Death Note is a popular anime which has been loved by many people. It is a series that revolves around Light Yagami, a high school student who discovers the Death Note, a notebook with the power to kill anyone whose name is written in it.
If you're a fan of Death Note, here are some other anime series to binge.
1. Code Geass (2006 – 2008)
- Genre: Alternate history, Mecha, Military
- IMDb: 8.7
- MyAnimeList: 8.7
- Created by: Gorō Taniguchi, Ichirō Ōkouchi
- Studio: Sunrise
- Episodes: 2 seasons, 50 episodes
Code Geass takes place in an alternate timeline where the Holy Empire of Britannia is becoming a dominant military nation. One fine day, Lelouch Lamperouge, a Britannian student, finds himself in the middle of the Area 11 resistance group and the Britannian military. He is saved by a mysterious woman named C.C., who bestows Lelouch with Geass, the power of obsolete obedience, which helps him escape.
After understanding the true potential of his newly found powers, Lelouch decides to take revenge against the rule of the Holy Britannian Empire. The story follows a series of mecha battles among the forces. Code Geass has been adapted into various manga and light novels, a film trilogy, a separate movie named “Lelouch of the Re;surrection“, and a new TV anime series named “Code Geass: Z of the Recapture” currently in production.
2. Ghost In The Shell: Stand Alone Complex (2002-2005)
- Genre: Cyberpunk, Spy, Thriller
- IMDb: 8.5
- MyAnimeList: 8.4
- Created by: Kenji Kamiyama
- Studio: Production I.G.
- Episodes: 2 seasons, 52 episodes
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex is a part of a well-known franchise. The story takes place in a future setting where humans can use robotic limbs, and the world is technologically advanced. This particular series comprises two seasons and revolves around the members of an elite law enforcement unit known as Public Security Section 9. They are responsible for tackling threats relating to terrorism and cyber-crime. The team is in pursuit of a dangerous hacker and corporate terrorist whose actions raise several philosophical questions throughout the series. The franchise consists of multiple books, TV series, and movies.
3. Psycho-Pass (2012 – 2019)
- Genre: Crime, Cyberpunk, Psychological thriller
- IMDb: 8.2
- MyAnimeList: 8.4
- Created by: Naoyoshi Shiotani, Katsuyuki Motohiro
- Studio: Production I.G.
- Episodes: 3 seasons, 41 episodes
Psycho-Pass is an anime series revolving around law and order taking place in a dystopian future. The world has changed, and citizens are judged as criminals even before committing a crime based on their criminal intent. Only those who pass the test known as psycho-pass are allowed to live everyday life.
The story follows Akane Tsunemori, a young woman who desires to uphold justice. She finds out that the system enforced to determine the citizen’s threat level might not be dependable. Therefore, she takes it upon herself to bring proper justice to the world. The series blurs the line between good and evil, making it similar to anime like Death Note.
4. Erased (2016)
- Genre: Mystery, Science fiction, Thriller
- IMDb: 8.5
- MyAnimeList: 8.3
- Created by: Tomohiko Itō
- Studio: A-1 Pictures
- Episodes: 1 season, 12 episodes
Erased is a mystery thriller weaved around the concept of recreating the present. The anime’s story is slightly similar to best science fiction movies like Source Code and Deja Vu. It follows Satoru Fujinuma, a young man who is sent in the past moments before a life-threatening incident. He calls this power “Revival” and uses it to save innocent lives.
However, things change when he’s sent eighteen years in the past after his mother is murdered. He realizes the death must be connected to the kidnapping incident, which took the lives of three of his classmates in childhood. It is thrilling to see how Satoru deciphers the mystery and saves his loved ones.
5. Death Parade (2015)
- Genre: Psychological thriller
- IMDb: 7.9
- MyAnimeList: 8.2
- Created by: Yuzuru Tachikawa
- Studio: Madhouse
- Episodes: 1 season, 12 episodes
Death Parade presents us with one of the most ambiguous concepts you can expect from an anime series. This anime series takes place in the afterlife, where people’s souls are sent after death. We follow a bar named Quindecim, which is run by a bartender named Decim. This specific bar hosts people who died at the same time.
The hosts then play a series of matches, and the bartender decides which soul gets a reincarnation and which one is sent to the void, never to be seen again. Death Parade is a psychological thriller similar to Death Note. Meanwhile, do look out for a cameo from someone special while watching this series.
6. The Future Diary/ Mirai Nikki (2011 – 2012)
- Genre: Mystery, Psychological thriller
- IMDb: 7.6
- MyAnimeList: 7.4
- Created by: Naoto Hosoda
- Studio: Asread
- Episodes: 1 season, 26 episodes
The Future Diary is a psychological thriller anime with clever plot points like Death Note. The series revolves around a shy middle schooler named Yukiteru Amano. He keeps a digital diary of his daily happenings habitually. The story takes a wild turn when Yukiteru discovers his digital diary mentions events that will happen in the near future.
Soon, Deus Ex Machina, the God of Time and Space, reveals himself and tells Yukitero about being chosen as one of the 12 participants in a survival game. Each participant holds a future diary, and the last survivor of the dangerous game will become Deus’s successor. A short 11-episode live-action drama is also adapted from Future Diary manga comics.
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