No. Title Directed by Written by Storyboarded by Original air date English air date Part 1 1 "Rebirth" Transcription: "Shinsei" (Japanese: 新生) Tetsurō Araki Kei Tsunematsu Toshiki Inoue Tetsurō Araki October 4, 2006 (2006-10-04) October 21, 2007 Ryuk, a shinigami out of boredom , drops a notebook in human world.