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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 December 2024. An overview of common terms used when describing manga/anime related medium. Part of a series on Anime and manga Anime History Voice acting Companies Studios Original video animation Original net animation Fansub Fandub Lists Longest series Longest franchises Manga History Publishers ...
By April 2015, the Death Note manga had over 30 million copies in circulation. [111] On ICv2's "Top 10 Shonen Properties Q2 2009", Death Note was the third best-selling manga property in North America. [112] The series ranked second on Takarajimasha's Kono Manga ga Sugoi! list of best manga of 2006 and 2007 for male readers. [113]
Light Yagami (Japanese: 夜神 月 ライト, Hepburn: Yagami Raito) is the main protagonist of the manga series Death Note, created by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata.He is portrayed as a brilliant but bored genius who finds the Death Note, a supernatural notebook that allows the user to kill anyone by knowing their name and face, after it is dropped by the Shinigami Ryuk.
Following Death Note (2003–2006) and Bakuman (2008–2012), Platinum End is the third collaboration between author Tsugumi Ohba and illustrator Takeshi Obata. Koji Yoshida, the duo's editor for the entirety of Death Note, said he had told the two that he would like for the three of them to work together again. [20]
Death Note is a Japanese anime television series based on the manga series of the same name written by Tsugumi Ohba and illustrated by Takeshi Obata.It was directed by Tetsurō Araki at Madhouse and originally aired in Japan on Nippon TV every Wednesday (with the exception of December 20, 2006, and January 3, 2007) shortly past midnight, from October 4, 2006, to June 27, 2007.
Ohba is fond of art lithographs, [9] collects teacups, and develops manga plots while holding their knees on a chair, [11] the last being similar to a habit of L, one of the main characters of Death Note. There is speculation that Tsugumi Ohba is a pen name of manga artist Hiroshi Gamo, notably by Toshio Okada.
In August 1997, the Japanese magazine June, specialized in shonen-ai homoerotic manga and anime, issued a volume entitled Zankoku na tenshi no yō ni (残酷な天使のように, lit. ' Like a cruel angel ' ) , the title of which is taken from the first verse of the theme song. [ 92 ]
Matt Schley of Otaku USA wrote that Bakuman. is "a real celebration of and testament to the unique power of Japan's comics culture" and the best live-action manga adaptation he's seen this year. [62] Kotaku ' s Toshi Nakamura also suggested that it is possibly the best live-action manga adaptation he's seen.