After the publication of the pilot chapter, the series was not expected to receive approval as a serialized comic. On Rotten Tomatoes, the show holds an approval rating of 100%, based on 14 reviews, with an average rating of 8.

Insight was given into Watari's orphanage and how the whole system of geniuses such as L, Mello, Beyond Birthday, Matt and Near were put to work.When the "Death Note" anime TV series premiered in 2006, it quickly established itself as a global phenomenon that's still felt today. Araki added that because of the importance of otherwise trivial details, this commentary became crucial to the development of the series. Tracks 1–21 were composed and arranged by Taniuchi, while tracks 22–28 were composed and arranged by Hirano. Viz announced at Anime Expo 2007 that the first DVD was officially released on November 20, 2007, in both regular and special editions, [59] and also confirmed at Comic-Con International 2007 that the first 15,000 copies of each DVD contain collectible figures.

On another occasion, Ryuk asks Light if he wants to play Mario Golf (changed to "video games" in the anime), but receives no answer, since Light's bedroom is bugged with microphones and rigged with cameras. What is lost and/or gained when a beloved manga, comic book, or graphic novel is turned into a TV series or film the way Death Note has been adapted? The live-action films briefly played in certain North American theaters, in 2008, before receiving home video releases.

To date, Death Note has sold around twenty million copies in Japan and was nominated for Best Manga at the 2006 American Anime Awards. Sound of Death Note is a soundtrack featuring music from the first Death Note film composed and arranged by Kenji Kawai. Sound of Death Note the Last name is the soundtrack from the second Death Note film, Death Note the Last name. 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. September 5th, 2017 - VIZ Media released the Death Note All-in-One Edition, a single omnibus volume of the complete manga series, in English.