Synopsis
Death Note: デスノート
Yagami Light is an ace student with great prospects, who's bored out of his mind. One day he finds the "Death Note": a notebook from the realm of the Death Gods, with the power to kill people in any way he desires. With the Death Note in hand, Light decides to create his perfect world, without crime or criminals. However, when criminals start dropping dead one by one, the authorites send the legendary detective L to track down the killer, and a battle of wits, deception and logic ensues…this was aired on Japanese tv shortly after the death note anime was completed, this special basically re-cuts the first 26 episodes of the series into a two hour movie with some new scenes and dialogue added and the story is seen from ryuk's viewpoint.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
3 sharedDeath Note Relight 2: L's Successors
★ 7.4 · Japan
2 sharedPerfect Blue
★ 8.3 · Japan
2 sharedPuella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part I: Beginnings
★ 7.5 · Japan
2 sharedDeath Note
★ 6.9 · Japan
2 sharedPuella Magi Madoka Magica the Movie Part II: Eternal
★ 7.6 · Japan
2 sharedOne Missed Call
★ 6.2 · Japan
Other Titles From Madhouse
TV Movie + Crime in Japan
29 Japan titles in our catalog blend the TV Movie and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God itself).

Death Note Relight 2: L's Successors
★ 7.4 · 2009
Lupin the Third vs. Detective Conan
★ 7.0 · 2009
The Crimes That Bind
★ 7.0 · 2018
Lupin the Third: Sweet Lost Night
★ 7.0 · 2008
Lupin the Third: Princess of the Breeze – Hidden City in the Sky
★ 6.9 · 2013
Lupin the Third: Operation: Return the Treasure
★ 6.8 · 2003
The 2006–2008 Japan Window
Among 372 Japan films we catalog from this window, Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God places #38 — near the top of its class.
The 2000s Japan Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in Japan, 1020 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God premiered alongside 112 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 112 other Japan films in 2007.
The 1985th Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).
Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).
Audience Engagement
264 audience reviews — more than 89% of Japan films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 83th percentile among Japan films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- shinigami · 2
- psychological thriller · 21
- mass murder · 8
- anime · 711
- death · 43
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #537 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (88th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.1 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.
Among Japan TV Movie productions specifically: #1 of 57 (top 2%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | Japan |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Japanese |
| Production Companies | Madhouse |
| Runtime | 2h 10m |
| Release Date | August 31, 2007 |
| IMDb | tt3355694 |
| Official Site | www.ntv.co.jp |












