# Where to Watch Death Note **Death Note is available to stream legally on Netflix, Hulu, Amazon Prime Video, Tubi, and Hoopla, with an official playlist on YouTube as well — so there's almost certainly a way to watch Light's standoff with L wherever you are. Depending on the platform you can go subtitled or English-dubbed, and Tubi keeps it free if you don't mind ad breaks.** ## Where to Watch - [Amazon Prime Video](https://www.amazon.com/Death-Note/dp/B0B6RMGK8Z) - [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/series/G6QWD3EE6) - [Hoopla](https://www.hoopladigital.com/television/death-note-dubbed-season-1-mamoru-miyano/14733986) - [Hoopla](https://www.hoopladigital.com/television/death-note-subbed-season-1-mamoru-miyano/14733965) - [Hulu](http://www.hulu.com/death-note) - [Netflix](https://www.netflix.com/title/70204970) - [Tubi TV](https://tubitv.com/series/1630/death_note) Your options cover just about every budget. Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video carry Death Note behind a subscription; Tubi streams it free with ad breaks; and Hoopla lends it out through participating libraries — notably listing the subtitled and the English-dubbed versions as separate entries, so you can lock in whichever you prefer. There's also an official playlist over on YouTube. As always, streaming catalogs shift by country and over time, so if one service doesn't have it where you live, another name on this list usually will. ## Synopsis Light Yagami is the kind of top-of-the-class student who has already decided the world is rotten and beneath him — then a black notebook drops out of the sky and hands him the means to act on it. It belongs to Ryuk, a death god who grew bored of his own realm and tossed his Death Note down into ours; whoever holds it can kill anyone simply by writing that person's name. Light claims it, appoints himself judge and executioner, and starts quietly erasing the criminals he's decided the world is better off without. What turns this 2006 Madhouse production into a 37-episode pressure cooker is the pushback: a secretive genius detective who goes by the single letter L takes up the hunt, and the two slide into a suffocating chess match where one wrong move is fatal. It plays less like a story about a magic notebook than a duel of intellects circling a far darker question — does anyone, no matter how brilliant, deserve to play god? ## Fast Facts - **Format:** TV - **Episodes:** 37 - **Premiered:** 2006 - **Studio:** madhouse inc. - **Score:** 8.4 ## If You Liked This - **[Death Parade](https://hozuna.com/anime/death-parade)** — If what truly gripped you about Death Note was its fixation on death, judgment, and whether anyone earns the right to decide who lives, Death Parade runs on that same wavelength. It swaps Light's notebook for a fresh angle on mortality and moral unease, but the psychological tension and the uncomfortable questions about justice will feel right at home — a natural next watch once the finale leaves you turning it over in your head. - **[Attack on Titan Season 3 Part 2](https://hozuna.com/anime/attack-on-titan-season-3-part-2)** — - **[Re:Zero Season 4](https://hozuna.com/anime/re-zero-season-4)** — - **[Chainsaw Man: Reze Arc](https://hozuna.com/anime/chainsaw-man-reze-arc)** — - **[Kaguya-sama: Love Is War - Ultra Romantic](https://hozuna.com/anime/kaguya-sama-love-is-war-ultra-romantic)** — - **[Steins;Gate](https://hozuna.com/anime/steins-gate)** — - **[Monster](https://hozuna.com/anime/monster)** — - **[The Apothecary Diaries](https://hozuna.com/anime/the-apothecary-diaries)** — ## FAQ ### Where can I watch Death Note legally? Death Note streams on Netflix, Hulu, and Amazon Prime Video with a subscription, free with ads on Tubi, and through public libraries on Hoopla, plus there's an official playlist on YouTube. Availability changes from country to country, but one of these usually works wherever you are. ### How many episodes is Death Note, and is it finished? It's a complete, 37-episode TV series — fully finished, with the entire Light-and-L story told across those episodes and no cliffhanger left hanging for a sequel. ### Can I watch Death Note dubbed instead of subtitled? Yes. Both a subtitled and an English-dubbed version exist — on Hoopla, for example, they're listed as separate entries, so you can pick whichever you'd rather watch. ### Do I need to watch anything before Death Note? No — it's completely self-contained, so you can start at episode one. The only related titles are Death Note: Rewrite, a recap special meant for after you've finished, and Death Parade, a separate show with a similar mood rather than a sequel.