---
title: "How long to watch Death Note? about 13 hours 34 minutes"
description: "Death Note takes about 13 hours 34 minutes — 37 episodes. What that assumes, how it breaks down, and how long at a realistic pace."
url: https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/death-note/
site: "At One Place"
---

# How long does it take to watch Death Note?

**How long to watch Death Note: about 13 hours 34 minutes**

37 episodes

Death Note is 37 episodes and under fourteen hours, which makes it one of the shortest complete stories people recommend as an entry point to anime. It adapts the manga essentially straight through with no filler. The story has a hard structural break at episode 25 that divides opinion sharply, and viewers who stop there have watched about nine hours. It can comfortably be finished over a weekend.

## The numbers

- **Total:** 13 hours 34 minutes
- **In hours:** 13.6 hours
- **Non-stop:** 0.6 days without sleeping
- **Covers:** 37 episodes
- **At a realistic pace:** an episode a day
- **That works out as:** about 37 days

## What this assumes

37 episodes at 22 minutes of programme content.

## Other anime

| What | How long |
| --- | --- |
| One Piece | 19 days 12 hours |
| The Pokémon anime | 20 days 21 hours |
| Naruto | about 84 hours |
| Naruto: Shippuden | 7 days 23 hours |
| All of Naruto, Shippuden and Boruto | 16 days 4 hours |
| Dragon Ball Z | about 116 hours |
| All of Dragon Ball | 10 days 15 hours |
| Bleach | about 163 hours |
| Attack on Titan | about 37 hours |
| Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood | about 25 hours 36 minutes |
| Hunter × Hunter (2011) | about 59 hours |
| Demon Slayer | about 25 hours 12 minutes |

## Common questions

### How long does it take to watch Death Note?

about 13 hours 34 minutes — 37 episodes.

### What does that assume?

37 episodes at 22 minutes of programme content.

### How long at a realistic pace?

an episode a day — about 37 days.

## Related pages

- [How long to watch One Piece?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/one-piece/)
- [How long to watch the Pokémon anime?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/pokemon-anime/)
- [How long to watch Naruto?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/naruto/)
- [How long to watch Naruto: Shippuden?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/naruto-shippuden/)
- [How long to watch all of Naruto, Shippuden and Boruto?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/naruto-complete/)
- [How long to watch Dragon Ball Z?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/dragon-ball-z/)
- [How long to watch all of Dragon Ball?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/dragon-ball-all/)
- [How long to watch Bleach?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/bleach/)
- [How long to read the Harry Potter series?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/harry-potter-series/)
- [How long to watch Friends?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/friends/)
- [How long to watch The Simpsons?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/the-simpsons/)
- [How long to watch The Office (US)?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/the-office-us/)
- [How long to watch the Marvel Cinematic Universe?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/marvel-cinematic-universe/)
- [How long to watch Breaking Bad?](https://atoneplace.net/how-long-to/breaking-bad/)

## Sources

- Calculated on this page — At One Place (/about/)