Japanese Animation TV Ranking, August 11-17

Grave of the Fireflies earns 7.2.% rating, Demon Slayer: Hashira Training Arc compilation earns 3.2% rating

Studio Ghibli and Isao Takahata's Grave of the Fireflies film aired on NTV on Friday, August 15 at 9:00 p.m. and it earned a 7.2% 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 Thursday, August 14 at 8:00 a.m. and earned a 17.3% rating. A separate episode aired on Thursday, August 14 at 12:45 p.m. and earned 6.2% rating, and on Friday, August 15 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 17 (Sun)	18:30	30 min.	6.1
Detective Conan	NTV	August 16 (Sat)	18:00	30 min.	5.7
Chibi Maruko-chan	Fuji TV	August 17 (Sun)	18:00	30 min.	4.1
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Hashira Training Arc compilation	Fuji TV	August 11 (Mon)	13:50	58 min.	3.2
Crayon Shin-chan	TV Asahi	August 16 (Sat)	16:30	30 min.	2.5
Doraemon	TV Asahi	August 16 (Sat)	17:00	30 min.	2.4
One Piece	Fuji TV	August 17 (Sun)	23:15	30 min.	2.3
Yaiba: Samurai Legend	NTV	August 16 (Sat)	17:30	30 min.	2.3
You and Idol Precure♪	TV Asahi	August 17 (Sun)	08:30	30 min.	2.2
Soreike! Anpanman	NTV	August 15 (Fri)	10:55	30 min.	2.0

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)