Death Note (2015 TV series)

Death Note
Death Note 2015 TV series poster
GenreCrime
Dark fantasy
Mystery
Psychological thriller
Based on
Death Note
by
Written byYoshihiro Izumi
Directed by
  • Ryūichi Inomata
  • Ryō Nishimura
  • Marie Iwasaki
Starring
Country of originJapan
Original languageJapanese
No. of episodes11
Production
Producers
  • Katsu Kamikura
  • Akino Suzuki
  • Yoshitaka Ōmori
  • Yoshinori Shigeyama
Running time55–85 minutes
Original release
NetworkNTV
ReleaseJuly 5 (2015-07-05) –
September 13, 2015 (2015-09-13)
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Death Note (Japanese: デスノート) is a Japanese television drama series based on the manga series of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.[1] It was directed by Ryūichi Inomata, who directed the television drama Kaseifu no Mita in 2011, and Ryō Nishimura known by the special version of the 2014 drama Kamen Teacher. The show stars Masataka Kubota as Light Yagami, Kento Yamazaki as L, and Mio Yūki as Near / Mello and focuses on the story of an intelligent yet reserved college student named Light Yagami, who finds a mysterious black notebook known as the Death Note, which can kill anyone whose name is written within its pages. Intrigued with the notebook's god-like abilities, he begins to use the Death Note to kill those whom he sees as unworthy of life, in a bid to change the world into a utopia. Soon, the student/vigilante finds himself pursued by an enigmatic international detective, known only as: "L".[2][3]

The drama premiered on NTV on July 5, 2015.[4] The first episode received a viewership rating of 16.9% in the Kantō region.[5]

  1. ^ "Live-Action Death Note TV Drama to Feature New Cast, Near". Anime News Network. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  2. ^ "Main cast for 'DEATH NOTE' live-action drama adaptation revealed". tokyohive. 6Theory Media, LLC. Retrieved 2015-09-19.
  3. ^ 連ドラ版「デスノート」キャスト発表！ 夜神月は窪田正孝、山崎賢人がL (in Japanese). eiga.com inc. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  4. ^ TV デスノート. allcinema (in Japanese). Stingray. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
  5. ^ ドラマ版「デスノート」16.9%の好発進！今年民放連ドラ初回最高 (in Japanese). Sports Nippon Newspapers. Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2015-07-20.