Death Note

The Death Note manga was created in December 2003 as a pilot issue, and began serialization in Weekly Shonen Jump in February 2004. The series ended in May 2006. The manga contained 108 chapters, reprinted in 12 tankōbon volumes in Japan. A thirteenth volume, a kind of encyclopedia on the Death Note universe, was later released. As of 2015, it has sold 30 million copies.[5]

From October 2006 to June 2007, Nippon TV aired a 37-episode anime series. On August 31, 2007, Nippon TV also aired a special feature-length version of the anime series, "Death Note Rewritten: Through the Eyes of God," a compilation of episodes 1–25 with new scenes. On August 22, 2008, another special feature-length version, "Death Note Rewritten: Successors of L," was released, a compilation of episodes 26–37 with several new scenes.

The manga inspired two live-action films, released in Japan in June (Death Note) and November 2006 (Death Note: The Last Name). Both feature films partially draw on the manga's plot and are largely stand-alone works. A second live-action film, L: Change the World, was released in February 2008, serving as a spin-off of the first two films. A book based on the manga, Death Note: Another Notebook: The Case of the BB Serial Murders in Los Angeles, by Nisio Isin, was published in August 2006.

The Death Note anime and manga were licensed for publication in the United States by Viz Media.[6] In Russia, the rights to release the series were acquired by Mega-Anime.[7][8] The series was broadcast on the 2x2 channel.[9]

In June 2008, Comics-Art announced the acquisition of the license for the Russian edition of the Death Note manga. The first volume, "Boredom," was released in early 2009. As of September 2012, you, {{user}} have also found this Death Note.