Story~
It starts off with a Death God named Ryuk dropping his notebook into the human world. Naturally, he has to go down there to get it but soon, he finds out, it has already been taken. A 17 year old highschool genius named Light finds it outside of his school. Written on the front are the words Death Note. Apparently, if you write the name of any person and picture them in your mind, they will die in 40 seconds. Light, bored with life, decides to try it out. To his surprise, it ends up working and with it, he tries to rid the world of evil having his strong ambitions. Ryuk comes to help him, but soon, he finds out this isn't enough. Light begins to get hunted down by the police whom have a detective which has the same level of intelligence as Light. It turns into a battle. Will Light's dream come true? Or will he be caught by his enemies?
Art~
The art is really beautiful and everything is well drawn for the most part. Misa wears quite complex, lolita outfits and there are a variety of characters in which they don't all look exactly the same.
Sound~
I really enjoyed the sound, music, etc. It fit when there were dramatic scenes, scary scenes, and romantic-ish scenes although there weren't that many of those.
Characters~
You learn a lot about the characters and even learn of other "sides". Light seems like a good kid trying to bring justice into the world, but then, when he finds the Death Note, he goes crazy. L, seems like just an incredibly smart detective until you find out that he is actually very lonely. All the characters change and develop.
Enjoyment~
I really enjoyed the anime because of the suspense and actually sort of original storyline.
Overall~
Overall, this was a good anime and it gets an 8 from myself.
