A two-hour animated Death Note Rewrite: The Visualizing God' (DEATH NOTEリライト・幻視する神, Desu Nōto Riraito: Genshisuru kami?) TV special aired on Nippon Television in Japan on August 31, 2007, at 8:03 PM. It is a recap which takes place after the series end, where a Shinigami approaches Ryuk in the Shinigami realm in order to learn more about the human world. Instead, Ryuk tells him of all the events leading up to the Mello/Near arc, about Light Yagami and his rival L. Originally, this special was advertised as a retelling told from Ryuk's point of view, but it does not give a different point of view than what was originally told. However, it contains updated dialog, as well as a few new scenes, including an alternate ending.