The manga and anime series Death Note has inspired since the beginning of the millennium and can even win anime muffle with its clever story. However, the title was missing for years Netflixwhere Death Note used to be found on offer for a long time.
Recently it is 37-part anime now back at Netflixwhere even the two compilation films Death Note: religious online. However, there is one Hook: The Japanese and English language version are available, the German synchro is currently missing. Without further language skills you have to rely on subtitles.
Death Note Back on Netflix: That’s what the exciting anime highlight is about
Death Note goes back to the manga of author Tsugumi Oba and draftsman Takeshi Obata. The story begins as the god of death Ryuk (Shido Nakamura) A Shinigami notebook drops onto the earth out of boredom. This so -called Death Note is made by the intelligent student Light Yagami (Mamoru Miyano), which through the instructions in the issue in the issue learns of the supernatural handling: If you write the name of a person whose face you have in mind, dies after 40 seconds On a heart attack. Further modifications are possible.
After a few experiments, Light is convinced of the authenticity of the dangerous Death Notes and is immediately forge -mad plans: he wants to shape the world according to his ideas and free them with rabid means of any crime by acting as an invisible judge. Soon a cult around his anonymous persona, which of the public Kira baptized after the Japanese transcription of the word killer.
Only the brilliant and eccentric investigator with the cod name L (Kappei Yamaguchi) Light aka Kira can now get out to put him in order to put the murderous craft. A relentless cat and mouse game begins, in which only one of the two can survive.
With the Rotten Tomatoes review aggregator, the series comes to a whopping 100 percent. So far on Moviepilot, 4,970 users have voted in and awarded a considerable 8.6 out of 10 in the community classification, which makes Death Note number 1 among the anime series.
The Death Note franchise is much larger than many ancestors
In addition to the twelve-volume manga plus some extra chapters, the following already exist Adaptations by Death Note:
The Netflix adaptation is extremely hated among fans, which does not prevent the streaming service from trying to implement English again. This time the Duffer brothers known for Stranger Things should take care of it. Since the announcement of three years ago, however, there has not been much about the project and its level of development.
In any case, the anime version available on Netflix is an excellent starting point for everyone who wants to experience Death Note for the first time. Be careful with the first watch, but what spoiler concerns that lurk anywhere on the net, because the series is full of surprising turns that you don’t want to know before.