Having immersed many an Indian “weeb” into the anime world, Death Note endures as a cult classic more than a decade since its Japanese premiere in 2006. Having spawned numerous live-action adaptations and spin-offs, it can get a bit tricky to keep track of the Death Note franchise. We’ve got you covered with a definitive guide to watch all things Death Note in order and where to stream them.
How to watch Death Note in order?
The original 37-episode-long anime Death Note can be watched as a standalone installment on its own. The series revolves around the antiheroic exploits of Light Yagami, a youngster who comes across a life-changing notebook on which any name that he writes is destined to die. Accompanied by the shinigami (spirit) Ryuk, Light’s homicidal scribbling makes him cross paths with ominous hacker L, Yagami’s own lawman father, and the who’s who of the Japanese mafia.
The Japanese live-action Death Note movies, however, can be watched in the same order as their release date. A web series Death Note: New Generation is also sandwiched in between the movies.
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Death Note (2006)
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Death Note 2: The Last Name (2006)
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L: Change the World (2008)
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Death Note: New Generation (2016)
The movies largely follow the same premise as the comics but L: Change The World acts as a standalone spinoff for the movie’s take on the character L. Death Note: New Generations was a three-episode long web series that took place directly from the events of Death Note 2: The Last Name and L: Change the World.
In 2015, a Japanese live-action adaptation of Death Note was also broadcast, faithfully recreated from the original manga.
Additionally, Netflix produced a 2017 Hollywood movie adaptation too, simply called Death Note. Despite boasting mainstream names like Nat Wolff, Willem Dafoe, and LaKeith Stanfield, the film was panned universally and the sequels that it teased in the end were all scraped off.
Are there any future Death Note shows being made?
Despite the disaster of Netflix’s 2017 Death Note movie, the streaming platform has commissioned Stranger Things showrunners The Duffer Brothers to conceive a new Death Note live-action TV series. The release date remains unknown for now.
Where can you stream Death Note in order?
The Death Note anime, live-action TV adaptation, and Hollywood adaptation are all available to watch on Netflix. The other live-action movies aren’t available to stream in India at the moment.
