Ephman has dedicated 814 minutes of his life (plus writing this article) to Tsugumi Ohba's and Takeshi Obata's Death Note anime series.  This 37 part series totally capitvated Ephman with everything from the quality of the animation, to the twisty turny plot, and complex rules of the story.  If you can find the series it's worth at least giving the first episode a try.  Ephman's attached 10 minutes of it inside.