I have been hearing the titles Death Note and Beck a lot recently. What are they about?
They're just awesome... that's all you need to know.
lol Seriously, they are two of my favorite titles right now.
Death Note is only available in its manga form atm (live action movie coming out in Japan soon), Beck is available in manga form and I believe the anime recently got licensed for the US.
Rather than trying to sum up the series I'd just suggest doing a google for them both, but basically Death Note is about a kid (Light/Raito) who find the Death Note that belongs to a Shinigami. Anyone who's name is written dies in a fashion that can also be explained in the Death Note...
Beck is about a kid (Koyuki) who basically discovers rock music and decides to learn how to play... I don't really want to say a whole lot more so I don't spoil it, but it has lots of good music and the characters really make the series.
I highly reccomend them both. :-D