Japanese Animation TV Ranking, August 4-10

Orb: On the Movements of the Earth anime's NHK-E premiere ranks #4 with 3.4% 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 Friday, August 8 at 8:00 a.m. and earned a 17.1% rating. A separate episode aired on Wednesday, August 6 at 12:45 p.m. and earned 6.4% 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 10 (Sun)	18:30	30 min.	5.9
Detective Conan	NTV	August 9 (Sat)	18:00	30 min.	5.0
Chibi Maruko-chan	Fuji TV	August 10 (Sun)	18:00	30 min.	4.2
Orb: On the Movements of the Earth	NHK-E	August 9 (Sat)	21:15	25 min.	3.4
Yaiba: Samurai Legend	NTV	August 9 (Sat)	17:30	30 min.	2.8
You and Idol Precure♪	TV Asahi	August 10 (Sun)	08:30	30 min.	2.7
Doraemon	TV Asahi	August 9 (Sat)	17:00	30 min.	2.6
One Piece	Fuji TV	August 10 (Sun)	23:15	30 min.	2.6
Crayon Shin-chan	TV Asahi	August 9 (Sat)	16:30	30 min.	2.5
Soreike! Anpanman	NTV	August 8 (Fri)	10:55	30 min.	2.1
Animated O-saru no George (Curious George)	NHK-E	August 9 (Sat)	08:35	25 min.	1.6
The Adventures of Paddington	NHK-E	August 9 (Sat)	08:10	25 min.	1.5
Oshiri Tantei	NHK-E	August 9 (Sat)	09:00	20 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)