Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: SIMON & SCHUSTER C/O VIZ MEDIA LLC
EAN: 0782009237860
Format: Animated
Label: VIZ VIDEO
Manufacturer: VIZ VIDEO
MPN: VIZDDN03D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: VIZ VIDEO
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-02-19
Running Time: 100
Studio: VIZ VIDEO
Theatrical Release Date: 2006

• The Prologue to Death Note – Rasen no Wana (Japanese Version)
• Death Note: Kira Game (Japanese Version)

For genius detective L, Light's behavior is too perfect to be true, and to get closer to him, he enrolls at the same university and even invites Light into the investigation. The murders continue, but with a new twist--there appears to be a second Kira at work! L has Light pose as the original Kira in order to lure out the copycat, and Light agrees, hoping to divert suspicion from himself. But he's surprised to discover that this new Kira has an ability even Light himself lacks...

Episode 9: Encounter

Episode 10: Doubt

Episode 11: Assault

Episode 12: Love
As the macabre fantasy Death Note continues, the battle of wits between Light Yagami (the serial killer Kira) and investigator L escalates. The two teenagers meet when they take the entrance exam for a prestigious university. Although he's as brilliant as he is arrogant, Light finds himself hard-pressed to keep up with L in their deadly game of cat and mouse. Director Tetsuro Araki plays up the physical differences between the lead characters: Light is cool, handsome, and well-groomed; twitchy, slovenly L seems to think with his bare feet as well as his redoubtable brain. The appearance of a copycat killer who poses as Kira shocks both Light and L. A model named Misa has acquired her own notebook and attendant Shinigami (god of death). It will be interesting to see where this subplot goes, but it feels like unnecessary distraction that takes viewer away from central duel. (Rated Teen+ Older Teen, suitable for ages 15 and older: grotesque imagery, violence) --Charles Solomon

Customer Rating:
Summary: Great way to practice listening to Japanese
Comment: The series is great and a good way to practice listening comprehension with Japanese as well as be entertained. It is a dark series, but for those that like murder mystery, suspense, and horror, it is a great watch.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Death Note: A New Beginning
Comment: Spoiler Warning.

After watching the past Death Note episodes, I was really excited to see the climax of between L & Kira (Light Yagami). It was one of the best moments in the TV show so far.

Then we are introduced with 2 of L's successors: Mello(M) and Near(N). Both of them are determined to capture Kira by any means necessary.

You will definitely not be dissapointed with this volume since the storyline is becoming fast paced.

Definitely add it to your collection and reserve Volume 8.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Death note vol 7
Comment:
Excellent anime. The volume 7 is a good one to reinforce the new characters.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: 3 & 1/2 stars. Here's why:
Comment: **Contains NO story spoilers.**
--This review is for Death Note vol. 7.
My husband and I have loved watching this series, and have impulsively bought the next dvd, and then the next dvd, without caring how much money we had left in our bank account because this show was so addicting... and we are finally caught up waiting for December 30th for the next volume. Hard to wait! We went through the available dvd's really fast.
It's a great series, but it has dipped on this volume... Let me explain.

I browsed through the other reviews and was absolutely stunned that NO reviewer has mentioned, (or maybe they all didn't notice?), the one main thing that jostled my like for this late turn of events on this volume 7: On the second to last episode, AND including the last episode on this dvd, the animation is quite different to me. And I happen to -hate- it. And my husband has noticed the difference in the animation as well. It's really hard to explain how it has changed. And I would call it a subtle change since it seems no once else has noticed it. So, why should I be so bugged? Because. it. is. different. to. me., it's. not. the. same., and I don't like the change. So, in my anger on this fact, I would say that it looks cheaper. It's almost as if the main animating company didn't have enough time to finish animating the rest of this set of episodes, and hired out for someone who is not as good and it was just quickly pumped out and uncared for. That is a theory of ours, not a fact. It's just what it seems like. And I would say that it looks like the same bozos who animated that old G.I. Joe cartoon from the 80's got the green light to animate the last two episodes on this volume. =A joke, not a fact. And please heaven forbid that the animation remains this way! Granted, the up close shots of the main characters still look relatively the same, but it's when the characters are being shown together in a group and you see their whole bodies in the frame, or when characters are shown from torso shots, especially noticable when the are talking in those same kind of frames. It was hard for me to keep enjoying what I was watching, and also the story is getting weird...

I'm not so sure about this new direction in story the last two episodes take on this volume. I thought the same thing as we were watching the Yotsuba involvement part of the story, but that has worked ok I guess. My husband and I aren't too excited about the new characters that were introduced on this volume 7. It's like the chemistry of the story of Deathnote is being changed again, as it felt like with the Yotsuba involvement. The new horrible animation style doesn't help me enjoy everything about the new direction of story. Apparently the new animation is only horrible to me and my husband. I can't believe no one else has noticed or mentioned...)
I -could- have given this volume 4 stars if it wasn't for the disapointment in the new animation. The lack of 5 stars I give it just mainly has to do with how I'm not sure about the direction the story is going, haven't enjoyed it as thoroughly as the first 5 volumes.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Amazing
Comment: this dvd light gets his memory back about the death note and alot of questions are answered in this dvd.

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