Miniseries · Nippon TV
Death Note
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Masataka Kubota
Light Yagami
11 eps
Kento Yamazaki
L
11 eps
Mio Yuki
N
11 eps
Hinako Sano
Misa Amane
11 eps
Reiko Fujiwara
Sayu Yagami
11 eps
Megumi Seki
Shoko Himura
11 eps
Tomohisa Yuge
Shuichi Aizawa
11 eps
Shugo Oshinari
Teru Mikami
11 eps
Kazuaki Hankai
Watari
11 eps
Jiro Sato
Kanzo Mogi
11 eps
Yutaka Matsushige
Soichiro Yagami
11 eps
Marin
Serina Kudo
11 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Death Note actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Death Note reads strongest on Serialized, Character Depth and Bingeability.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Light Yagami is an ordinary university student. One day, he receives a "Death Note", which changes his life. The Death Note awakens his warped sense of justice and genius. He becomes murderer Kira and punishes criminals. L is a well known private detective. L appears in front of Light Yagami. L defines Kira as evil and decides to catch Kira. Then N, who has a beautiful appearance but dangerous existence, appears.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Yoshitaka OmoriProducer
- Shigeyama YoshinoriProducer
- Suzuki AkinoProducer
Direction
- Ryuichi InomataDirector
- Marie IwasakiDirector
- Ryo NishimuraDirector
Music
- Takayuki HattoriOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Amazon Prime VideoStreaming
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