Alternative Name: Тетрадь смерти;デスノート;مذكرة الموت;死亡笔记;สมุดโน๊ตกระชากวิณญาณ;데스 노트;Bilježnica smrti;Cuaderno de la Muerte;Death Note - A halállista;Death Note – Zápisník smrti;Desu Nôto;Quyển Sổ Thiên Mệnh

Genre(s): Drama Mystery Psychological Supernatural Tragedy

Demographic: Shounen

Summary:
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 noteboo... MORE 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 now Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective L to track down the killer. With L hot on his heels, will Light lose sight of his noble goal… or his life? Note: After the series ended The Death Note One-Shot Special was published which explains what happens in the series three years after the Kira case is resolved. Won the Eagle Award for Favourite Manga in 2008. Was nominated as Best Manga at the 2006 American Anime Awards, the 2007 Tezuka Osamu Cultural Prize, an Official Selection at Angoulême International Comics Festival 2008 and Obata was nominated for Best Penciller/Inker at the 2008 Eisner Awards. HIDE