Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki‘s Ponyo film aired on NTV on Friday, August 22 at 9:00 p.m. and it earned an 8.3% 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 Tuesday, August 19 at 8:00 a.m. and earned a 17.1% rating. A separate episode aired on Friday, August 22 at 12:45 p.m. and earned a 6.0% 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 24 (Sun) 18:30 30 min. 6.4
Detective Conan NTV August 23 (Sat) 18:00 30 min. 5.1
Chibi Maruko-chan Fuji TV August 24 (Sun) 18:00 30 min. 4.2
You and Idol Precure♪ TV Asahi August 24 (Sun) 08:30 30 min. 2.7
One Piece Fuji TV August 24 (Sun) 23:15 30 min. 2.7
Tougen Anki NTV August 22 (Fri) 23:15 30 min. 2.6
Doraemon TV Asahi August 23 (Sat) 17:00 30 min. 2.4
Crayon Shin-chan TV Asahi August 23 (Sat) 16:30 30 min. 2.3
Animated O-saru no George (Curious George) NHK-E August 23 (Sat) 08:35 25 min. 1.5
The Adventures of Paddington NHK-E August 23 (Sat) 08:10 25 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)