In the anime adaptation of the manga, Takada is initially voiced by Masumi Okamura and later by Maaya Sakamoto in Japanese, while Heather Doerksen dubs her in the English version.

Takada was originally going to be reintroduced at the same time as Mello and Near, but Ohba forgot about her until he prepared for a Weekly Shōnen Jump interview.

[6] She returns five years later in the story as an announcer of NHN chosen by Teru Mikami to be Kira's spokesperson to the world.

They create a ploy to force the Kira Investigation Team to remove all bugs from the room, after which Light tells Takada that he wants her to be his goddess in the new world.

She is subsequently kidnapped and forced to strip naked by Mello in an effort to set up a meeting between the SPK and the Kira Investigation Team.

[9] Prepared to face such an event, however, Takada kills Mello by writing his name in a piece of the Death Note she managed to secret away in her bra.

When she is arrested, Light kills her in order to regain ownership of the Note, although his action goes unnoticed by the other investigators.

Nana Katase, who read all of the Death Note volumes, describes her scenes, including those portrayed on video monitors, as "terrifying."

[12] In the Japanese special Death Note: Relight 2 - L's Successors, Light's meeting with Takada and Mikami is moved to earlier than it occurred in the anime and manga, as the mafia plot is omitted.

"[14] Sonal, another Comic Book Resources writer, said, "The issue with her character is that she is introduced as someone smart without letting the audience decide for themselves as to how intelligent she is.