107 Death Note Facts YOU Should Know | Channel Frederator

occasional Frederator I would just like to request 107 facts about Death Note a huge fan is definitely a huge fan of yours so if you could do that for me that'd be amazing the creepy Death God's notebooks that kill people sugar gifted spy geniuses Death Note is a shade darker than your usual anime and relies on suspense rather than action-packed fighting to tell its story that's why the best-selling franchise has earned itself a huge fan base as well as the anemone of many parents and even some governments think you know the whole story think again I'm Kirsten and whether you're a die-hard fan or just curious what all the fuss is about we're here to give you the inside scoop on your favorite morally dubious anime and it's numerous offshoots so sit back relax and take some notes not in that notebook because we're counting down the 107 facts you should know about Death Note let's get started number one Death Note began its long successful journey as a manga written and conceived by Takumi OVA and illustrated by Takeshi Obata number two how wildly successful us it is fun not only the manga series but in anime series to remix films based on the anime three live-action movies a live-action TV series a possible Hollywood treatment and a stage musical number three the manga was first introduced to the world as it was serialized in Weekly Shonen Jump from December 2003 to may 2006 number four there are a hundred and eight chapters of Death Note published in 12 volumes there's also a thirteenth Death Note that serves as an encyclopedia containing extra info on characters and interviews with the creators number five oppa wanted to create a suspense series he felt he couldn't create a combat heavy manga and that the review others suspense manga available number six even though he submitted a pilot chapter to the parent company who've shown a jump oh but didn't expect Death Note would be picked up he thought his suspense heavy zero fighting manga didn't quote fit with drunk luckily for us he was wrong number seven oppa wanted to take advantage of serialization so he knew upfront he wanted the series to follow one long plotline instead of being episodic it was always intended to focus on one cast dealing with sequential events triggered by the death note number eight a basta said he quote didn't really get it the first time he wrote through the rough draft of Death Note but was drawn to the series primarily because of the Shinigami and he definitely went all out on those guys number nine about two drew the pilot to appeal to himself and still wondered if the series would be picked up since it had little action and the main character didn't drive the plot along number ten Oba and Obata did not meet in person while working on the pilot chapter communicating through their editor instead the two didn't meet in person until an editorial party in 2004 number 11 Takeshi Obata 'he's first big exposure was winning the prestigious tezuka award in 1985 for his one-shot goki aku Conan will chinois he also got a job at Conan jump out of the deal oh and he was 16 at the time no big deal number 12 there's speculation that Tsugumi Oba is a pen name and that the reclusive writer is actually Hiroshi Gamow known for the strange superhero series Thoth demo lucky man from the 1990s proponents of the theory point out that lights cram school offers a Gamow seminar and that a character in his later manga Baku man works on a very similar manga it's far-fetched but hey we're all about weird conspiracies of Frederator number 13 oppa felt he worked best in visualizing the story of Death Note when he was relaxed he pictured the panels in his mind while he was in bed drinking tea or just walking around his house number 14 when designing the color covers for the graphic novels Obata wanted to assign colors to each of the characters hence the whole blue red alight trope in the anime number team the death notes were originally supposed to have a different design Obata wanted them to be viable like something you would automatically think was a Death Note this idea was scrapped for the look of an ordinary notebook number 16 it was also discussed that death notes could change form depending on time and location for example a Death Note in ancient Japan could be a scroll obviously this idea was never used in the series although would be really weird to come across a mangled uh book in ancient Japan number 17 the pilot chapter featured his scrapped concept for a death eraser that could revive people killed by the Death Note as if the person who charged of the Death Note wasn't already playing God enough number 18 the word Shinigami literally means death God the first character sheeni means death and the second gommi means God in Japanese culture Shinigami are gods or deities that kill humans to extend their own lives number 19 Obata said there are no physical difference between separate male and female Shinigami the sole differences are design details that he added subconsciously number 20 as of April 2015 and despite all the bans currently has 30 million copies in circulation number 21 oppa had trouble creating grooves at first he envisioned him as a handsome man with dark hair and winks he later changed the design when his editor pointed out that the God didn't necessarily have to be human oppa began to think of mute space as a mask with his real face underneath being attractive number 22 about two considered basing the design of Shinigami on Wizards but decided against it the racks on their body are remnant of the idea number 23 Shinigami all have their own unique written languages Takeshi Obata says he assumes all Shinigami can understand each other's languages number 24 the Shinigami world has a hierarchy of the Shinigami King on the top and all his subordinates below death got to given numerical levels depending on their power where you cranks is up to your personal inference number 25 if a Shinigami breaks the rules of the Shinigami world if he is one of nine punishment levels severity increases from level eight down to level one and if you're wondering where nine came from there's also an unnumbered extreme level below one if a level three or worse is applied the Shinigami will die killing a human without a death note warrants an extreme level punishment but can you imagine a Shinigami just strangling some guy instead of scrolling down his name either can we number 26 Luke is 6 foot 6 inches tall he might be a born basketball player if he wasn't so gangly number 27 the early version of Luke featured in the pilot was later described by the authors as really late and incompetent number 28 in the pilot chapter Luke drops to death notes into the human world one to a character named taro Kagame and went to his classmate Morita however as the old saying goes no light no fun that's a thing right number 29 you throat the instructions of the Death Note in English thinking it was the most popular language in the human realm number 30 after being given the description quote a brilliant honours student who's a little out there Obata had no trouble coming up with lights design although he had to reference fashion magazines to see what a brilliant person would wear number 31 as the manga went on about two started to streamline lights look by taking out what he thought were quote unnecessary lines however he had to backtrack and make him resemble his initial look when light loses his memory hey friends Tim here with Channel Frederator taking a small break to announce the launch of our new channel in Spanish at Omo network there you'll be able to enjoy some programming in Spanish including 107 facts about your favorite cartoon you won't hear my voice because I can't speak a lot of Spanish and to that I say lo siento to go ahead and subscribe and join our house of animation now back to the facts number 32 like last name Yagami was the suggestion of Obus editor Yagami is made up of the kanji characters per night and God number 33 likes first name is written as the character for moon vitae or light aren't the proper readings of the name which is white in the anime Mesa recent s Sookie or moon number 34 open vision lights fathers soichiro as quote an honest police officer with a strong sense of justice he wanted the reader to feel sorry for everything he has to go through and boy do we number 35 according to Oba if light had never found the Death Note he would have become one of the greatest policemen in the world and worked alongside Elle to solve crimes just try not to be a little sad about that number 36 tuxedo rocky the director of the anime said that if he was one of Lights friends light would have surely used and killed him number 37 lights birthday is February 28th 1986 now we can all celebrate Keira a number 38 else birthday is Halloween 1979 which actually makes him significantly older than light older than I had imagined anyway number 39 else full name is el low light but it kind of looks like la Liat so it's very fancy number 40 oppa bata and oppa say that l is their favorite character light is opus second favorite human character which is probably code for buchen the other Shinigami all rank above light number 41 a lot of the character design of L was left to Obata oh but wanted a character about the same ages light since making the detective much older might not hold much interest oppa also wanted his name to be quote a single letter with a lot of significance number 42 although oppa mitts it wasn't his intent fans have said that else fighting style resembles the Brazilian martial art of capoeira oppa said that he was just looking for an effective way for someone to kick a person while handcuffed but a fancier resemblance it makes him happy number 43 when asked about ELLs ethnicity oppa said quote I think of him as a quarter Japanese a quarter English a quarter Russian and a quarter French or Italian number 44 oppa wrote L so incredibly quirky because he quote one and L to be an extremely unorthodox character to contrast with flight who is supposed to be a brilliant and outstanding student number 45 when asked if L had any friends oppa said no when he told light that light was his first friend it was a lie l could never have a friend because he found humans to be a very cunning species number 46 which naturally means we have to bring up the foot massage now Death Note is actually full of a lot of biblical references light is portrayed as being crucified at the end of the series and that same where L massages lights feet mirrors the story of Jesus watching his disciples feet although the original story probably had a lot less awkward sexual tension and light is a pretty disturbing interpretation of Jesus number 47 Atari's name was originally supposed to be shadow but opus editors discouraged it probably because amid Watari sound like an epic superhero psychic number 48 about to use of a suggestion that ouattara should be an old and purely because he felt that older characters were more fun to draw but with all the quote weird angles created by their wrinkles number 49 Oh Watson was left to come up with the design of near and Mello with all of the instruction from Oba being that they should both look quote a little Elish Obata therefore struggled with the designs since most of them looked too much like Elle number 50 near and Mello were originally conceived as twins and even at one point they were else sons but the idea was dropped probably because you absolutely cannot imagine Elle successfully flirting with a lady much less raising children number 51 nears fondness for toys and stacking objects are a direct reflection of elfs habit of stacking sugar cubes over wanted childish elements to exist in both characters Oba actually expected nears tower of matchsticks to be too difficult for Obata to draw and was surprised when Obata pulled it off number 52 the end designs for near and Mello were actually switched the design for Mello became the final design Fournier and vice-versa number 53 nears given name is Nate River while Melos is mihail keel number 54 oppan feels he personally is a lot like near since he really leaves his house I mean neither does L but maybe Oba doesn't consume massive amounts of sugar number 55 even though spoilers he's not the one to eventually out flight opus says that L is the smartest character in the series because quote the plot requires it number 56 speaking of intellect oppa said that Misa had to be spontaneous and not too bright and that he determined her personality from the start number 57 open mitts that Misa was created primarily so that Death Note wasn't one big sausage fest which are our words not his number 58 Oba said that mises name was quote kinda random but I think it was from Kuro Mesa or black mass it must have been based on something end quote how's that for conclusive answers number 59 open Obata wanted me said I have a gothic lolita design to reflect a design of the Shinigami world although maybe the Lolita part is the more interesting understated part of that description given the role of her character number 60 about to set his editor turned him at the scene with Mesa and restraints was on morally thank ground for a children's magazine a title was therefore placed over the drawing in chapter 33 number 61 Mesa was born on Christmas Day 1984 and major spoilers Mesa died on Valentine's Day 2011 although her fate is only inference opus speculates that Mesa quote committed suicide or something like that when she also spoilers learned if likes death number 62 a character with Shinigami eyes can seize a lifespan of a person by looking at them the lifespan is represented as a number that needs to be converted into human time ova originally had a formula for converting the lifespan but forgot it number 63 when a human makes a deal for Shinigami eyes their eyesight becomes 3 point 6 also known as 2010 over considered this as quote very close to being a stupid rule number 64 Brenda zapatos favorite Shinigami because she is a good person her death deity either way a moral compass is impressive in this series number 65 the design for brems head was inspired by the mythological Greek creature Medusa number 66 originally if the Shinigami gelus was portrayed as beautiful but Obata decided to design him as a patchwork doll instead since he's such a pitiful character number 67 about to face the dos design on a bird specifically a canary maybe a mummy canary a 2007 survey done by the ministry of culture of japan named death notes a tenth greatest manga of all time number 69 a button wishes he could have drawn ibrid to be more comedic about to believes that if he drew Ivor and weddy to look a little more original over would have given the characters or larger role number 7d the anime series was produced in Japan by madhouse studio who is also responsible for Black Lagoon Choi sweet home and duck parade the anime aired in Japan on the pong televisions starting on October 3rd 2006 and ran until June 26 2007 number 71 Tetsuo Iraqi director of the anime quote literally begged to join the production team number 72 Araki has also directed several other notable anime including high school and attack on titan number seventy-three tetsuro rocky admits that he felt an urge to support and cheer for light even though we learned earlier that he thinks light would have killed him now that is devotion to your characters number 74 the series was licensed for legal downloading in North America through visits direct to drive which can be seen as a precursor to simulcasting this was the first time an anime was released in North America while it was still airing on Japanese television number 75 does know premiered on American television on Adult Swim and ran from October 20th 2007 to July 4th 2008 number 76 the series has two opening themes the world by nightmare and what's up people by maximum the hormone the latter of which is totally insane and pretty during great mostly because of the screaming oh the screaming number 77 on the other end the series has three ending theme songs alumina by nightmare zetsubou billy by maximum the hormone and coda death note by Yoshiki sahara no which was only used for the finale number 78 in episode 13 Mesa is listening to the world by nightmare we also see that her cell phone ringer is the show's first ending alumina we also learned that Matsuda has the same ringtone number 79 the score was composed by yoshihisa hirano whose work also includes 2 2011 Hunter hunter adaptation and Hideki Thani u chief who also scored Kaji number 80 the chanson heard in the first episode is the Kyrie and licen which is part of Catholic Mass the chant translates to lord have mercy the Lord will probably not have mercy number 81 the number of the abducted bus is 174 this is a reference to an incident in Brazil in 2000 where an armed man took over a bus and held it hostage threatening to shoot all the passengers number 82 7 voice actors in the English dub have also done voices on x-men evolution Bratz oil plays Light Yagami and Nightcrawler alessandro juliani plays ellen gambit kirby mauro plays Mikami and cyclops colleen wheeler plays remin steek michael adams wife plays rape in Colossus tabatha saint-germain plays Naomi Mistura and Danielle Moonstar and Sam visit place the dough in Forge Oh God number 83 groups English voice actors Brian Drummond he also plays Vegeta yo G obey and follow and Dragonball Z so it's his voice when you hear anything is over not valid Drummond audition for the role only after seeing a picture of the character in the studio number 84 speaking of Dragon Ball Z Light Yagami is played by Brad swale who is also known for voicing Gohan from Dragon Ball Z as well as rock and Black Lagoon moose and Ranma 1/2 and Maxwell and Hamtaro a ho hamtaro number 85 episode's 36 and 37 were the only ones of the series to be rated tv-ma number 86 and major spoilers for this one a character with a striking resemblance to Light Yagami appears in an episode of the anime death parade one of the rules of the Death Note is that humans who use it can either go to heaven nor hell the setting of death parade is a sort of limbo in the afterlife it's the closest we're gonna get to closure folks number 87 quartz imp syns treehouse of horror vol 14 features a comic parody of Death Note where Bart finds the notebook and naturally Krusty please root number 88 in February 2007 konami released a game for the Nintendo DS called Death Note Kirra game the player feels the shoes of either L or light and has to figure out who the other character is in July of the same year a suitable game was released based on the second part of the manga a third Death Note game was released in February 2008 that takes place before the Kira investigation do all of these sound awesome guess what none of them were released in America number 89 there have been two live-action film adaptations Death Note and Death Note the last name in addition to a live-action spin-off film revolving around L called L changed the world and a live-action TV drama which began in 2015 number 90 Shizuka koneko director of the film's show Saheb for uke rendered in computer graphics because they felt that using a human actor would be quote too realistic and might make the audience doubt that the death God Kaneko told the graphics team to design from uke as if he were an actor inside a rubber suit number 91 when coming up with the film Connect I wanted to change how Lake gains the death note in order to make the character more sympathetic in the beginning of the film number 92 Kenichi Matsuyama who played out in the live-action movies so that he and tatsuya fujiwara who played light would get so immersed in their roles that they would not speak to each other on set number 93 Warner Brothers owns the rights to make a Hollywood adaptation of Death Note nat wolff known for being part of Nickelodeon's The Naked Brothers Band has been cast as Light Yagami do with that information what you will number 94 Shane black who directed Iron Man 3 was originally slated to be the director and you can thank him because Warner Brothers wanted to change Light Yagami 's background to make the story about revenge look like a post-it but as of April 2015 at a wing guard who directed segments from VHS one and its sequel is now directing Death Note Hollywood politics seems miserable number 95 in 2015 a musical adaptation called Death Note the musical brand in Japan and South Korea the musical centers around the first half of the series number 96 in 2014 prior to the Japanese premiere the Death Note musical was workshopped in New York City with an English speaking cast which means that you can listen to the English versions of a few songs which we at Frederator cannot recommend doing highly enough because it's so horrific ly awful it is amazing take the duet between light and L for instance pure fool's gold number 97 yet despite all this wild success has not been without its fair share of controversy the Albuquerque Public Schools district held a hearing in May 2010 to bend the Death Note manga from schools in the district luckily the measure was unanimously defeated number 98 other areas weren't so lucky in 2007 Death Note was banned at Beijing with officials scouring shops with the intent of confiscating any copies of the manga number 99 as of June 2009 the Chinese Ministry of Culture blacklisted the series along with attack on Titan and 36 others from being distributed in the country at all number 100 yet the anti death note craze has some solid foundations in 2007 there was a belgian murder case dubbed the manga board or manga murder by the belgian media near the remains were gnosis of watashi wa Chiodo desk which is Japanese for I am Kira four men were arrested in connection to this case in 2010 number 101 in May 2008 what middle school student was expelled and three others suspended for having their own Death Note with 15 names in it one of the names was then president george w bush number 102 in May 2010 another middle school student was suspended after his death note was found on a school bus the kids list included the names of classmates and pop star Justin Bieber number 103 in September 2009 an 8 year old Australian boy went a little more chillingly hardcore with his death note in addition to names the note included a battle plan detailing places inside his school where bombs could be placed we remind you this kid was eight number 104 in April 2008 to sixth grade boys from Alabama were arrested for having a Death Note containing the names of students and staff members number 105 after four falling were found near the scene of a suicide of a teenage girl in Yekaterinburg Russia in February 2013 a local parents group wrote an open letter to President Vladimir Putin calling for a complete ban of all death note related media number 106 in response to all this controversy surrounding the series Shizuka Kaneko the director of the first live-action Death Note film said if preventing them from seeing this movie is going to make kids better than why not prevent them from watching all bad news which will Death Note is definitely not the kind of series of parent would necessarily encourage their kid to watch is a valid point and number 107 after death note Obon Obata reunited to work on the series Bakuman which ran from August 2008 till April 2012 and then again in 2015 on the series platinum end thanks for watching a hundred and seven facts you should know about death note which fact is your favorite did we miss anything leave us a comment below and be sure to like this video and subscribe to cartoon hangover so you don't miss out on any of our upcoming videos remember Frederator loves you oh oh they are frigerator I'm a huge fan of your channel in your show but I'm wondering if you'll be some of 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Published: Sun Apr 03 2016