I wouldn't say is hands down better, and in my opinion I still thank that session one of death note is the best of its genre. However, Code geass has mecha(if your into mecha and it's the most fluent fighting I've seen in a mecha), more characters, and a beautiful ending. They can never make another L lol. Btw if you didn't know there are three death note live action movies, but the actors are kind of bad.