Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God
2007 2h 10m movie Film Japan

Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God

Death Note: デスノート

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.

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).

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.

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    #1

    25th Anniversary Studio Ghibli Concert

    ★ 9.3 · 2008
  2. Operation Love
    #2

    Operation Love

    ★ 8.8 · 2007
  3. Akihabara@DEEP
    #3

    Akihabara@DEEP

    ★ 8.8 · 2006
  4. Welcome to the N.H.K.
    #4

    Welcome to the N.H.K.

    ★ 8.7 · 2006
  5. Naruto Shippūden
    #5

    Naruto Shippūden

    ★ 8.6 · 2007
  6. Death Note
    #6

    Death Note

    ★ 8.6 · 2006
  7. Planet Earth
    #7

    Planet Earth

    ★ 8.5 · 2006
  8. The Familiar of Zero
    #8

    The Familiar of Zero

    ★ 8.5 · 2006

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.

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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
Reviews
89th
Review-volume percentile
83rd
Popularity percentile

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.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog
  • shinigami · 2
Recurring themes · common across catalog
  • psychological thriller · 21
  • mass murder · 8
Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog
  • anime · 711
  • death · 43

Reception Benchmarks

8.0
TMDB Rating
264
Audience Reviews
Outstanding
Critical Tier

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 CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Production CompaniesMadhouse
Runtime2h 10m
Release DateAugust 31, 2007
IMDbtt3355694
Official Sitewww.ntv.co.jp

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