Death Note is a Japanese television drama series that first aired in 2015.
Death Note . Death Note was first serialized in Shueisha 's manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Jump from December 2003 to May 2006 . An anime television adaptation aired in Japan from October 3 , 2006 to June 26 , 2007 . The series was adapted into three live-action films released in Japan on June 17 , 2006 , November 3 , 2006 , and February 2 , 2008 , and a television drama in 2015 . Death Note (2015 TV series) . The drama premiered on NTV on July 5 , 2015 . 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 .