Any fans of the anime TV series Death Note here?
It's based on the graphic novel (Manga?) of the same name. There are 36 or so episodes, and I'm about 2/3 of the way through. The DVDs have 4 episodes each; the 6th volume just came out on DVD and the 7th is scheduled for an October release. I assume (hope) the series is complete in that the last episode that exists (#36) wraps things up.
After the first two or three of DVDs (10-12 episodes), I was convinced this wasn't just my favorite anime experience ever (series or movies), but one of the best series I'd ever watched at all, whether animated or not. The story was just great. Without *too* much detail, it's about two adversaries trying to track each other down: one is a killer, who needs to know the name and face of the person he wants to kill. The other is a secretive detective trying to catch the killer. So you have two people, each of which who does not know the name or face of the other, trying to discover and eliminate each other.
Having said that, there's an introduction of a new major character about a third of the way through the series that sets it back a bit. The silliness factor of the episodes goes up, and the tightness and intensity go down. And after that, there's a temporary swerve that brings in almost an entirely different storyline which brings the main story to a halt. Fortunately, that doesn't last very long, and after episode 24, called Revival, things seem to be back on track.
It's going to be a long wait until October when the next DVD is released. I hope the release schedule for the remaining 2 or 3 discs after that is pretty rapid!
An episode guide can be found at
http://epguides.com/DeathNote/
This show has even been on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, but I don't know how consistently they've been airing them or at what point in the episode cycle they're at.
Ken
It's based on the graphic novel (Manga?) of the same name. There are 36 or so episodes, and I'm about 2/3 of the way through. The DVDs have 4 episodes each; the 6th volume just came out on DVD and the 7th is scheduled for an October release. I assume (hope) the series is complete in that the last episode that exists (#36) wraps things up.
After the first two or three of DVDs (10-12 episodes), I was convinced this wasn't just my favorite anime experience ever (series or movies), but one of the best series I'd ever watched at all, whether animated or not. The story was just great. Without *too* much detail, it's about two adversaries trying to track each other down: one is a killer, who needs to know the name and face of the person he wants to kill. The other is a secretive detective trying to catch the killer. So you have two people, each of which who does not know the name or face of the other, trying to discover and eliminate each other.
Having said that, there's an introduction of a new major character about a third of the way through the series that sets it back a bit. The silliness factor of the episodes goes up, and the tightness and intensity go down. And after that, there's a temporary swerve that brings in almost an entirely different storyline which brings the main story to a halt. Fortunately, that doesn't last very long, and after episode 24, called Revival, things seem to be back on track.
It's going to be a long wait until October when the next DVD is released. I hope the release schedule for the remaining 2 or 3 discs after that is pretty rapid!
An episode guide can be found at
http://epguides.com/DeathNote/
This show has even been on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim, but I don't know how consistently they've been airing them or at what point in the episode cycle they're at.
Ken
(They're like family to me, going back to that very album.)
