Japanese Animation TV Ranking, September 22-28
Yaiba: Samurai Legend finale earns 2.3% rating, Hell Teacher: Jigoku Sensei Nube earns 2.0%
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, September 26 at 8:00 a.m. and earned an 18.1% rating. Another showing on Tuesday, September 23 at 12:45 p.m. earned a 6.5% 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.A rerun of the first live-action series of Kaiji Kawaguchi's The Silent Service manga aired on Fuji TV on Thursday, September 25 at 9:00 p.m. and earned a 4.6% rating. A separate episode aired on Friday, September 26 at 9:00 p.m. and earned a 4.4% rating.A marathon rerun of the 10th season of the live-action A Solitary Gourmet series aired on Tokyo TV on Tuesday, September 23 at 5:50 p.m. and earned a 4.0% rating.
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)