including: Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children, Death Note, Hunter x Hunter, Baccano! and The Tatami Galaxy
Read more
, Kappei Yamaguchi
Kappei-Yamaguchi
Kappei Yamaguchi
157 total credits
Kappei Yamaguchi has 157 credits at Criticker, including: Kiki's Delivery Service, Death Note, One Piece, Baccano! and Battle Angel
Read more
, Kazuya Nakai
Kazuya-Nakai
Kazuya Nakai
84 total credits
Kazuya Nakai has 84 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Samurai Champloo, Night Is Short, Walk on Girl, One Piece and Godzilla: Monster Planet
Read more
, Aya Hirano
Aya-Hirano
Aya Hirano
53 total credits
Aya Hirano has 53 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya, Dragon Ball Z: Battle of Gods, Parasyte: The Maxim and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Read more
, Mamoru Miyano
Mamoru-Miyano
Mamoru Miyano
87 total credits
Mamoru Miyano has 87 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Steins;Gate, Tokyo Ghoul, Steins Gate The Movie: Load Region of Déjà Vu and Blame!
Read more
, Naoya Uchida
Naoya-Uchida
Naoya Uchida
19 total credits
Naoya Uchida has 19 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Vinland Saga, Dororo, Kaiji: Ultimate Survivor and Hunter X Hunter: Phantom Rouge
Read more
, Ryô Naitô
Ry-Nait
Ryô Naitô
13 total credits
Ryô Naitô has 13 credits at Criticker, including: Death Note, Death Note: Rewrite 2: L's Successors, Quiet Country Cafe 2, Kodomo no Omocha and Di Gi Charat
Read more

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Death Note

Genres:

Drama, Crime, Animation

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese
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