For those who were not aware, the first episode of "Death Note" was aired last Saturday night on Cartoon Network. And, wow, what a great start to the show. Right away it shows you the realm of the shinigamis (yes, this time the death gods are called shinigamis rather than soul reapers). Right away it shows you Light finding the death note and using it. Right away it shows Light's meeting with Ryuk where Ryuk explains the shinigami world and Light explains his plans for the death note. Yeah, that really started out fast. I hope they'll be able to keep the interesting pieces of the story coming and continue to have a show that keeps my attention.
SIDE NOTE One of the oddities found in a Japanese show translated into English... Light's teacher speaks in English and then tells his student to translate that into English *chuckles*