Japanese Animation TV Ranking, August 18-24

Ponyo film earns 8.3% rating, Tougen Anki earns 2.6%

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)