7.2
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Death Note (2015)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.2
Overview
Light Yagami is an ordinary university student. One day, he receives a "Death Note", which changes his life. The Death Note awakens his warped sense of justice and genius. He becomes murderer Kira and punishes criminals. L is a well known private detective. L appears in front of Light Yagami. L defines Kira as evil and decides to catch Kira. Then N, who has a beautiful appearance but dangerous existence, appears.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Prime VideoBias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: High
Gender Swap: Yes
Overview
Light Yagami is an ordinary university student. One day, he receives a "Death Note", which changes his life. The Death Note awakens his warped sense of justice and genius. He becomes murderer Kira and punishes criminals. L is a well known private detective. L appears in front of Light Yagami. L defines Kira as evil and decides to catch Kira. Then N, who has a beautiful appearance but dangerous existence, appears.
Starring Cast
Where to watch
Prime VideoDetailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film explores the complex ethical dilemmas of vigilantism and the corrupting nature of absolute power, presenting a nuanced critique of ideological extremes rather than endorsing a specific political viewpoint.
The movie features a significant race-swap for a major character, L, who is portrayed by a Black actor, diverging from the original Japanese source material. While the protagonist Light and other characters were cast as white, the prominent casting of L contributes to the film's diversity. The narrative itself does not explicitly critique traditional identities or center on strong DEI themes.
Secondary
The 2015 'Death Note' show features gender swaps for the characters Teru Mikami and Near. Both characters, originally established as male in the source manga and anime, are portrayed as female in this live-action adaptation.
The 'Death Note' anime series does not include any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. The story primarily revolves around the conflict between justice and morality as a high school student gains a supernatural notebook, with no narrative elements dedicated to queer identity or experiences.
The film 'Death Note' does not include any identifiable transsexual characters or themes. Therefore, there is no portrayal to evaluate regarding positive, negative, or neutral impact on transsexual representation.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The 2015 Japanese TV show "Death Note" adapts the original Japanese manga with a Japanese cast portraying the canonically Japanese characters. No characters established as one race in the source material were portrayed as a different race.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.0
7.4
Critic Ratings
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