DEATH NOTE. 2006 | Maturity Rating: 13+ | 1 Season | Anime. When a Japanese high schooler comes into possession of a mystical notebook, he finds he has the power to kill anybody whose name he enters in it. Starring: Mamoru Miyano, Kappei Yamaguchi, Shido Nakamura. The Complete Box Set. Story by Tsugumi Ohba. Art by Takeshi Obata. Includes: Manga Volumes 1–12. Death Note 13: How to Read. A "How to Use It" fold-out. Story by Tsugumi Ohba, Art by Takeshi Obata. Release October 7, 2008. Confrontation (対決, Taiketsu) is the second episode of the Death Note anime series. The episode starts off in Light's high school English class, where Light translates a sentence into Japanese. After school, someone asks if Light wants to hang out, but he claims he is busy. At home, Light begins entering more criminals' names into the Death Note as the news broadcasts their names and faces The closest is a card that states "The place they go is Mu (Nothingness), but that is in reference to a user of a Death Note. The anime really misses at conveying the manga's message of futility in life and death being the ultimate end, making murder the most deplorable of offenses. Highly anticipated after a first look, the “Death Tome” second segment of the episode reimagined The Simpsons as a Death Note parody anime. It is interesting to note that the anime-style Death Note is a very popular Japanese anime about a high school genius named Light Yagami discovering a mysterious notebook called the Death Note after it is dropped by a bored Shinigami, or god of death, from the Shinigami Realm into the human world. If a person writes down another person’s name in the notebook they will die. LightYagami January 17, 2023 2 Min Read. It will take you 15 Hours and 25 Minutes to complete the entire TV Anime Series of Death Note, as there are 37 Episodes, with each episode being around 17 Minutes to 25 Minutes. It’s obvious that Ohba and Obata had no choice but to keep writing the manga even after L died (which coincides with episode Synopsis. Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. v24Y.