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Websites (English fan)
http://www.deathgod.org (general site: gallery, scans, info, wallpapers and fanart, color spreads, RULES of the deathnote, links, forum, etc)
http://deathapples.cjb.net/ (Fan info site: series overview, character bios, encyclopedia, essays, etc.)
http://deathnotes.kefi.org (Site for Death Note essays, also includes discussion forum)
http://www.angelfire.com/scary/druscilloskayne/index.html (Mello x Near shrine, m/m content)
http://browse.minitokyo.net/682/death-note/ (discussion forum, gallery, fanart, wallpapers (warning: spoilers))
Websites (French fan)
http://www.deathnote-fr.com (General fan site: scans, summaries, bios by affliliation, fanlistings, multimedia)
http://www.deathnote-fr.tk (General fan site: scans, summaries, bios alphabetically, encyclopedia, wallpapers etc, newsletter)
http://hikago-fr.com/dnforums/ (forum)
Websites (official)
http://deathnote.viz.com/ (English official site)
http://jump.shueisha.co.jp/deathnote/ (Japanese official manga site)
http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/deathnote/ (Japanese official movie site)
http://www.ntv.co.jp/deathnote/ (Japanese official anime site)
Websites (defunct)
Note: these sites are no longer online, but you can see what (some of them) used to look like at http://archive.org.
http://paperkill.org/ (death note site collective: general information, quotes, character shrines, weblinks, fanlistings...)
http://apple.spinny-corporation.net/ (General fan site: series introduction, bios, summaries, gallery, downloads, etc.)
http://dn.any-otaku.com/ (fan info site: chapter summaries, the RULES of the Death Note, victims list, etc.)
http://mercy.furuku.org/ (Raito character shrine. Info, commentary, etc)
http://flac.nu/raito (Raito character shrine. Info, scans, commentary, etc.)
http://captain-usopp.net/mundo/index.html (fanworks site: art, comics, humor. mostly L/Matsuda)
Manga Text Translations (French, English)
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=diwan_sama (French chapters 60-74, by diwan_sama)
http://www.cielfong.net/~derek/deathnote/translations.html (English chapters 25-39, by luciola)
http://www.kefi.org/forum/index.php?board=18.0 (English chapters 7, 12, 60+, by oceanizer. Registration required!)
http://townl.mangahelpers.com/ (English, latest chapters)
How to Read Death Note Translations (English)
These were all translated by cryogenia and include *spoilers* from the later half of the manga. Really really bad ones. Read at your own risk.
Ohba interview part 1
Ohba interview part 2
Character Stats with Obata's commentary
Obata interview part 1
Obata interview part 2
Obata interview part 3
How To Read Death Note 2 (Volume 13)
Second round of interviews and character stats. This came out after the last volume of the manga. It spoils the ENTIRE SERIES.
Summary of volume 13 extras and interviews (oceanizer)
List of scanned/translated pages (lucathia_rykatu)
Ohba and Obata Interview (kuwamatsu-aki)
Deviant Art Clubs
List of Death Note clubs on Deviant Art c/o dazza1008
http://deathnotefan.deviantart.com/ (General Series)
http://deathnote-club.deviantart.com/ (General Series)
http://thedeathnote.deviantart.com/ (General Series)
http://hella-toes.deviantart.com/ (L Fans)
http://kiras-army.deviantart.com/ (Light Fans)
http://lxlight.deviantart.com/ (L x Light Fans)
http://l-lives.deviantart.com/ (Death Note Spoiler Club)
http://mello-mania.deviantart.com/ (Mello Fans)
Interest/Discussion/General Communities
death_eyes (general communty)
death_note (the original)
dn_apples (translations, news, information, discussion)
dn_movie (discussion of the upcoming Death Note movie(s))
dn_humor (humorous fanwork, cosplay, discussion, etc)
capslock_dn (DEATH NOTE CAPSLOCK HUMOR)
dn_rating (the 'find out which Death Note character you most resemble' community)
dn_stamps (another rating community)
deathnotemerch (Death Note merchandise)
Character and Relationship Communities
dn_yaoi (discussion and fanworks for all m/m Death Note pairs)
rxl_fans (Raito/L or L/Raito yaoi community.)
mero_nia (for fans of Mello and Near)
dn_sakujo (for fans of Mikami Teru)
shinigamikiller (rem/misa community)
detective_l (for fans of L)
wammyhouse (for fans of L, Matt, Mello, and Near)
lxnaomi (for fans of the relationship (romantic or not) between L and Naomi)
mattxmisa (Matt x Misa comm)
Fanworks Communities
_deathnote (fanart)
dn_cosplay (cosplay)
deathnote_icons (wallpaper, icons, other graphics)
dn_stillness (challenge community for non-animated icons)
deathnote_lims (LIMS stands for "Last Icon-Maker Standing")
deathnote_fics (fanfiction)
dn_challenge (fanfiction-writing challenge community)
deathnote100 (drabble-writing challenge community)
20_notes ("20 Facts about Character X" fanfiction community)
case_note (v_voltaire's ongoing Death Note AU)
Role-playing Communities
death_note_rpg (semi-serious, diverges from canon)
death_note_rp (same mod as previous, still an AU)
death_race (diverges from canon during SPK chapters)
for_justice (CRACK! role-playing community)
omg_dn (CRACK! rp community in which every character has an evil twin)
omsg_dn (CRACK! rp where clones with opposite personalities suddenly spring up)
murderwewrite (multi-fandom murder-mystery rp)
campfuckudie (HUGE multi-fandom crack role-play)
death_note_war (original characters, who can kill the most people?)
what_the_l (for people who roleplay L)
Series and Character Fanlistings
http://fans.deathgod.org/ (series fanlisting)
http://raito.aetheria.net/ (Raito fanlisting)
http://lawliet.org/ (L fanlisting)
http://www.orugooru.net/ryuuku/ (Ryuk fanlisting)
http://l.artificial-soul.net/misa (Misa fanlisting)
http://misa.aoi-tori.org/ (another Misa fanlisting)
http://mello.deathgod.org/ (Mello fanlisting)
http://elric-kyoudai.net/naomi (Naomi fanlisting)
http://near.deathgod.org/ (Near fanlisting)
http://takada.deathgod.org/ (Takada ("Miss Touo") fanlisting)
Relationships Fanlistings
http://clinically-cynical.com/lmisa.html (L/Misa fanlisting)
http://ryuusei.org/sacrifice/ (Raito/Misa fanlisting)
http://righthand.dizzy-dog.net/ (Light/Mikami fanlisting)
http://palindromethree.com/mm (Matt/Mello fanlisting)
http://chained.shiroi-tsuki.net/ (Misa, L, and Raito fanlisting)
http://death.shisaite.net/ (L and Raito fanlisting)
http://deathgod.org/eyes/ (Teru and Misa fanlisting)
http://lnear.just-peachy.com/ (L and Near fanlisting)
http://mn.deathgod.org/ (Mello VS Near fanlisting)
http://www.deathgod.org/nk/ (Near VS Light fanlisting)
http://deathgod.org/fireice/ (L VS Raito fanlisting)
Essays and Information (WARNING: Lots and lots of spoilers here. Seriously.)
Complete List of Death Note rules, by rei on the TOWNL forums
Discussion Links courtesy of zero_sleep
News: schools in Shenyang, China ban fake Death Notes (from animenewsnetwork.com)
-- community discussion of this article
Death Note movie cast list courtesy of nekki
Death Note anime character designs courtesy of mikel_curry
Art Analysis: Death Note and Characterization by telophase
--Part 2
--Part 3
Comments on Viz's translation by sub_divided
Essay on L and Autism by drworm. Links to v_voltaire's original post with comments.
Raito and Sociopathy by vikki
Raito/L Pairing Essay by aishuu on ship_manifesto
Near/Mello relationship essay by harukami (WARNING: large images)
Community Gender Poll
Community Geography Poll
Fanfiction Links
List of all fanfiction posted to death_note, courtesy of satora_chan
FanFiction.net C2 Club, for fics hosted by FanFiction.net that haven't been moved to the new Death Note category here
Fanfiction.net Death Note C2 List, more communities every day.
Death Note Fanfiction Recommendations by me (sub_divided)
Fanfiction Links courtesy of zero_sleep.
Index of deathnote100 drabbles, courtesy of satora_chan
Fanart Links
Japanese Art Site Links courtesy of tvs_bialy
Livejournal art recs, courtesy of auster
More art recs by various people
More LJ art recs courtesy of zero_sleep
4-Panel comics, in English. This is the art website of koyar, and gosh is she funny.
Yaoi doujinshi downloads, courtesy of seaster
Livejournal Extras
Colorbars:
Raito, L, series by ramen_rules
L by fraillight
Ryuk by loika
series by amalolitaryn
Light and L by emy_kenyon10
L by sweet_papaya
M & N by teklaofmidgardr
M, N by nienna_m
N, M by dieux
L, L by infinitefirefly
Teru by wrekar
N by moontyger
Moodthemes:
All Characters by sub_divided
L Moodtheme by flamika
Light/L/Misa by _sachi
K(ira)/L/M/N by the_pixelized
All Characters by ironpuncher2
Light, L (from anime) by frozenwithin
Winamp Skins:
L by arskasensei
Misa
Mello, L
Misc (torrent links)
L and Kira
I know I'm missing things - if anyone could tell me what, I'd really really appreciate it.
• You have any links to add!
• You are the owner of any of the sites/posts/journals listed below and would like to be removed from this list
• You're annoyed by dead or inactive links
This comm has a comprehensive tagging system, so if you are looking for something posted to death_eyes try using the tag list.
IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SCANS OR SCANLATIONS
See this post. It's friendslocked, which means that you will have to join death_eyes in order to see it.
Websites (English fan)
http://www.deathgod.org (general site: gallery, scans, info, wallpapers and fanart, color spreads, RULES of the deathnote, links, forum, etc)
http://deathapples.cjb.net/ (Fan info site: series overview, character bios, encyclopedia, essays, etc.)
http://deathnotes.kefi.org (Site for Death Note essays, also includes discussion forum)
http://www.angelfire.com/scary/druscilloskayne/index.html (Mello x Near shrine, m/m content)
http://browse.minitokyo.net/682/death-note/ (discussion forum, gallery, fanart, wallpapers (warning: spoilers))
Websites (French fan)
http://www.deathnote-fr.com (General fan site: scans, summaries, bios by affliliation, fanlistings, multimedia)
http://www.deathnote-fr.tk (General fan site: scans, summaries, bios alphabetically, encyclopedia, wallpapers etc, newsletter)
http://hikago-fr.com/dnforums/ (forum)
Websites (official)
http://deathnote.viz.com/ (English official site)
http://jump.shueisha.co.jp/deathnote/ (Japanese official manga site)
http://wwws.warnerbros.co.jp/deathnote/ (Japanese official movie site)
http://www.ntv.co.jp/deathnote/ (Japanese official anime site)
Websites (defunct)
Note: these sites are no longer online, but you can see what (some of them) used to look like at http://archive.org.
http://paperkill.org/ (death note site collective: general information, quotes, character shrines, weblinks, fanlistings...)
http://apple.spinny-corporation.net/ (General fan site: series introduction, bios, summaries, gallery, downloads, etc.)
http://dn.any-otaku.com/ (fan info site: chapter summaries, the RULES of the Death Note, victims list, etc.)
http://mercy.furuku.org/ (Raito character shrine. Info, commentary, etc)
http://flac.nu/raito (Raito character shrine. Info, scans, commentary, etc.)
http://captain-usopp.net/mundo/index.html (fanworks site: art, comics, humor. mostly L/Matsuda)
Manga Text Translations (French, English)
http://www.livejournal.com/tools/memories.bml?user=diwan_sama (French chapters 60-74, by diwan_sama)
http://www.cielfong.net/~derek/deathnote/translations.html (English chapters 25-39, by luciola)
http://www.kefi.org/forum/index.php?board=18.0 (English chapters 7, 12, 60+, by oceanizer. Registration required!)
http://townl.mangahelpers.com/ (English, latest chapters)
How to Read Death Note Translations (English)
These were all translated by cryogenia and include *spoilers* from the later half of the manga. Really really bad ones. Read at your own risk.
Ohba interview part 1
Ohba interview part 2
Character Stats with Obata's commentary
Obata interview part 1
Obata interview part 2
Obata interview part 3
How To Read Death Note 2 (Volume 13)
Second round of interviews and character stats. This came out after the last volume of the manga. It spoils the ENTIRE SERIES.
Summary of volume 13 extras and interviews (oceanizer)
List of scanned/translated pages (lucathia_rykatu)
Ohba and Obata Interview (kuwamatsu-aki)
Deviant Art Clubs
List of Death Note clubs on Deviant Art c/o dazza1008
http://deathnotefan.deviantart.com/ (General Series)
http://deathnote-club.deviantart.com/ (General Series)
http://thedeathnote.deviantart.com/ (General Series)
http://hella-toes.deviantart.com/ (L Fans)
http://kiras-army.deviantart.com/ (Light Fans)
http://lxlight.deviantart.com/ (L x Light Fans)
http://l-lives.deviantart.com/ (Death Note Spoiler Club)
http://mello-mania.deviantart.com/ (Mello Fans)
Interest/Discussion/General Communities
death_eyes (general communty)
death_note (the original)
dn_apples (translations, news, information, discussion)
dn_movie (discussion of the upcoming Death Note movie(s))
dn_humor (humorous fanwork, cosplay, discussion, etc)
capslock_dn (DEATH NOTE CAPSLOCK HUMOR)
dn_rating (the 'find out which Death Note character you most resemble' community)
dn_stamps (another rating community)
deathnotemerch (Death Note merchandise)
Character and Relationship Communities
dn_yaoi (discussion and fanworks for all m/m Death Note pairs)
rxl_fans (Raito/L or L/Raito yaoi community.)
mero_nia (for fans of Mello and Near)
dn_sakujo (for fans of Mikami Teru)
shinigamikiller (rem/misa community)
detective_l (for fans of L)
wammyhouse (for fans of L, Matt, Mello, and Near)
lxnaomi (for fans of the relationship (romantic or not) between L and Naomi)
mattxmisa (Matt x Misa comm)
Fanworks Communities
_deathnote (fanart)
dn_cosplay (cosplay)
deathnote_icons (wallpaper, icons, other graphics)
dn_stillness (challenge community for non-animated icons)
deathnote_lims (LIMS stands for "Last Icon-Maker Standing")
deathnote_fics (fanfiction)
dn_challenge (fanfiction-writing challenge community)
deathnote100 (drabble-writing challenge community)
20_notes ("20 Facts about Character X" fanfiction community)
case_note (v_voltaire's ongoing Death Note AU)
Role-playing Communities
death_note_rpg (semi-serious, diverges from canon)
death_note_rp (same mod as previous, still an AU)
death_race (diverges from canon during SPK chapters)
for_justice (CRACK! role-playing community)
omg_dn (CRACK! rp community in which every character has an evil twin)
omsg_dn (CRACK! rp where clones with opposite personalities suddenly spring up)
murderwewrite (multi-fandom murder-mystery rp)
campfuckudie (HUGE multi-fandom crack role-play)
death_note_war (original characters, who can kill the most people?)
what_the_l (for people who roleplay L)
Series and Character Fanlistings
http://fans.deathgod.org/ (series fanlisting)
http://raito.aetheria.net/ (Raito fanlisting)
http://lawliet.org/ (L fanlisting)
http://www.orugooru.net/ryuuku/ (Ryuk fanlisting)
http://l.artificial-soul.net/misa (Misa fanlisting)
http://misa.aoi-tori.org/ (another Misa fanlisting)
http://mello.deathgod.org/ (Mello fanlisting)
http://elric-kyoudai.net/naomi (Naomi fanlisting)
http://near.deathgod.org/ (Near fanlisting)
http://takada.deathgod.org/ (Takada ("Miss Touo") fanlisting)
Relationships Fanlistings
http://clinically-cynical.com/lmisa.html (L/Misa fanlisting)
http://ryuusei.org/sacrifice/ (Raito/Misa fanlisting)
http://righthand.dizzy-dog.net/ (Light/Mikami fanlisting)
http://palindromethree.com/mm (Matt/Mello fanlisting)
http://chained.shiroi-tsuki.net/ (Misa, L, and Raito fanlisting)
http://death.shisaite.net/ (L and Raito fanlisting)
http://deathgod.org/eyes/ (Teru and Misa fanlisting)
http://lnear.just-peachy.com/ (L and Near fanlisting)
http://mn.deathgod.org/ (Mello VS Near fanlisting)
http://www.deathgod.org/nk/ (Near VS Light fanlisting)
http://deathgod.org/fireice/ (L VS Raito fanlisting)
Essays and Information (WARNING: Lots and lots of spoilers here. Seriously.)
Complete List of Death Note rules, by rei on the TOWNL forums
Discussion Links courtesy of zero_sleep
News: schools in Shenyang, China ban fake Death Notes (from animenewsnetwork.com)
-- community discussion of this article
Death Note movie cast list courtesy of nekki
Death Note anime character designs courtesy of mikel_curry
Art Analysis: Death Note and Characterization by telophase
--Part 2
--Part 3
Comments on Viz's translation by sub_divided
Essay on L and Autism by drworm. Links to v_voltaire's original post with comments.
Raito and Sociopathy by vikki
Raito/L Pairing Essay by aishuu on ship_manifesto
Near/Mello relationship essay by harukami (WARNING: large images)
Community Gender Poll
Community Geography Poll
Fanfiction Links
List of all fanfiction posted to death_note, courtesy of satora_chan
FanFiction.net C2 Club, for fics hosted by FanFiction.net that haven't been moved to the new Death Note category here
Fanfiction.net Death Note C2 List, more communities every day.
Death Note Fanfiction Recommendations by me (sub_divided)
Fanfiction Links courtesy of zero_sleep.
Index of deathnote100 drabbles, courtesy of satora_chan
Fanart Links
Japanese Art Site Links courtesy of tvs_bialy
Livejournal art recs, courtesy of auster
More art recs by various people
More LJ art recs courtesy of zero_sleep
4-Panel comics, in English. This is the art website of koyar, and gosh is she funny.
Yaoi doujinshi downloads, courtesy of seaster
Livejournal Extras
Colorbars:
Raito, L, series by ramen_rules
L by fraillight
Ryuk by loika
series by amalolitaryn
Light and L by emy_kenyon10
L by sweet_papaya
M & N by teklaofmidgardr
M, N by nienna_m
N, M by dieux
L, L by infinitefirefly
Teru by wrekar
N by moontyger
Moodthemes:
All Characters by sub_divided
L Moodtheme by flamika
Light/L/Misa by _sachi
K(ira)/L/M/N by the_pixelized
All Characters by ironpuncher2
Light, L (from anime) by frozenwithin
Winamp Skins:
L by arskasensei
Misa
Mello, L
Misc (torrent links)
L and Kira
I know I'm missing things - if anyone could tell me what, I'd really really appreciate it.