"Hmm..Is Death note still my favourite anime of all time?.."
37 Episodes later:
Yeah this is still one of the greatest pieces of media ever created.
Seriously, i got into anime about 7 years ago and Death note was one of my first starter shows, i cannot describe the love i had for it the first time i watched it. And every once in a while i question myself, whether it truly is still the greatest anime i've ever seen or it's just nostalgia seeping through my judgement, so i rewatch it and i am then reassured that it is infact, still worthy of the praise and the position i've always given it.It gets to the point where instead of appreciating Death note less because i've seen other shows now i actually start to appreciate the other shows less because i'm reminded of how absolutely fucking incredible Death note is, i start trying to remember when was the last time i was so enamored by an anime's soundtrack that i listened to it fairly often for years and never stopped to get goosebumps every single time, and that's when i say to myself:"Yeah nevermind..Death note set that bar way too high already"
Death note is how you take an already great masterpeice of a manga and crank it up to 11, this is how you make an anime adaptation when the source material is already fantastic. The added soundtrack, the animation especially considering the date of the show, the direction, the voice acting and the fact that it's in another foreign language goes to show how terrific it is.It is pretty much impossible for me to read the manga when i know an adaptation like this exists, and honestly it always baffles me how people say they prefer the manga. To each their own and no opinion is more valid than the other and all but it's quite odd to me how people would prefer to experience Death note without pretty much 50% of what makes it great for a lot of people(That being the features the anime adds)
There's nothing to say that hasn't been said before already, and it definitely is not completely flawless. However, for an anime with 37 episodes and such a complex yet completely comprehensable for everyone and not convoluted plot to not have that many plot holes and drawbacks is quite the remarkable achievement, i doubt that i will ever watch/read something in the same level as this show. And i am extremely thankful for it's existence and the way it affected me as a person.
