Death note is a very interesting anime series which is written by Tsugumi Ohbaand illustrated by Takeshi Obata. The story follows Light Yagami, a teen genius who stumbles across a mysterious otherworldly notebook the "Death Note", which belonged to the Shinigami Ryuk and grants the user the supernatural ability to kill anyone whose name is written in its pages.
Death note was first released in Shueisha's manga magazine Weekly Shonen Jump from December 2003 to May 2006. The chapters were collected and published into 12 volumes between April 2004 and July 2006. This anime was first aired in Japan from October 3, 2006, to June 26, 2007. This animation contains 37 episodes.
This series was adapted into three live action films released in Japan on June 17, 2006, November 3, 2006, and February 2, 2008, and a television drama in 2015. It is licensed and released in North America by Viz Media.
But before Viz Media licensed it and it aired on YTV's Bionix anime block in Canada and on Adult Swim in the United States with a DVD release following. The live-action films briefly played in certain North American theaters in 2008, before receiving home video releases.
In 2015, the collected volumes of the Death Note manga had over 30 million copies in circulation.
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