Tetsuro Araki

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Biography

Tetsuro Araki (荒木 哲郎, Araki Tetsuro) is a Japanese anime director, best known as the director of the Death Note anime adaptation. He is married to editor Aya Hida. Araki is a graduate at Senshu University and worked with Madhouse before moving with Production I.G and later Wit Studio. His directorial debut was 2005's original video animation Otogi-Jūshi Akazukin. He is best known as the director of the Death Note, Highschool of the Dead and Attack on Titan anime adaptations. He is also the director of two original anime series Guilty Crown and Kabaneri of the Iron Fortress, and the original anime fiilm Bubble. Araki, along with Death Note character designer Masaru Kitao, appeared at Anime Expo 2007.

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3 titles

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9 titles
94MovieNerd Score

Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God

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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 authorities 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.

Overall97
Story95
Acting95
Cinematography93
Concept91
Entertaining98
Uniqueness96
Family Friendly85

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9 titles
94MovieNerd Score

Death Note Relight 1: Visions of a God

Movie

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 authorities 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.

Overall97
Story95
Acting95
Cinematography93
Concept91
Entertaining98
Uniqueness96
Family Friendly85