Death Note Age Rating

[nonbunny]

Hey y'all. I'm in a Death Note rabbit hole. The fandom wiki says the only TVMA episode was the very last (37, "New World"). IMDb probably sourced this info from there. Except that the fandom wiki also says the prior episode (36, "1.28") was also rated TVMA. The rest were rated TV-14 with various tags.

Putting aside the fact that the only episodes in question are some of the least concerning - what was 1.28 rated as?

It premiered 6/29/2008; the Wayback Machine doesn't have any snapshots from that year. I sent an email to the official website asking if they knew and they gave me back a ChatGPT-esque email basically saying "tough luck." I'm here hoping for any information on this, if not why. Maybe it's my rose-colored glasses, but I feel like the last 1-2 episodes aren't any worse than the rest of the last arc. Any info would be appreciated. TIA

 

[J'onn J'onzz]

Only the last episode was TV-MA. I was surprised at the time too, since the rest was TV-14.

I think because of this scene having gun violence with blood spray, they felt a higher rating was warranted.

 

[Golden Geek]

Poprojo is a great place to find Adult Swim ratings. Every episode was indeed TV-14 except for the last one. Episode 28 was TV-14-LV.

The complete series was TV-14 when it was released on DVD by Viz, and generally carries that blanket rating on streaming.

 

[nonbunny]

Perfect, thank you both so much! The Poprojo list is exactly what I needed, and the Fandom wiki has been edited.
Also, in case of confusion - 1.28 is the title of episode 36. Episode 28 is titled Impatience. Literally all of the other episodes are one full word.