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{{Short description|Japanese manga series}}
{{Other uses|Death Note (disambiguation)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| image       = Death Note Vol 1.jpg
| caption     = First {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volume cover, featuring [[Light Yagami]] (front) and [[Ryuk (Death Note)|Ryuk]] (back)
| genre       = {{ubl|[[Mystery fiction|Mystery]]<ref name="VizOfficial">{{cite web|url=https://www.viz.com/death-note|title=The Official Website for Death Note|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|access-date=October 27, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171027071700/https://www.viz.com/death-note|archive-date=2017-10-27|url-status=live}}</ref>|[[Psychological thriller]]<ref>{{cite press release|title=Viz Media Announces Fall DVD Release of Death Note™ Anime Series|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2007-06-29/viz-media-announces-fall-dvd-release-of-death-note-anime-series|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|via=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 2, 2020|date=June 29, 2007|quote=it is as much a psychological thriller as it is a crime drama.|archive-date=July 1, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070701094747/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2007-06-29/viz-media-announces-fall-dvd-release-of-death-note-anime-series|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Ellingwood|first=Holly|title=Death Note Vol. 1 Original and Uncut (Advance Review)|url=http://activeanime.com/html/2007/11/09/death-note-vol-1-original-and-uncut-advance-review/|website=Active Anime|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160325162820/http://activeanime.com/html/2007/11/09/death-note-vol-1-original-and-uncut-advance-review/|archive-date=March 25, 2016|date=November 9, 2007}}</ref>|[[Supernatural thriller]]<ref name="VizOfficial"/><ref>{{cite web|last=Luther|first=Katherine|title=Death Note: Series Profile|url=http://anime.about.com/od/deathnote/p/deathnoteprof.htm|website=[[About.com]]|access-date=June 24, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071031234837/http://anime.about.com/od/deathnote/p/deathnoteprof.htm|archive-date=October 31, 2007|quote=''Death Note'' is a supernatural thriller series that zeros in on a very delicate question: is all life worth saving or are there some that we'd be better off without?}}</ref>}}<!-- Note: Use and cite reliable sources to identify genre/s, not personal interpretation. Please don't include more than three genres (per [[MOS:A&M]]). -->
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| author       = [[Tsugumi Ohba]]
| illustrator  = [[Takeshi Obata]]
| publisher    = [[Shueisha]]
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| AUS         = [[Madman Entertainment]]
| NA          = [[Viz Media]]
}}
| demographic  = {{Transliteration|ja|[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]}}
| imprint      = [[Jump Comics]]
| magazine     = [[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]
| first        = December 1, 2003
| last         = May 15, 2006
| volumes      = 12
| volume_list  = List of Death Note chapters
}}
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{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = novel
| title        = [[Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases]]
| author       = [[Nisio Isin]]
| publisher    = Shueisha
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| NA          = Viz Media
}}
| published    = August 1, 2006
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type         = TV series
| director     = [[Tetsurō Araki]]
| producer     = {{ubl|Toshio Nakatani|Manabu Tamura|[[Masao Maruyama (film producer)|Masao Maruyama]]}}
| writer       = [[Toshiki Inoue]]
| music        = {{ubl|[[Yoshihisa Hirano]]|[[Hideki Taniuchi]]}}
| studio       = [[Madhouse (company)|Madhouse]]
| licensee     = {{ubl|[[Crunchyroll LLC|Crunchyroll]]{{efn|name=Crunchyroll|In the United Kingdom through [[Crunchyroll UK and Ireland]] (formerly known as [[Manga Entertainment]]) and in Australia through [[Crunchyroll Store Australia]] (formerly known as [[Madman Entertainment|Madman Anime]]).}}|{{English anime licensee|NA = [[Viz Media]]}}}}
| network      = [[Nippon Television Network System|NNS]] ([[Nippon TV]])
| network_en   = {{English anime networks
| CA          = [[YTV (Canadian TV channel)|YTV]]
| NA          = [[Neon Alley]]
| US          = [[Adult Swim]]
}}
| first        = October 4, 2006
| last         = June 27, 2007
| episodes     = 37
| episode_list = Death Note (2006 TV series)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type         = TV film
| title        = Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
| director     = Tetsurō Araki
| producer     = {{ubl|Toshio Nakatani|Manabu Tamura|Masao Maruyama}}
| writer       = Toshiki Inoue
| music        = {{ubl|Yoshihisa Hirano|Hideki Taniuchi}}
| licensee     = {{ubl|Crunchyroll{{efn|name=Crunchyroll}}|{{English anime licensee|NA = Viz Media}}}}
| studio       = Madhouse
| network      = Nippon TV
| released     = August 31, 2007
| runtime      = 130 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = novel
| title        = Death Note: L – Change the World
| author       = M
| publisher    = Shueisha
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| NA = Viz Media
}}
| published    = December 25, 2007
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| title        = Death Note: C-Kira
| author       = Tsugumi Ohba
| illustrator  = Takeshi Obata
| publisher    = Shueisha
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| NA = Viz Media
}}
| demographic  = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| magazine     = Weekly Shōnen Jump
| published    = February 9, 2008
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Video
| type         = TV film
| title        = Death Note: Relight 2 – L's Successors
| director     = Tetsurō Araki
| producer     = {{ubl|Toshio Nakatani|Manabu Tamura|Masao Maruyama}}
| writer       = Toshiki Inoue
| music        = {{ubl|Yoshihisa Hirano|Hideki Taniuchi}}
| licensee     = {{ubl|Crunchyroll{{efn|name=Crunchyroll}}|{{English anime licensee|NA=Viz Media}}}}
| studio       = Madhouse
| network      = NNS (Nippon TV)
| released     = August 22, 2008
| runtime      = 100 minutes
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type         = manga
| title        = Death Note: a-Kira
| author       = Tsugumi Ohba
| illustrator  = Takeshi Obata
| publisher    = Shueisha
| publisher_en = {{English manga publisher
| NA          = Viz Media
}}
| demographic  = {{Transliteration|ja|Shōnen}}
| magazine     = [[Jump Square]]
| published    = February 4, 2020
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title        = Live-action
| content      =
* ''[[Death Note (2006 film)|Death Note]]'' (2006 film)
* ''[[Death Note 2: The Last Name]]'' (2006 film)
* ''[[L: Change the World]]'' (2008 film)
* ''[[Death Note (2015 TV series)|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]]'' (2017 film)
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Other
| title        = Video games
| content      =
* ''Death Note: Kira Game'' (2007)
* ''Death Note: Successors to L'' (2007)
* ''L the Prologue to Death Note: Spiraling Trap'' (2008)
* ''Death Note: Killer Within'' (2024)
}}
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'''''Death Note''''' (stylized in [[all caps]]) is a Japanese [[manga]] series written by [[Tsugumi Ohba]] and illustrated by [[Takeshi Obata]]. It was serialized in [[Shueisha]]'s [[Shōnen manga|{{Transliteration|ja|shōnen}} manga magazine]] ''[[Weekly Shōnen Jump]]'' from December 2003 to May 2006, with its chapters collected in 12 {{Transliteration|ja|[[tankōbon]]}} volumes. The story follows [[Light Yagami]], a genius high school student who discovers a mysterious notebook: the "Death Note", which belonged to the {{Transliteration|ja|[[shinigami]]}} [[Ryuk (Death Note)|Ryuk]], and grants the user the supernatural ability to kill anyone whose name is written in its pages. The series centers around Light's subsequent attempts to use the Death Note to carry out a worldwide massacre of individuals whom he deems immoral and to create a crime-free society, using the alias of a god-like vigilante named "Kira", and the subsequent efforts of [[List of Death Note characters#Kira Investigation Team|an elite Japanese police task force]], led by enigmatic detective [[L (Death Note)|L]], to apprehend him.

A 37-episode [[anime]] television series adaptation, produced by [[Madhouse (company)|Madhouse]] and directed by [[Tetsurō Araki]], was broadcast on [[Nippon Television]] from October 2006 to June 2007. 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 three [[live-action]] films released in Japan in [[Death Note (2006 film)|June]], [[Death Note 2: The Last Name|November 2006]], and [[L: Change the World|February 2008]], and [[Death Note (2015 TV series)|a television drama]] in 2015. A miniseries titled ''[[Death Note: New Generation]]'' and [[Death Note: Light Up the New World|a fourth film]] were released in 2016. An [[Death Note (2017 film)|American film adaptation]] was released [[List of Netflix original films|exclusively]] on [[Netflix]] in August 2017, and a series is reportedly in the works. Two [[One-shot (comics)|one-shot]] manga sequels, ''C-Kira'' and ''a-Kira'', were published in 2008 and 2020, respectively; they were later collected in a single volume titled ''Death Note: Short Stories'', alongside other standalone stories, in 2021. An online [[social deduction game]], ''Death Note: Killer Within'', was released by [[Bandai Namco Entertainment]] for the [[PlayStation 5]], [[PlayStation 4]], and [[Windows]] via [[Steam (service)|Steam]] in 2024.

''Death Note'' media, except for video games and soundtracks, is licensed and released in North America by [[Viz Media]]. The episodes from the anime first appeared in North America as downloadable from [[IGN]] before Viz Media licensed it. The series was aired on [[YTV (TV channel)|YTV]]'s [[Bionix (TV programming block)|Bionix]] programming 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. By April 2015, the ''Death Note'' manga had over 30 million copies in circulation, making it one of the [[List of best-selling manga|best-selling manga series]].