Japanese Animation TV Ranking, August 18-24
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.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)
