What is Ryuk based off of?
9 RYUK WAS INSPIRED BY EDWARD SCISSORHANDS.
Is RYUK a God?
It is picked up by Light Yagami, a bright high school student who uses it in an attempt to create and rule a utopia cleansed of evil, with him at the helm as a “god”. In the anime adaptation, Ryuk is voiced by Nakamura Shidō in Japanese and by Brian Drummond in the English version.