Editing Death Note (section)

===Anime===
{{Main|Death Note (2006 TV series){{!}}''Death Note'' (2006 TV series)}}

The ''Death Note'' anime, directed by [[Tetsurō Araki]] and animated by [[Madhouse (company)|Madhouse]], began airing on [[Nippon TV]] on October 4, 2006, and finished its run on June 27, 2007, totaling 37 episodes.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061106003655/http://www.ntv.co.jp/english/pc/ntv-animation.pdf|url=http://www.ntv.co.jp/english/pc/ntv-animation.pdf|archive-date=November 6, 2006|title=Nippon Television Network Program Catalogue: Animation|page=17|publisher=[[Nippon Television]]|access-date=November 12, 2014}}</ref> The series aired on the network "every Tuesday at 0:56", which is effectively Wednesday.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntv.co.jp/deathnote/infor/index.html|title=Official Death Note Anime Website|publisher=[[Nippon Television]]|access-date=November 6, 2006|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061109132319/http://www.ntv.co.jp/deathnote/infor/index.html|archive-date=November 9, 2006|url-status=live}}</ref> The series was co-produced by Madhouse, Nippon Television, [[Shueisha]], D.N. Dream Partners and [[VAP (company)|VAP]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ntv.co.jp/deathnote/staff/index.html|title=Official Death Note staff listing|publisher=[[Nippon Television]]|access-date=March 28, 2007|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070321033906/http://www.ntv.co.jp/deathnote/staff/index.html|archive-date=March 21, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> In North America, the series was licensed by Viz for residents in the United States to use "Download-to-Own" and "Download-to-Rent" services while it was still airing in Japan. This move was seen as "significant because it marked the first time a well known Japanese anime property was made legally available in the 
United States for domestic audiences to download while the title was still airing on Japanese television".<ref name="licensed">{{cite web|url=http://www.mania.com/viz-media-secures-landmark-agreement-to-make-death-note-anime-series-available-for-download_article_85192.html|title=Viz Media Secures Landmark Agreement To Make Death Note Anime Series Available For Download|date=January 10, 2007|publisher=Mania Entertainment|access-date=January 11, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081205040346/http://www.mania.com/viz-media-secures-landmark-agreement-to-make-death-note-anime-series-available-for-download_article_85192.html|archive-date=December 5, 2008}}</ref> The downloadable episodes contained the original Japanese audio track and English subtitles,<ref name="DVD">{{cite news|last=Mays|first=Jonathan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-01-13/death-note-release-won't-be-limited-to-downloads|title=Death Note Release Won't be Limited to Downloads|date=January 13, 2007|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 13, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070115065029/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-01-13/death-note-release-won't-be-limited-to-downloads|archive-date=January 15, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> and were made available through [[IGN]]'s [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]-only Direct2Drive service.<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-05-03/viz-to-offer-death-note-downloads-via-direct2drive|title=Viz to Offer ''Death Note'' Downloads via Direct2Drive|date=May 3, 2007|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 4, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070509095334/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-05-03/viz-to-offer-death-note-downloads-via-direct2drive|archive-date=May 9, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> DVDs of the series have also been released,<ref name="DVD"/> containing both an English dubbed audio track, produced by [[Ocean Productions]], and the original Japanese audio track with optional English subtitles.<ref name="comiccon">{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2007/new-york-comiccon/4|title=New York ComicCon 2007 – Viz Media – Anime|last=Dong|first=Bamboo|date=February 24, 2007|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 24, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070227125309/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2007/new-york-comiccon/4|archive-date=February 27, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> Viz announced at [[Anime Expo|Anime Expo 2007]] that the first DVD was officially released on November 20, 2007, in both regular and special editions,<ref>{{cite press release|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2007-06-29/viz-media-announces-fall-dvd-release-of-death-note-anime-series|title=Viz Media Announces Fall DVD Release of Death Note Anime Series|date=June 29, 2007|publisher=[[Viz Media]]|via=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 2, 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|archive-date=July 1, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> and also confirmed at [[San Diego Comic-Con]] in 2007 that the first 15,000 copies of each DVD contain collectible figures.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2007/comic-con-international/viz-media|title=Viz Media – Comic-Con International 2007|last=Santos|first=Carlo|date=July 26, 2007|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 27, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070824163139/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/convention/2007/comic-con-international/viz-media|archive-date=August 24, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>

''Death Note'' was slated to make its North American television premiere in Canada, as part of [[YTV (Canadian TV channel)|YTV's]] [[Bionix (TV programming block)|Bionix]] programming block, on September 7, 2007.<ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.corusent.com/corporate/press_room/pressReleaseDetail.asp?id=1348|title=YTV, Discovery Kids and Treehouse Ring in September with Exciting New Series and Returning Favourites|date=July 23, 2007|publisher=[[Corus Entertainment]]|access-date=July 10, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080411153525/http://www.corusent.com/corporate/press_room/pressReleaseDetail.asp?id=1348|archive-date=April 11, 2008}}</ref> However, the show was removed from the schedule at the last minute<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-04/death-note-removed-from-canada's-ytv-schedule|title=Death Note Removed from Canada's YTV Schedule|date=September 4, 2007|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=September 6, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071016064106/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-04/death-note-removed-from-canada's-ytv-schedule|archive-date=October 16, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> and the Canadian premiere was pushed back to October 26, 2007, at 10:00&nbsp;p.m. The series premiered in the U.S. on October 20, 2007, at 12:00&nbsp;a.m. on [[Adult Swim]]<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-20/death-note-confirmed-to-air-on-adult-swim-october-20|title=Death Note Confirmed to Air on Adult Swim October 20|date=September 20, 2007|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 16, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123185730/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-20/death-note-confirmed-to-air-on-adult-swim-october-20|archive-date=January 23, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> and ran until January 10, 2010, when its contract expired.<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-11/adult-swim-loses-blood-and-death-note-hints-at-3-new-anime|title=Adult Swim Loses Blood+ & Death Note, Hints at 3 New Anime|date=January 11, 2010|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=January 21, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100123100135/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-01-11/adult-swim-loses-blood-and-death-note-hints-at-3-new-anime|archive-date=January 23, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> The last episode aired on YTV, July 4, 2008, and would later air on Adult Swim two days later. The show was removed from YTV's schedule on July 5, 2008, with its last airing being a rerun of the final episode at 1:30&nbsp;a.m. [[Eastern Time Zone|ET]]. Soon after, Bionix became a 2-hour block on Saturday nights.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.corusent.com/corporate/press_room/press_kids_tv/highlightsDetail.asp?id=1348|title=Press room – Press kids|publisher=Corus Entertainment – Press_Corporate|access-date=June 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080312190404/http://corusent.com/corporate/press_room/press_kids_tv/highlightsDetail.asp?id=1348|archive-date=March 12, 2008}}</ref> The show also streamed online free on Adult Swim Video, with a new episode available every Saturday afternoon, on the day of its broadcast premiere.<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-10-19/death-note's-english-dub-premieres-on-web-television|title=''Death Note's'' English Dub Premieres on Web, Television|date=October 19, 2007|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=June 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090929145156/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-10-19/death-note's-english-dub-premieres-on-web-television|archive-date=September 29, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> On July 26, 2017, [[Starz]] announced that they would be offering episodes of the series for their [[video on demand]] service starting on August 1 of that same year.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/874095-starz-app-august-2017-movies-and-tv-titles-announced|title=Starz app August 2017 Movies and TV Titles Announced|date=July 26, 2017|publisher=ComingSoon.net|access-date=July 18, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180718234602/http://www.comingsoon.net/movies/news/874095-starz-app-august-2017-movies-and-tv-titles-announced|archive-date=July 18, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

A two-hour animated {{Nihongo|''Death Note Relight: Visions of a God''|DEATH NOTE リライト·幻視する神|Desu Nōto Riraito: Genshisuru kami}} TV special aired on Nippon Television in Japan on August 31, 2007, at 8:00&nbsp;p.m. It is a recap which takes place after the series end, where a {{Transliteration|ja|shinigami}} approaches Ryuk in the {{Transliteration|ja|shinigami}} realm in order to learn more about the human world. Instead, Ryuk tells him of all the events leading up to the last story arc, about Light Yagami and his rival L. Originally, this special was advertised as a retelling told from Ryuk's point of view, but it does not give a different point of view from what was originally told. However, it contains updated dialog, as well as a few new scenes.<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-07-12/death-note-tv-special-to-be-three-hour-director's-cut|title=''Death Note'' TV Special to be Three-Hour Director's Cut|date=July 12, 2007|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=July 13, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070714225920/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-07-12/death-note-tv-special-to-be-three-hour-director's-cut|archive-date=July 14, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Nippon TV]] aired the {{Nihongo|''Death Note: Relight: L's Successors''|DEATH NOTE リライト2 Lを継ぐ者|Desu Nōto Riraito 2: L o Tsugu Mono}} special on August 22, 2008. Like the first special, this new compilation summarized a part of the 2006–2007 anime television series. Specifically, it recounted the final half of the suspenseful supernatural story, including the investigators Near and Mello's confrontations with the vigilante Kira.<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-25/second-death-note-special-to-air-on-august-22-in-japan|title=Second ''Death Note'' Special to Air on August 22 in Japan|date=July 25, 2008|work=[[Anime News Network]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090611092038/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-07-25/second-death-note-special-to-air-on-august-22-in-japan|archive-date=June 11, 2009|url-status=live|access-date=June 7, 2009}}</ref> This version features more updates than the previous one, most notably omission of the mafia plot.

====Soundtracks====
{{Main|Death Note original soundtracks{{!}}''Death Note'' original soundtracks}}
Several soundtracks for the series have been released. The music from the anime was composed by [[Yoshihisa Hirano]] and [[Hideki Taniuchi]], while the CDs were also published by VAP. The first one was ''Death Note Original Soundtrack'', which was released in Japan on December 21, 2006. It contains music from the series with the first opening and ending themes are sung by the Japanese band [[Nightmare (Japanese band)|Nightmare]] in the TV size format.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000K0YFIS/|title=Death Note オリジナル・サウンドトラック|access-date=June 13, 2009|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409134919/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000K0YFIS/|archive-date=April 9, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Death Note Original Soundtrack II'' was first released in Japan on March 21, 2007. It features the new opening and closing themes by [[Maximum the Hormone]] in the TV size format.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000MX7VO8/|title=Death Note オリジナル・サウンドトラックII|access-date=June 6, 2009|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203040330/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000MX7VO8|archive-date=December 3, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> The third CD, ''Death Note Original Soundtrack III'' was released on June 27, 2007. Tracks 1–21 were composed and arranged by Taniuchi, while tracks 22–28 were composed and arranged by Hirano. The album features one track sung by [[Aya Hirano]], who was also the Japanese voice actress of [[Misa Amane]] in the anime series. Also appearing on this soundtrack is the ending theme ''Coda〜Death Note'', which can be heard at the end of the final episode of the anime as the credits are shown.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000PMGT0I/|title=Death Note オリジナル・サウンドトラックIII|access-date=June 13, 2009|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409134927/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000PMGT0I/|archive-date=April 9, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

Several soundtracks have also been released for the live action films. ''Sound of Death Note'' is a soundtrack featuring music from the first ''Death Note'' film composed and arranged by [[Kenji Kawai]]. It was released on June 17, 2006, by [[VAP (company)|VAP]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000FI8UFY/|title=Sound of Death Note|access-date=June 13, 2009|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409134713/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000FI8UFY/|archive-date=April 9, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Sound of Death Note the Last name'' is the soundtrack from the second ''Death Note'' film, ''Death Note the Last name''. It was released on November 2, 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000I0SA68/|title=Sound of Death Note the Last Name|access-date=June 6, 2009|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409134834/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000I0SA68|archive-date=April 9, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> ''Death Note Tribute'' is a tribute album dedicated to the [[live action]] film ''Death Note''. Published by [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG Japan]] on June 21, 2006, Japan, it contains 15 tracks performed by various artists, such as [[Shikao Suga]], [[M-Flo]], [[Buck-Tick]], and [[Aya Matsuura]]. The soundtrack came with a [[cosplay]] Death Note notebook.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000FP2MYM/|title=Death Note Tribute|access-date=June 13, 2009|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409134840/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000FP2MYM/|archive-date=April 9, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Another tribute album is ''The Songs for Death Note the movie〜the Last name Tribute'' dedicated to the second film. Published by [[Sony Music Entertainment Japan]] on December 20, 2006, it contains 14 tracks performed by various artists, such as [[Orange Range]], [[Abingdon Boys School]], [[High and Mighty Color]], [[Doping Panda]], and [[Galneryus]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000K2UDIW/|title=The Songs for Death Note the movie〜the Last name Tribute|access-date=June 13, 2009|language=ja|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160409134915/http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/B000K2UDIW/|archive-date=April 9, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>