Death Note

**tracycoder** · Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 7:55 pm Post subject: Death Note

The anime, directed by Tetsurō Araki and animated by Madhouse, began airing in Japan on October 3, 2006,[8] and finished its run on June 26, 2007, totaling 37 twenty-minute episodes.[9] Contrary to the movies, the anime series closely follows the original storyline of the first seven volumes of the manga (L's arc) then rushes significantly through N's arc by accentuating many action scene and skipping monologues or long discussions between characters described in the final 5 volumes of the manga series. There are also a few changes on the character designs, adapted by Masaru Kitao, and the order of facts, as well as a few additional scenes not featured in the original manga. It is also set in the year 2007, instead of starting at the year 2003. The series aired on the Nippon Television network "every Tuesday [at] 24:56".[10] The series was co-produced by Madhouse, Nippon Television, Shueisha, D.N. Dream Partners and VAP.[11]

In North America, the series has been licensed by Viz Media for residents in the United States of America to use "Download-to-Own" and "Download-to-Rent" services while it was still airing in Japan. This move is seen as "significant because it marks the first time a well known Japanese anime property will be made legally available to domestic audiences for download to own while the title still airs on Japanese television".[12] The downloadable episodes contain the original Japanese audio track and English subtitles,[13] and is available through IGN's Windows-only Direct2Drive service.[14] DVDs of the series will also be released,[13] containing both an English dubbed audio track, produced by The Ocean Group, and the original Japanese audio track with optional English subtitles.[15] Viz announced at Anime Expo 2007 that the first DVD will be officially released on November 20, 2007 in both regular and special editions[16] and also confirmed at Comic-Con International 2007 that the first 15,000 copies of each DVD will contain collectible figures.[17]

Death Note was slated to make its North American television premiere in Canada on YTV's Bionix programming block on September 7, 2007.[18] However, the show was removed from the schedule at the last minute.[19] The Canadian premiere has now been pushed back to October 26, 2007 at 10:00 pm. On September 20, 2007, Anime News Network stated that Death Note will be set to premiere in the U.S. on October 20, 2007 at 12:00 a.m. on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim.[20] This was confirmed in an Adult Swim bump on September 23, 2007. Death Note has also been aired by the anime television network Animax across its respective networks worldwide, including Hong Kong and Taiwan.
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dominique · Joined: 26 May 2008 Posts: 6 Location: paraHYDEdise

i rate this anime 4 out of 5...i love it...

**tracycoder** · Posted: Tue May 27, 2008 4:50 am Post subject:

OMG deathnote is like my all time favorite anime i <3 it so much!! im glad to see another death note fan on here Very Happy

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