Popularized in anime like "Death Note" and "Bleach," shinigami are said to be beings that lure the living to their deaths — but the precise origins of these spirits in Japanese culture have long been ...

Some of Death Note's most terrifying and monstrous creatures are called Shinigami. These creatures live in a different realm from humanity, looking down on humankind and writing names in their ...

Abystyle has summoned a spirit of shinigami death to keep and protect its economies with a new coin safe from the anime/manga Death Note of Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata series. The safe Death No ...

Willem Dafoe has played some terrifying characters over the years, but his latest gig in Netflix’s adaptation of “Death Note” puts ... actor as Ryuk, a shinigami (death god) who starts ...

The Death Note Apple 3D Ceramic Coffee/Tea Mug has a black background with a white silhouette-style illustration of the shinigami death spirit Ryuk with his enormous wings on one side and the ...

The story follows Light Yagami, the main protagonist of the series who is a brilliant student who one day finds a Death Note that belonged to the Shinigami Ryuk. Ryuk dropped his Death Note in the ...

A recap of Death Note episodes 1–26, with new footage. When rogue shinigami Ryuk leaves his Death Note in the human world, he has no idea how far the one who finds it will take his new-found power.

Ryuk is a shinigami who dropped his Death Note in the human world to have some fun. He is one of the main characters in the anime/manga series Death Note. Ryuk played one of the most important ...