10 Anime Series All Horror Fans Need To Watch

Imagine if you can kill someone by simply writing their name. Would you do it?

Death Note premiered in 2006, and centres on top student Light Yagami, who finds a notebook on the ground called a Death Note, and takes it home. After experimenting to see if it works, he starts killing criminals all over the world in the name of justice and soon meets the one who dropped the Death Note: a shinigami named Ryuk.

Light soon enters into psychological warfare with world famous detective L, and a race to unmask each other's names and faces unfolds.

The idea of shinigami and notebooks of death are frightening to think about, but it's the psychological tension between Light and L that becomes almost unbearable. It's a battle of wit and intellect. You don't know who to root for, and their ability to manipulate people is unnerving on all levels. It's a constant game of cheetah and lion that'll have you on the edge of your seat.