Japanese Animation TV Ranking, April 14-20
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, April 15 at 8:00 a.m. and earned a 15.9% rating. An episode that aired on Monday, April 14 at 12:45 p.m. earned a 5.4% 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. 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)
