Death Note
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Original title: Death Note: Desu nôto.
A battle between the world's two greatest minds begins when Light Yagami finds the Death Note, a notebook with the power to kill, and decides to rid the world of criminals.
- Release Date
- June 17, 2006
- Director
- Shusuke Kaneko
- Cast
- Tatsuya Fujiwara
- Runtime
- 2 hours 6 minutes
- Main Genre
- Fantasy
- Writers
- Tsugumi Ôba , Takeshi Obata
- Story By
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