Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
37 episodes
E01
Rebirth
Brilliant but bored high school student Light Yagami suddenly finds himself holding the power of life and death in his hands.
E02
Confrontation
While the world's criminals continue to drop dead, L meets by computer with representatives from various nations.
E03
Dealings
Ryuk, the Shinigami, or god of death, who dropped the Death Note into the human world, warns Light that someone is on his trail.
E04
Pursuit
Light--now known to the world as Kira--tests the Death Note to understand the scope of its powers by killing off six convicts in various ways...
E05
Tactics
Soichiro Yagami demands to meet with L in person when he finds out that L has secretly brought FBI agents into Japan.
E06
Unraveling
Light meets a woman at the Police Department with an urgent message for the Kira task force.
E07
Overcast
Light uses the Death Note to try to get rid of the woman who could get him captured, and is shocked when it doesn't work.
E08
Glare
L insists on setting up bugs and cameras in the homes of Chief Yagami and Deputy Director Kitamura...
E09
Encounter
The murders continue, and L grows suspicious of Light's too-perfect behavior and decides to investigate him on his own.
E10
Doubt
L's suspicion of Light deepens, compelling him to invite Light into the investigation.
E11
Assault
As predicted on the tapes sent to Sakura TV, news anchors and commentators who expressed doubt about Kira die one by one.
E12
Love
With a second Kira now on the loose, L asks Light to join the task force and pose as the real Kira in order to catch the copycat.
E13
Confession
Light goes to Aoyama to discover the identity of the second Kira before L becomes more suspicious.
E14
Friend
Light and Misa show each other their Death Notes, and Light asks Misa to have her shinigami Rem get rid of L.
E15
Wager
Evidence turns up that points to Misa Amane as the second Kira.
E16
Decision
Misa is in confinement, though her memories of the Death Note have been completely wiped away.
E17
Execution
After fifty days of confinement the killings continue, and Misa and Light are released.
E18
Ally
Though L is still suspicious, Light and Misa, their memories of being Kira wiped clean, return to headquarters...
E19
Matsuda
Matsuda, the task force member assigned to watch Misa, is eager to distinguish himself...
E20
Makeshift
L's team discovers that the Yotsuba Group meet in secret to discuss the elimination of individuals who are troublesome to their company...
E21
Performance
The Yotsuba Group hires Eraldo Coil to uncover L's identity.
E22
Guidance
Misa succeeds in narrowing down the Kira suspects in the Yotsuba Group to one: Higuchi.
E23
Frenzy
Higuchi of the Yotsuba Group attempts to kill Matsuda of the task force, and is surprised when he doesn't die after 40 seconds.
E24
Revival
Higuchi is captured and tells the investigators about the Death Note.
E25
Silence
Light, his memory recovered, orders Misa to begin killing after Higuchi dies.
E26
Renewal
Light has removed everyone in his way and is closer to achieving his perfect world.
E27
Abduction
A new investigator steps forward--Near, a central figure in the SPK, an organization that is trying to catch Kira without relying on L.
E28
Impatience
Light, acting as L, reveals to Near that his sister Sayu has been kidnapped by someone wanting to trade her for the Death Note.
E29
Father
Light tries to discover where Mello and his Mafia associates are hiding and uses Misa's eyes to find the Death Note's current owner.
E30
Justice
Mello busts into SPK headquarters to retrieve a photograph of himself to make sure he won't be killed by Kira.
E31
Transfer
Near contacts the Japanese task force and determines that Kira is among their members.
E32
Selection
Star newscaster Kiyomi Takada becomes Kira's spokesperson to the world...
E33
Scorn
Light pretends to investigate Kiyomi...
E34
Vigilance
Aizawa figures out what's going on and tells Near, who already knows about the notes.
E35
Malice
Light gives Kiyomi the order to finish off Near.
E36
1.28
Near, along with the SPK, meets Light and the task force at a warehouse for the final showdown.
E37
New World
Though Mikami has written all the investigators' names in the Death Note, 40 seconds pass and everyone is still alive.
Cast
Mamoru Miyano
as Light Yagami
Shidō Nakamura
as Ryuk
Kappei Yamaguchi
as L
Aya Hirano
as Misa Amane
Noriko Hidaka
as Near
