Alumina

"Alumina" (アルミナ, arumina) is the first ending 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 ending:
 * Light Yagami
 * Ryuk
 * Misa Amane (small cameo)

TV Size
Kanji= 誰にも見れないユメを見て 要らないものは全て捨てた ゆずれない想い　この胸に宿して

まだ現実-理想の狭間にいて 犠牲の枷に足をとられても 溢れる衝動押さえきれない 強く求める心があるから

「偽り」「恐れ」「虚飾」「憂い」 様々なネガティブに とらわれるほど弱くはない 孤独も知らぬ　ｔｒｉｃｋｓｔｅｒ Romanji= Dare ni mo mirenai yume wo mite Iranai mono wa subete suteta Yuzurenai omoi Kono mune ni yadoshite

Mada riaru idearu no hazama ni ite Gisei no kaze ni ashi wo torarete mo Afureru shoudou wo osae kirenai Tsuyoku motomeru kokoro Ga aru kara

"Itsuwari" "osore" "kyoshoku" "urei" Samazama na negatibu ni Torawareru hodo yowaku wa nai Kodoku mo shiranu TRICKSTER English= I dreamed a dream that no one could see, I threw away everything that I didn't need I'm holding these feelings That I can't give up in my heart

Even If my feet fall victim to the shackles of sacrifice In between reality and my ideal I can't hold back the flooding impulses Because I have a strong desire To accomplish

[deceit] [fear] [vanity] [melancholy] I'm not weak enough to believe Any of these negative perceptions I'm a trickster who doesn't know solitude

Full Version
Japanese= English= English translation

Trivia

 * "Alumina" is also one of the insert songs in episodes 13, 15, 19, and 22.
 * Misa Amane and Touta Matsuda both have "Alumina" as their ringtones in the anime.
 * Misa appears briefly during the ending, but she is carefully hidden when she does. She appears for a few seconds when the doves fly away. She also appears on the TV screen when Light and Ryuk appear in the city.