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Death Note: New Generation2016

Name: Death Note: New Generation
Genre: Supernatural, Psychological
Released: 2016-09-16
Rating: 6.2

Created by Shinsuke Sato, Yu Koreyasu

6.2

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Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 5.8TMDB 6.7

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Year

2016

Seasons

Network

Hulu

Status

Ended

The premise

The miniseries focuses on the three new lead characters of the film Death Note: Light Up the NEW World: Tsukuru Mishima, Ryuzaki, and Yuki Shien. Each episode provides backstory for one of the characters and bridges the 10-year gap between the previous films, which canonically took place in 2005-2006, and the new film taking place in 2016.

Horror Vault's take

Set in the decade-long shadow between the original Death Note films and their 2016 sequel, this live-action miniseries peels back the origins of three pivotal characters who will shape a new era of the Death Note saga. Each episode is a self-contained backstory, slowly illuminating how ordinary people are drawn into a world where supernatural notebooks decide who lives and who dies. The result is a tightly constructed psychological bridge that rewards fans of the franchise while deepening the mythology at its core. Dark ambitions and uneasy alliances take center stage as the series asks what kind of person is forged in the aftermath of Kira's reign.

Content: Depictions Of Death, Psychological Manipulation, Mild Violence