"Death Note" is a Thriller/Mystery anime series directed by Tetsuro Araki, and produced by Madhouse. Consisting of 37 episodes, this series is based on the manga by Tsugumi Ohba.

Basic plot: A young genius named Light Yagami, who dislikes the Japanese justice system, accidentally finds a mysterious book called Death Note. Learning about its power, he kills lots of criminal people one by one by writing their names on the book, in order to become "the God of the new world". Calling himself a "Kira", he even gets a death God named Ryuk as his company. And so a mysterious character called L is presented, and his task is to capture and arrest Kira.

This series has to be one of the most bizarre anime series I've seen so far. The story itself is very original than many of the animes I have watched. Beside from the animation and the story itself being great, once you get into the series, the story gets somewhat more and more complex in later episodes, leading to a suspenseful end. So you might have to pay attention to this in order to understand what is going on.

This anime is basically serious throughout this series, but the funniest part of this anime has to be how Ryuk has to eat apples, just like how we people get addicted to drugs and cigars.

Beside from having watched this anime, I even have a figurine of Misa Amane, a Japanese idol who has a crush on Light Yagami. I bought this figurine while on vacation at Copenhagen, Denmark.

Two animated movies of "Death Note" exist. However, these movies are basically summaries of the original series. Also, three live-action movies based on the same story exist.

Several other bizarre anime series I've watched include: "Elfen Lied", "Gantz" and "Highschool of the Dead".