The Simpsons' anime Death Note parody is being called the best thing the show has done in years

The Simpsons Death Note parody
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The Simpsons took a left turn with its latest ♑Treehouse of Horror episode by going full anime – and fans are loving the change.

The middle c༺hapter of Treehouse of Hor⛦ror 33 is a full-on parody of classic anime and manga story Death Note. 

Entitled 'Death Tome', Lisa finds a book that lets her murder anyone just by writing dow🍎n their name. The usual team of Simpsons animators even stepped aside for the spoof in favor of DR Movie, a studio that helped out on the original anime.

Thaꦬt attention to detail has paid dividends. One it's "the best thing to come out of the show in years and I’m not even remote🌊ly exaggerating." Another , "I would love to see more stuff like this from them," while one lapsed viewer called it .

"I would totally watch an entire series with this Death Note style of animation," one . Another at Netflix’s live-action Death Note adaptation, saying The Simpsons 🌊"showed moreไ love and [reverence] for the property."

It’s worth noting, however, that it&rsq💦uo;s not the first time the residents of Springfield have ap𝔉ed the ever-popular Death Note.

Back in 2008, issue #14 of The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror included a story titled 'Murder, He Wrote'. The Death Note parody, written by Ian Boothby with art by Nina Matsumoto and Andrew Pepoy, won an Eisner award for Best Short Sౠtory.

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