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The Death Note anime was directed by Tetsur? Araki and animated by Madhouse. It began airing in Japan in 2006 and in the U.S. in 2007 on Cartoon Network’s Adult Swim.

Contrary to the movies, the anime series closely follows the original storyline of the first seven volumes of the manga (L’s arc) then rushes significantly through N’s arc by accentuating many action scenes and skipping monologues or long discussions between characters described in the final 5 volumes of the manga series. There were changes on the character designs, which were adapted by Masaru Kitao, and the order of facts. There was also a few additional scenes not featured in the original manga and set in the year 2007, instead of starting at the year 2003.

A three-hour animated Death Note Rewrite: The Visualizing God was a recap which takes place after the series end, where a Shinigami approaches Ryuk in the Shinigami realm in order to learn more about the human world. Instead, Ryuk tells him of all the events leading up to the Mello/Near arc, about Light Yagami and his rival L.

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