Editing Death Note (section)

==Legacy and controversies==
The series release outside Japan has inspired other works, as well as individuals making their own mock "Death Notes", including one that was associated with a real-life murder. According to ''[[Wired (magazine)|Wired]]'' magazine, ''Death Note'' "[turned] Japan's most-popular print medium into an internationally controversial topic that has parents wondering whether they should prohibit their kids from reading manga entirely". Live-action director [[Shusuke Kaneko]] commented in response, "If preventing them from seeing this movie is going to make kids better, then why not prevent them from watching all bad news?".<ref name="wired.com"/>

In regards to the [[The Twilight Zone (2019 TV series)|2019 ''The Twilight Zone'']] episode "[[The Comedian (episode)|The Comedian]]", Rosie Knight of ''[[The Hollywood Reporter]]'' stated that Samir's story appears to take a large influence from ''Death Note''.<ref>{{cite web|author=Knight, Rosie|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/twilight-zone-comedian-nightmare-at-30000-feet-explained-1198347|title='The Twilight Zone' Takes on Classic Episode, Lust for Fame in CBS All Access Debut|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=April 1, 2019|access-date=February 20, 2023|archive-date=January 9, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210109070654/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/twilight-zone-comedian-nightmare-at-30000-feet-explained-1198347|url-status=live}}</ref> ''[[The Simpsons]]'' has parodied ''Death Note'' in both comic books and animation with the 2008 comic book story "Murder, He Wrote" in ''The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror'' #14,<ref>{{cite press release|title=Chat Live with Eisner Award Winner Nina Matsumoto Tomorrow on Suvudu.com|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2009-11-23/chat-live-with-eisner-award-winner-nina-matsumoto-tomorrow-on-suvudu.com|publisher=[[Suvudu]]|via=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 30, 2022|date=November 23, 2009|archive-date=October 31, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221031095722/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/press-release/2009-11-23/chat-live-with-eisner-award-winner-nina-matsumoto-tomorrow-on-suvudu.com|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Loo|first=Egan|title=Manga Nominated for 2009 Eisner Awards|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-07/manga-nominated-for-2009-eisner-awards|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=October 31, 2022|date=April 7, 2009|archive-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511090132/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2009-04-07/manga-nominated-for-2009-eisner-awards|url-status=live}}</ref> where [[Bart Simpson|Bart]] receives the notebook from the Ryuk-ified ghost of [[Krusty the Clown]], and the "Death Tome" segment of the 2022 television episode "[[Treehouse of Horror XXXIII]]", with [[Lisa Simpson|Lisa]] receiving the titular book.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/videos/the-simpsons-death-note-parody-was-animated-by-the-original-anime-studio-ign-the-fix-entertainment|title=The Simpsons' Death Note Parody Was Animated By the Original Anime Studio|date=October 26, 2022|work=[[IGN]]|access-date=October 27, 2022|archive-date=October 27, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221027002802/https://www.ign.com/videos/the-simpsons-death-note-parody-was-animated-by-the-original-anime-studio-ign-the-fix-entertainment|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Bans and attempted bans===
Early in 2005, school officials in [[Shenyang]], the capital of [[Liaoning]] (People's Republic of China), banned ''Death Note''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/school/2005-01/11/content_2446984.htm|title=Chinese city bans Death Note|date=January 11, 2005|publisher=Xihuanet|access-date=September 4, 2008|language=zh|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081225062441/http://news.xinhuanet.com/school/2005-01/11/content_2446984.htm|archive-date=December 25, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref> The immediate cause was that students had been altering notebooks to resemble Death Notes and then writing the names of acquaintances, enemies, and teachers in the books.<ref>{{cite news|last=Macdonald|first=Christopher|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-02-06/death-note-stirs-controversy-in-china|title=Death Note Stirs Controversy in China|date=February 6, 2005|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080915215555/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2005-02-06/death-note-stirs-controversy-in-china|archive-date=September 15, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://comipress.com/article/2007/03/26/1711|title=Death Note in China – Success or Disaster?|date=March 26, 2007|publisher=ComiPress|access-date=August 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101121073011/http://comipress.com/article/2007/03/26/1711|archive-date=November 21, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> The ban was designed to protect the "physical and mental health"<ref name="BeijingBan1">{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSPEK30969020070515|title=Beijing bans scary stories to protect young|date=May 15, 2007|work=Reuters|access-date=May 15, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070517044716/http://www.reuters.com/article/lifestyleMolt/idUSPEK30969020070515|archive-date=May 17, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> of students from horror material that "misleads innocent children and distorts their mind and spirit".<ref name="China Daily">{{cite news|url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-05/26/content_880773.htm|title='Death Note' days numbered|last=Weifeng|first=Liu|date=May 26, 2007|newspaper=[[China Daily]]|access-date=May 27, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528072653/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2007-05/26/content_880773.htm|archive-date=May 28, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Jonathan Clements]] has suggested that the Chinese authorities acted partly against "superstition", but also against illegal, pirate publishers of ''Death Note''.<ref name="ClementsNeo">{{cite magazine|last=Clements|first=Jonathan|date=August 2007|title=Manga Pulse|magazine=[[Neo (magazine)|NEO Magazine]]|issue=35|page=19}}</ref> The ban has been extended to other Chinese cities including Beijing,<ref name="BeijingBan2">{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/15/content_6103672.htm|title=Beijing publisher to ignore Beijing's ban of its horror story|last=Jie|first=Xiao|date=May 15, 2007|publisher=Xinhuanet|access-date=August 27, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080707025308/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-05/15/content_6103672.htm|archive-date=July 7, 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="MacDonald">{{cite magazine|url=http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/15/death-note-banned-in-beijing-2|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070617125537/http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/2007/05/15/death-note-banned-in-beijing-2/|url-status=dead|archive-date=June 17, 2007|title=Death Note banned in Beijing|last=MacDonald|first=Heidi|date=May 15, 2007|magazine=[[Publishers Weekly]]|access-date=August 28, 2008}}</ref> Shanghai and [[Lanzhou]] in [[Gansu]] Province.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://comipress.com/news/2007/06/05/2067|title=Chinese Students Fight Back at Death Note Ban|date=June 5, 2007|publisher=ComiPress|access-date=June 15, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101214171837/http://comipress.com/news/2007/06/05/2067|archive-date=December 14, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> Legally published Chinese-language versions of ''Death Note'' are published in Hong Kong.<ref name="ClementsNeo"/> On June 12, 2015, the [[Chinese Ministry of Culture]] listed ''Death Note'' among 38 anime and manga titles banned in China.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2015/06/12/china-bans-38-japanese-anime-manga-titles-including-attack-titan|title=China bans 38 anime & manga titles including ''Attack on Titan''|publisher=[[Special Broadcasting Service]]|date=June 12, 2015|access-date=February 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180831174910/https://www.sbs.com.au/popasia/blog/2015/06/12/china-bans-38-japanese-anime-manga-titles-including-attack-titan|archive-date=August 31, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2007, the education bureau in [[Pingtung County]], Taiwan asked teachers to pay attention to any negative influence on elementary school students reading the manga.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/10/12/2003382758|title=Officials ask teachers to monitor 'Death Note' fans|website=Taipei Times|date=October 12, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181029030829/http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2007/10/12/2003382758|archive-date=October 29, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2010, the [[Albuquerque Public Schools]] in [[New Mexico]] held a hearing to ban the ''Death Note'' manga from their district's schools; it was unanimously voted down.<ref name="New Mexico">{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-10/death-note-ban-in-albuquerque-high-schools-fails-vote|title=Death Note Ban in Albuquerque High Schools Fails Vote|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=May 10, 2010|access-date=August 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808060354/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-05-10/death-note-ban-in-albuquerque-high-schools-fails-vote|archive-date=August 8, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> After volumes of ''Death Note'' were found at the February 2013 suicide of a 15-year-old girl in [[Yekaterinburg]], Russia, a local parents' group began campaigning to regulate all media based on the series, saying that it had an adverse effect on the minds of children.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/parents-in-russia-request-ban-on-death-note|title=Parents in Russia request ban on 'Death Note'|newspaper=[[Japan Today]]|date=April 29, 2013|access-date=August 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140810043323/http://www.japantoday.com/category/entertainment/view/parents-in-russia-request-ban-on-death-note|archive-date=August 10, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In March 2014, investigators concluded that the manga did not cause the girl to commit suicide.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.ural.kp.ru/daily/26202.2/3088389/|title=Следователи решили, что "Тетради смерти" не доводили уральскую школьницу до самоубийства|last=ГОРБУНОВ|first=Андрей|date=March 3, 2014|newspaper=Ural.kp.ru -|access-date=February 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918064834/http://www.ural.kp.ru/daily/26202.2/3088389|archive-date=September 18, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Imitations of the series===
[[File:Death Note, Book.svg|thumb|150px|Typical design of a Death Note]]
There have been various imitations around the world of the premise of ''Death Note''. At least one instance was linked to a crime - on September 28, 2007, two notes written with [[Latin alphabet|Latin characters]] stating <!-- DO NOT "correct" the following – the misspelling is sourced. --> {{Nihongo|"Watashi wa Kira dess"{{sic}}, a mis-[[transliteration]] of "I am Kira"|私はキラです|Watashi wa Kira desu}},<ref name="La Dernière Heure">{{cite news|url=http://www.dhnet.be/infos/faits-divers/article/185914/forest-le-tueur-aux-mangas.html|title=Forest: le tueur aux mangas|date=October 1, 2007|newspaper=[[La Dernière Heure]]|access-date=January 4, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100106080847/http://www.dhnet.be/infos/faits-divers/article/185914/forest-le-tueur-aux-mangas.html|archive-date=January 6, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> were found near the partial remains of a [[Caucasian race|Caucasian]] male in Belgium. The case has been called the "[[Manga Murder|Mangamoord]]" (Dutch for ''Manga Murder'') in Belgian media.<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-27/police-reach-dead-end-in-belgian-manga-murder-case|title=Police Reaches Dead End in Belgian 'Manga Murder' Case|date=November 27, 2007|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808063504/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-27/police-reach-dead-end-in-belgian-manga-murder-case|archive-date=August 8, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> It was not until 2010 that four people were arrested in connection to the murder.<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-20/4-arrested-for-2007-belgian-manga-murder-case|title=4 Arrested for 2007 Belgian 'Manga Murder' Case|date=September 20, 2010|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=August 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150202065932/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-20/4-arrested-for-2007-belgian-manga-murder-case|archive-date=February 2, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> A senior at the Franklin Military Academy in [[Richmond, Virginia]], United States was suspended in 2007 after being caught possessing a replica "Death Note" notebook with the names of fellow students. The school's principal wrote a letter to the student's parents linking to an unofficial website where visitors can write names and circumstances of death for people they want to die.<ref name="Franklin Military Academy">{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-22/virginian-teen-suspended-over-names-in-death-note|title=Virginian Teen Suspended over Names in ''{{'}}Death Note{{'}}''|date=November 22, 2007|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607102016/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-11-22/virginian-teen-suspended-over-names-in-death-note|archive-date=June 7, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>

In [[South Carolina]] in March 2008, school officials seized a "Death Note" notebook from a Hartsville Middle School student. District officials linked the notebook to the anime/manga. The notebook listed seven students' names. The school planned a disciplinary hearing and contacted the seven students' parents.<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-02/south-carolina-student-removed-over-death-note-list|title=South Carolina Student Removed over "''Death Note''" List|date=March 2, 2008|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080608002832/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-02/south-carolina-student-removed-over-death-note-list|archive-date=June 8, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[Gadsden, Alabama]] in April 2008, two sixth-grade boys were arrested for possession of a "Death Note" that listed names of several staff members and fellow students. According to Etowah County Sheriff's Department Sgt. Lanny Handy, the notebook was discovered the previous afternoon by a staffer. The students were suspended from the county's schools, pending a [[juvenile court]] hearing. The students, their parents, and school officials had met with Handy and a junior probation officer.<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-04/2-alabama-6th-grade-boys-arrested-for-death-note-book|title=2 Alabama 6th-Grade Boys Arrested for ''Death Note'' Book|date=April 4, 2008|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516093624/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-04-04/2-alabama-6th-grade-boys-arrested-for-death-note-book|archive-date=May 16, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[Gig Harbor, Washington]], one middle school student was expelled and three were suspended on May 14, 2008, for having 50 names in their own "Death Note" book, including President [[George W. Bush]].<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-24/4-washington-middle-schoolers-disciplined-over-death-note|title=4 Washington Middle Schoolers Disciplined over "Death Note"|date=May 24, 2008|work=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=May 24, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080526203751/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-05-24/4-washington-middle-schoolers-disciplined-over-death-note|archive-date=May 26, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>

It was reported in September 2009, that a [[Year Eight]] boy in [[Sydney]], Australia, created a "Death Note" that along with names contained a "battle plan" detailing where bombs could be placed inside his school.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/dark-clouds-of-merntal-illness-trouble-young-children/story-e6freuy9-1225780607314|title=Dark clouds of mental illness trouble young children|date=September 29, 2009|newspaper=[[The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|The Daily Telegraph]]|access-date=February 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928200115/http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/dark-clouds-of-merntal-illness-trouble-young-children/story-e6freuy9-1225780607314|archive-date=September 28, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In December 2009, two students at an elementary school in [[Oklahoma]] were disciplined for a "Death Note" with the names and descriptions of deaths of two girls that had angered them.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://okcfriday.com/thief-rips-front-door-off-station-p4632-132.htm|title=Thief rips front door off station|date=December 2009|publisher=Oklahoma City Friday|access-date=August 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808052530/http://okcfriday.com/thief-rips-front-door-off-station-p4632-132.htm|archive-date=August 8, 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> A [[Michigan]] middle school student was suspended indefinitely in March 2010 for a "Death Note".<ref>{{cite news|last=Loo|first=Egan|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-03-26/michigan-middle-school-boy-suspended-over-death-note|title=Michigan Middle School Boy Suspended Over 'Death Note'|work=[[Anime News Network]]|date=March 26, 2010|access-date=August 4, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140808061903/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-03-26/michigan-middle-school-boy-suspended-over-death-note|archive-date=August 8, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In May 2010, a middle school student in [[Avonworth School District]] in Pennsylvania was suspended for a "Death Note" with names of fellow students and pop singer [[Justin Bieber]].<ref name="New Mexico"/> In February 2015, a fifth-grade student of an elementary school near [[Pittsburgh]] was suspended for owning a "Death Note" and writing other students' names in it.<ref name="ann-student-susp2015">{{cite web|title=Police Investigate Pennsylvania Boy Over 'Death Note'|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-07/police-investigate-pennsylvania-boy-over-death-note/.84188|website=[[Anime News Network]]|access-date=February 28, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150219232038/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-02-07/police-investigate-pennsylvania-boy-over-death-note/.84188|date=February 7, 2015|archive-date=February 19, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>