Japanese Animation TV Ranking, August 25-31
- Jean-Carlos Matellan
- Sep 7, 2025
- 2 min read
Princess Mononoke earns 11.0% rating, Tougen Anki earns 3.1%, Gachiakuta earns 2.1%
Studio Ghibli and Hayao Miyazaki's Princess Mononoke film aired on NTV on Friday, August 29 at 9:00 p.m. and it earned an 11.0% rating.
The Eiga Oshiri Tantei Saraba Itoshiki Aibō (Oshiri) yo anime film aired on NHK-E on Sunday, August 31 at 3:45 p.m. and it earned a 0.3% rating.
The Sing a Bit of Harmony anime film aired on NHK-E on Saturday, August 30 at 8:45 p.m. and it earned a 0.5% rating.
The live-action film adaptation of Katsutoshi Murase and Welzard's Karada Sagashi (Body Search) horror manga aired on TV Tokyo on Saturday, August 30 at 2:45 a.m. and it earned a 0.3% 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 Wednesday, August 27 at 8:00 a.m. and earned a 17.1% rating. Another showing on Friday, August 29 at 8:00 a.m. earned a 17.2% rating. A seperate episode on Saturday, August 30 at 12:45 p.m. earned a 9.9% 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 |
August 31 (Sun) | 18:30 | 30 min. | 5.5 | ||
NTV | August 30 (Sat) | 17:30 | 30 min. | 5.3 | |
Fuji TV | August 31 (Sun) | 18:00 | 30 min. | 4.1 | |
NTV | August 29 (Fri) | 23:55 | 30 min. | 3.1 | |
August 30 (Sat) | 17:00 | 30 min. | 2.6 | ||
TV Asahi | August 31 (Sun) | 08:30 | 30 min. | 2.4 | |
Fuji TV | August 31 (Sun) | 23:15 | 30 min. | 2.4 | |
TV Asahi | August 30 (Sat) | 16:30 | 30 min. | 2.3 | |
August 31 (Sun) | 23:30 | 30 min. | 2.1 | ||
The Adventures of Paddington | NHK-E | August 30 (Sat) | 08:10 | 25 min. | 1.3 |
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)




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