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Tomohiko Itō

Tomohiko Itō is a director and writer who worked on Death Note, the anime produced by studio Madhouse.

Tetsurō Araki

Tetsurō Araki is a Japanese animator and director born in 1976 who directed the Death Note television anime at Madhouse, later becoming known for helming Attack on Titan across its first three seasons.

Eiko Nishi

Eiko Nishi is a director who worked on Death Note, the anime produced by studio Madhouse.

Hiroyuki Tsuchiya

Hiroyuki Tsuchiya is a director who worked on Death Note, the anime produced by studio Madhouse.

Mitsuhiro Yoneda

Mitsuhiro Yoneda is a director who worked on Death Note, the anime produced by studio Madhouse.

Hisato Shimoda

Hisato Shimoda is a director who worked on Death Note, the anime produced by studio Madhouse.

Masato Bessho

Masato Bessho is a director who worked on Death Note, the anime produced by studio Madhouse.

Naoyasu Hanyū

Naoyasu Hanyū is a director who worked on Death Note.

Oyunamu

Oyunamu is a director who worked on Death Note.

Shinji Osamura

Shinji Osamura is a director who worked on Death Note.

Shusuke Kaneko

Shusuke Kaneko is a Japanese film director best known for reviving the Gamera kaiju series, who also directed the live-action Death Note films starring the battle between Light Yagami and L.

Takahiro Sato

Takahiro Sato is a producer who worked on Death Note.

Hideki Inoue

Hideki Inoue is a Japanese animator and animation director who worked on the Death Note anime, produced by Madhouse, contributing key animation and serving as animation director on several episodes.

Hideki Itō

Hideki Itō is a Japanese animator and director who served as episode director and animation director on an episode of the Death Note anime, produced by Madhouse.

Hideo Nakata

Hideo Nakata is a Japanese film director best known for the horror film Ring, who directed the 2008 Death Note spin-off L: Change the World.

Hironobu Aoyagi

Hironobu Aoyagi is a Japanese episode director who directed an installment of the Death Note anime, produced by Madhouse, as part of a long career directing episodes across Japanese television anime.

Kei Tsunematsu

Kei Tsunematsu is a Japanese episode and unit director who worked on the Death Note anime, produced by Madhouse, contributing storyboard and episode direction work early in the series.

Masao Maruyama

Masao Maruyama is a veteran Japanese anime producer and co-founder of Madhouse, the studio that produced the Death Note anime, where he served as producer.

Mitsuyuki Masuhara

Mitsuyuki Masuhara is a Japanese anime director who joined Madhouse in 1999 and contributed to the studio's production of Death Note before going on to direct titles of his own.

Naoto Hashimoto

Naoto Hashimoto is a director who worked on Death Note.

Ryōsuke Nakamura (director)

Ryōsuke Nakamura is a director who worked on Death Note.

Seiji Okuda

Seiji Okuda is a producer who worked on Death Note.

Shinsuke Sato

Shinsuke Sato is a Japanese director and screenwriter recognized for live-action adaptations of manga and anime, including his 2016 film Death Note: Light Up the New World.

Takayuki Hirao

Takayuki Hirao is a Japanese anime director best known for his work with Ufotable, and he is credited as a director on Death Note.

Tetsuhito Saitō

Tetsuhito Saitō is a director who worked on Death Note.

Tomio Yamauchi

Tomio Yamauchi is a director who worked on Death Note, the anime produced by studio Madhouse.

Yukio Okazaki

Yukio Okazaki is a director who worked on Death Note, the anime produced by studio Madhouse.

Adam Wingard

Adam Wingard is an American filmmaker who directed Netflix's live-action Death Note film in 2017, one entry in a career built largely around horror, action, and franchise blockbusters.

Dan Lin

Dan Lin is a Taiwanese-American film producer and Netflix Films chairman who produced Adam Wingard's 2017 live-action Death Note film for Netflix.

Jason Hoffs

Jason Hoffs is a producer who worked on the Death Note franchise.

Manabu Tamura

Manabu Tamura is a producer who worked on Death Note.

Masi Oka

Masi Oka is a Japanese-born actor and producer working in the United States, known for digital effects work behind the camera as well as roles in front of it; he produced and briefly appears in Netflix's 2017 live-action Death Note film.

Nobuhiro Iizuka

Nobuhiro Iizuka is a producer who worked on Death Note.

Roy Lee

Roy Lee is an American film producer and founder of Vertigo Entertainment who produced the 2017 live-action Death Note film for Netflix.

Tadashi Tanaka

Tadashi Tanaka is a Japanese film producer whose credits include two entries in the live-action Death Note franchise, the spinoff L Change the World and the sequel Light Up the New World.

Takahiro Kobashi

Takahiro Kobashi is a Japanese film producer who worked on the original 2006 live-action Death Note film and its 2008 follow-up, Death Note: L Change the World.

Ted Sarandos

Ted Sarandos, an American media executive, leads Netflix as co-CEO, a role he has held since 2020, and holds a producer credit on the company's 2017 live-action Death Note film.

Toshio Nakatani

Toshio Nakatani is a Japanese anime producer at Nippon Television who oversaw production of the Death Note anime television series and its Relight recap specials.

Toyoharu Fukuda

Toyoharu Fukuda is a Japanese film producer who worked on the first two live-action Death Note films in 2006, producing the original and serving as executive producer on its sequel, The Last Name.

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This content is original writing by Daddy Jim Headquarters based on the Death Note anime series, manga, and official materials. Episode and chapter references are cited where applicable.

Character and scene imagery on this site is original artwork by Daddy Jim Headquarters, not screenshots or licensed imagery. Official cover art is used on three types of pages for editorial commentary:

  • Movie pages: theatrical posters and key visuals, credited to Nippon Television and Warner Bros. Japan.
  • Game pages: official box art, credited to Konami and other publishers.
  • Manga chapter pages: Jump Comics volume covers, credited to Shueisha, Tsugumi Ohba, and Takeshi Obata.
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