Mamoru Hosoda‘s Summer Wars film aired on NTV on Friday, August 1 at 9:00 p.m. and earned a 7.4% rating.

Eiga Crayon Shin-chan: Ora-tachi no Kyōryū Nikki, the 2024 film for the Shin-chan franchise, aired on TV Asahi on Sunday, August 3 at 10:00 a.m. and earned a 2.0% rating.

The 2017 live-action film adaptation of Yayoiso‘s ReLIFE manga aired on TV Tokyo on Saturday, August 2 at 2:45 a.m. and earned a 0.3% rating.

An episode of Anpan, the newest entry in NHK‘s six-decade-long Renzoku Terebi Shōsetsu (Serialized TV Novel, also known as “Asadora” or Morning Drama) franchise, aired on Friday, August 1 at 8:00 a.m. and earned a 17.4% rating. A separate episode aired on Monday, July 28 at 12:45 p.m. and earned 6.1% rating.

The new live-action weekday morning series is inspired by the life story of Anpanman manga creator Takashi Yanase and his wife Nobuo Komatsu.

Title Station Date Time Length Average
Household Rating

Sazae-san Fuji TV August 3 (Sun) 18:30 30 min. 6.0

Detective Conan NTV August 2 (Sat) 18:00 30 min. 5.0

Chibi Maruko-chan Fuji TV August 3 (Sun) 18:00 30 min. 4.6

Tougen Anki NTV August 1 (Fri) 23:00 30 min. 2.7

One Piece Fuji TV August 3 (Sun) 23:15 30 min. 2.6

Doraemon TV Asahi August 2 (Sat) 17:00 30 min. 2.5

Yaiba: Samurai Legend NTV August 2 (Sat) 17:30 30 min. 2.4

You and Idol Precure♪ TV Asahi August 3 (Sun) 08:30 30 min. 2.2

The Adventures of Paddington NHK-E August 2 (Sat) 08:10 25 min. 1.6

Animated O-saru no George (Curious George) NHK-E August 2 (Sat) 08:35 25 min. 1.5

Oshiri Tantei NHK-E August 2 (Sat) 09:00 20 min. 1.4

The television ratings above are an estimate of the percentage of the population that watch a given program, based on data from a survey of households in Japan’s Kanto region. The ratings do not count recordings that viewers watch later.

Source: Video Research (Kanto region)