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I recently finished watching a thirty-seven-episode anime called Death Note. It is very new. In fact the last three episodes aren’t even in English yet, forcing me to read whilst watching TV. I normally hate subtitles outside of Star Wars, but this animated series (and yes it’s for adults) was so engaging and so brilliant, that I couldn’t wait for the final episodes to be dubbed. I had to see how it ended. Normally, I am not an anime fan, because the plots are usually derivative, the characters stupid, and the dialogue hokey. Not the case with Death Note, only the third anime I have ever watched from beginning to end.