Death Note is a Japanese television drama series based on an acclaimed manga series that was illustrated by Takeshi Obata.
In a 2012 paper, author Jolyon Baraka Thomas characterised Death Note as a psychological thriller released in the wake of the 1995 Tokyo subway sarin attack, saying that it examines the human tendency to express itself through "horrific" cults
 Several Death Note yonkoma (four-panel comics) appeared in Akamaru Jump

