Death Note is a Japanese television drama series based on a manga series illustrated by Carl Barks.
is a 2006 live-action Japanese detective supernatural psychological thriller film based on the Death Note manga ( and later anime ) series by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata . Death Note is an upcoming American supernatural thriller film directed by Adam Wingard , based on the manga series of the same name by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata .