Liquid crystal display device

A liquid crystal display device comprising:

• first and second substrate with a liquid crystal layer therebetween;
• a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines;
• a plurality of counter voltage signal lines;
• a plurality of pixel regions defined by neighboring gate signal lines and drain signal lines;
• and
• a counter electrode and a pixel electrode being formed on the first substrate in each pixel region and enabling an electric field to be formed therebetween;
• wherein the counter electrode is of planar shape, the pixel electrode is of planar shape with a plurality of slits and being overlapped with the counter electrode and an insulating layer being provided therebetween, both the counter electrode and the pixel electrode are made of a transparent conductor, and the counter voltage signal line being made of metal extends in each pixel region and is directly connected to the counter electrode, and the counter electrode exists at opposite sides of the counter voltage signal line in the pixel region when viewed in plane view;
• and
• wherein the plurality of slits of the pixel electrode have portions which do not extend in parallel to an extending direction of the drain signal lines and an extending direction of the gate signal lines.