Death Note

Acekirby · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:03 am

Quality anime, not to mention MANLY.

Adult Swim just ended it's first run-through last week, and aired/is airing episode 1 tonight. I highly recommend watching it.

Beware! You will probably get sucked into watching the whole series.

Jitka · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:11 am

Do what he says. Watch the show.

DISCLAIMER: You may start watching other anime shows because of Death Note. It is the perfect Gateway Anime.

SnowyFox · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:27 am

I don't typically like anime/manga, but I read the manga and I really liked it.

Just curious, is there any reason to watch the anime if you've read the manga?

Acekirby · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:29 am

^ I didn't read the manga so I'm not sure. I know there are some differences between them, which you may or may not like. It's up to you, really, but I'd suggest checking the anime out anyway.

Also, the reason I was sucked in so deeply is that Light is one of the most interesting protagonists I've seen. Both in character and actions.

Plus L is one of the best characters in any anime.

Jitka · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:40 am

Acekirby wrote:

Plus L is one of the best characters in any anime.

True that.

just a username · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 5:47 am

Jitka wrote:

Acekirby wrote:

Plus L is one of the best characters in any anime.

True that.

I have to agree with that!

SPOILERS wrote:

Too bad he gets replaced by some albino halfway through the story.

Biscuithead · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:19 am

I saw one episode of this late one night on ABC 2. It was pretty good.

But now I can't remember when it was, and ABC 2 doesn't have TV guides for some reason.

Can someone (Jau or someone else from Australia) tell me when it's on.

just a username · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:27 am

Biscuithead wrote:

I saw one episode of this late one night on ABC 2. It was pretty good.

But now I can't remember when it was, and ABC 2 doesn't have TV guides for some reason.

Can someone (Jau or someone else from Australia) tell me when it's on.

9:30 every Monday, if you have an auto-recorder, make sure it records it.

SnowyFox · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:30 am

just a username wrote:

Jitka wrote:

Acekirby wrote:

Plus L is one of the best characters in any anime.

True that.

I have to agree with that!

SPOILERS wrote:

Too bad he gets replaced by some albino halfway through the story.

I fully agree with the above post.

SPOILERS wrote:

I hate Near. L was a genius, but Near was just an A-hole.

Biscuithead · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:33 am

Thanks Jau, I think I'll start watching it regularly now. (Hehe, that rhymes.)

I'll post my opinions tomorrow, or maybe Tuesday.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:39 am

Make sure you start from the beginning. You HAVE to start from the beginning.

Adult Swim is showing ep 1 right now but it's like halfway through

Biscuithead · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:45 am

I think the series here is about halfway through...

I would rather not have to go out and buy it or anything...

Acekirby · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 7:51 am

You can find the episodes on YouTube, I believe. They'll be in 3 parts per episode. Not to mention most are in Japanese (but have English subtitles so it's okay).

You HAVE to start from the beginning. I can't stress that enough.

Sloshy · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:27 pm

If you don't want the Japanese ones, the episodes are shown on adult swim's website (I re-watched the first last night), but they change every time the episode changes, so you'd have to wait for a while for each episode.

16_BIT_MARIO1 · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 2:49 pm

I need to rewatch the series. I last saw it a few years ago, and Netflix isn't fast enough. D: I only saw the first four episodes so far...
Now I'm waiting for episode 5 to load on YouTube.

Real Raamis · **Joined:** Mon Apr 16, 2007 2:46 am **Posts:** 528

Ep. 5? I saw up to like... 15 or something. Then Divx closed down, and I only learned of it after it had already happened, so I couldn't download the rest.
I don't really watch anime anymore. It just gets to point where everyone plot line is so cliche'd. This is a really unique anime, so anime haters out there may like it.

Einoo T. Spork · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 6:52 pm

Sloshy wrote:

If you don't want the Japanese ones, the episodes are shown on adult swim's website (I re-watched the first last night), but they change every time the episode changes, so you'd have to wait for a while for each episode.

I followed this advice, and DAMN.

That's some INTENSE stuff right there.

And there's no way I'm not watching the next episode when it comes on. Or I could go look for episodes on the Internet, if I decide I'm not too lazy to do so.

Jitka · **Posted:** Sun Jul 13, 2008 11:33 pm

Einoo T. Spork wrote:

Sloshy wrote:

If you don't want the Japanese ones, the episodes are shown on adult swim's website (I re-watched the first last night), but they change every time the episode changes, so you'd have to wait for a while for each episode.

I followed this advice, and DAMN.

That's some INTENSE stuff right there.

And there's no way I'm not watching the next episode when it comes on. Or I could go look for episodes on the Internet, if I decide I'm not too lazy to do so.

Do it, it only gets better till a certain point, when it declines somewhat, but not too much.

Seriously, it's probably in the top five shows I've ever seen, and like I said it got me into anime in general...

ChickenLeg · **Posted:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:28 am

Dang it, Ace. Now I have to watch it all.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:32 am

ChickenLeg wrote:

Dang it, Ace. Now I have to watch it all.

Jitka · **Posted:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 5:33 am

Acekirby wrote:

ChickenLeg wrote:

Dang it, Ace. Now I have to watch it all.

best ever

SEAN'D! · **Posted:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:39 am

You guys might find this place useful.
It's how got to see the Japanese (read: good) version of the series. You have to download the episodes, and you can only get 2 or so a day, but then at least after that you can watch them whenever you want.
Great show.
I stopped watching after

SPOILERS wrote:

L dies, then it all goes bad.

ChickenLeg · **Posted:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:15 pm

Quote:

You know, I actually watched some episodes of Death Note from time to time, including the one in which L dies.

STupendous7 · **Posted:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 1:23 pm

I've heard it's a good show, but never got around to watching it. Apparently it's dragging on now near the end of the season. At least that's what I've heard.

Acekirby · **Posted:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:36 pm

It's amazing from episodes 1-25, then drags on for a while (but is still really good), then becomes INCREDIBLE in the last three episodes.

SEAN'D! wrote:

It's how got to see the Japanese (read: good) version of the series.

I've seen it both in Japanese and dubbed, and I kind of like some of the dubbed voices better. It's definitely not a bad dub.

ChickenLeg · **Posted:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:42 pm

STupendous7 wrote:

I've heard it's a good show, but never got around to watching it. Apparently it's dragging on now near the end of the season. At least that's what I've heard.

Silly, there are no seasons.

Askingforachallenge · **Posted:** Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:44 pm

I've watched two or three episodes. It's great. And the only other animes I've ever really liked were pokemon and yu-gi-oh, and they were six or seven years ago.
I refuse to read the manga, though. It's just so dang nerdy. God, I hate kids who read manga under tables during school. I just was to take it from them and burn it.
While on the subject of anime:
Inyuasha: I just don't like it. I can't get into it, even when I really try.
Bleach: Decent enough, I guess, but just way to hard to follow.
Blood+: Just no.

Einoo T. Spork · **Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:17 am

Holy hell man.

Episode 1 didn't totally hook me, but it left me interested enough that I wanted to watch the second one. But by the end of the second episode, I knew I had to watch the whole thing. I'm in the middle of the third one now and oh man. I just love the battle of wits going on here. L is a fecking genius and Light is almost as smart.

Biscuithead · **Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:23 am

Taking the advice of Ace and Jitka, I decided to read up on the manga before I watched the next episode of the anime. Surprisingly, where I read up to is about where the latest anime episode was in the story. I was a little confused that Raito is named Light in the anime but I caught on pretty quickly.

It's so good, the story is so addictive. But now I really want to read the manga to find out what happens next, but at the same time, I want to wait until next week and watch the anime series instead. I don't know what to do...

Einoo T. Spork · **Posted:** Tue Jul 15, 2008 2:44 am

Biscuithead wrote:

It's so good, the story is so addictive. But now I really want to read the manga to find out what happens next, but at the same time, I want to wait until next week and watch the anime series instead. I don't know what to do...

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