DEATH NOTE Anime (VIZ Europe)
37 episodes, sold + 20 mio. copies in Japan, Manga 12+1 vols. concluded, published by Tokyo pop (DE).

The Licensing Machine manages the rights on TV, DVD & merchandising (including card games) in Italy and Germany.

Story:
Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects –and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the DEATH NOTE, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god.
Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and now Light has vowed to use the power of the DEATH NOTE to rid the world of evil. But when criminals begin dropping dead, the authorities send the legendary detective “L” to track down the killer. With “L” hot on his heels - will Light lose sight of his noble goal…or will he even lose his life?