Better than... bah my favourite anime is the first half of Naruto. Death Note is probably better. I was just reminded, at Anime North they have wrestling. One of the heel managers there a few years back was using the Death Note to kill wrestlers. It made me laugh.
The first half of Naruto..so good. I doubt we will see many anime's top that.
So sad to see how Naruto is now compared to what it was back then.