The WORLD

"The WORLD" is the first opening theme of the Death Note anime series, performed by the Japanese band Nightmare.

Release
The song was released on Nightmare's single "theWORLD/Alumina" on October 18, 2006. The single peaked at #5 on the Oricon charts. It was later included on their fourth studio album "The World Ruler", released on February 27, 2007.

The TV size version of the song was released on Death Note Original Soundtrack on December 21, 2006.

Characters
Characters in order of appearance in the Death Note anime opening:


 * Light Yagami
 * Ryuk
 * L
 * Misa Amane
 * Hideki Ide
 * Kanzo Mogi
 * Soichiro Yagami
 * Touta Matsuda
 * Shuichi Aizawa
 * Hirokazu Ukita
 * Watari
 * Raye Penber
 * Naomi Misora
 * Midora
 * Armonia Justin Beyondormason
 * Zellogi
 * Gook
 * Deridovely
 * Gelus

TV Size
Kanji= 広がる闇の中　交わし合った　革命の契り 誰にも邪魔させるワケにはいかないから

果実が告げた未来 夢、理想に変える

誰もが望んだ「終幕」を･･･

広がる闇の中　交わし合った　革命の契り 誰にも邪魔させるワケにはいかない いつか僕が見せてあげる 光り輝く世界を Romanji= Hirogaru yami no naka Kawashi Atta kakumei no chigiri Dare ni mo jamasaseru wake ni wa ikanai Kara

Kajitsu ga tsugeta mirai Yume, risou ni kaeru

Dare mo ga nozonda "Owari" wo…

Hirogaru yami no naka kawashi Atta kakumei no chigiri Dare ni mo jamasaseru wake ni wa ikanai Itsuka boku ga misete ageru Hikarikagayaku Sekai wo English= Within the spreading darkness I pledged a vow to the revolution I can't let anybody interrupt it I'm going to change

The future that the forbidden fruit foretells... I'm going to change The dream into reality

The ending That everybody wants

Within the spreading darkness I pledged our vow to the revolution I can't let anybody interrupt it

Someday I'll show you A bright and ideal World.

Full Version
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Trivia

 * The opening was slightly modified after Watari's revealing, from then on showing him taking his hat off.
 * The deity depicted in the opening artwork of Impossible is adapted to the ending of this opening, as seen behind Light (in the frame above).
 * The Cantonese version of the anime uses a Cantonese cover of "the WORLD" for the opening instead of the original Japanese version by Nightmare.