Death Note - Vol. 2
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Death Note Director: n/a Brand: Simon & Schuster DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Unknown), Stereo; English (Subtitled); Japanese (Original Language) Format: Animated, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.78:1 Running Time: 100 minutes DVD Release Date: 2007-12-18 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: VIZ VIDEO Product features:
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Movie Reviews of Death Note - Vol. 2
Movie Review: Consistently riveting and suspenseful
Summary: 5 Stars
The four episodes comprising the second volume of DEATH NOTE remain as gripping and intense as the first volume. What I really enjoy about these episodes is that each one really tries to develop and expand the story. Never does the story stand still or simply mark time.
Light becomes an increasingly dark character (a not unintentionally irony) as he begins to use the Death Note in more indiscriminate fashion. He barely retains any regard for human life, instead more concerned with setting up a world that he can mold in his own fashion. The most horrific episode is certainly the one where he strives desperately to learn the name of a woman on his trail so that he can use the Death Note to kill her.
Most animated series are based either on comedy or on action. DEATH NOTE has to be the first one based primarily on reasoning. Significant portions of each episode revolve around Light or L talking about their own strategies or tactics or figuring out those of their opponents. I can think of another show that takes critical thinking so seriously. I think this is at least part of its wide appeal. It values the brain to a degree that few other shows do.