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Japan's Animation TV Ranking, September 20-26
posted on by Egan Loo
GeGeGe no Nyōbō (Spooky Wife), the live-action television drama adaptation of an autobiographical essay book by GeGeGe no Kītarō author Shigeru Mizuki's wife Nunoe Mura, ended on Saturday, September 25 at 8:00 a.m. and earned a 23.6 rating. That was the highest rating of the entire series, which had an average rating of 18.6.
The second live-action movie based on Shuho Sato's Umizaru coast guard manga earned a 14.4 rating when it re-ran on Saturday, September 25 at 21:00. The third Umizaru film, Umizaru: The Last Message opened in Japanese theaters in the previous weekend at #1.
Rookies: Graduation (Rookies ~Sotsugyō-), Yūichirō Hirakawa's theatrical finale to his live-action television drama adaptation of Masanori Morita's Rookies baseball manga, aired on Sunday, September 26 at 9:00 p.m. It earned a 11.2 rating.
| Title | Station | Date | Time | Length | Average Household Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sazae-san | Fuji TV | September 26 (Sun) | 18:30 | 30 min. | 19.8 |  |
| Chibi Maruko-chan | Fuji TV | September 26 (Sun) | 18:00 | 30 min. | 14.4 |  |
| Pocket Monsters: Best Wishes! | TV Tokyo | September 23 (Thurs) | 18:59 | 59 min. | 9.3 |  |
| One Piece | Fuji TV | September 26 (Sun) | 09:30 | 30 min. | 9.0 |  |
| Detective Conan | NTV | September 25 (Sat) | 18:00 | 30 min. | 8.4 |  |
| Dragon Ball Kai | Fuji TV | September 26 (Sun) | 09:00 | 30 min. | 7.7 |  |
| Inazuma Eleven | TV Tokyo | September 22 (Wed) | 19:26 | 29 min. | 5.6 |  |
| Mainichi Kaa-san | TV Tokyo | September 22 (Wed) | 19:00 | 26 min. | 5.4 |  |
| Heartcatch Precure! | TV Asahi | September 26 (Sun) | 08:30 | 30 min. | 5.3 |  |
| Shin Sanjūshi (The New Three Musketeers) | NHK-G | September 26 (Sun) | 7:45 | 20 min. | 4.6 |  |
Source: Video Research (Kanto region), Tokyo Shimbun
[Video Research does not directly post more ratings than what is listed here. Any purportedly additional data comes from unverified, anonymous sources.]
follow-up of Japan's Animation TV Ranking, September 13-19
