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Japan's Animation TV Ranking, July 12-18
posted on by Egan Loo
GeGeGe no Nyōbō (Spooky Wife), the live-action television drama adaptation of an autobiographical essay book by GeGeGe no Kitarō author Shigeru Mizuki's wife Nunoe Mura, ran on July 12 at 8:00 a.m. and earned a 21.8 rating. Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli's Howl's Moving Castle film re-aired on July 16 at 9:00 p.m. with a 19.0 rating. The second live-action television series based on Satoru Hiura's Hotaru no Hikari women's romance manga aired on July 14 at 10:00 p.m. with a 17.4 rating. That is up from the July 7 series premiere, which garnered a 16.2 rating. The last half of the Soreike! Anpanman: Dadandan to Futago no Hoshi film ran on July 16 at 2:30 p.m. with a 2.6 rating.
| Title | Station | Date | Time | Length | Average Household Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sazae-san | Fuji TV | July 18 (Sun) | 18:30 | 30 min. | 15.1 |  |
| Chibi Maruko-chan | Fuji TV | July 18 (Sun) | 18:00 | 30 min. | 11.3 |  |
| One Piece | Fuji TV | July 18 (Sun) | 09:30 | 30 min. | 10.7 |  |
| Dragon Ball Kai | Fuji TV | July 18 (Sun) | 09:00 | 30 min. | 9.6 |  |
| Crayon Shin-chan | TV Asahi | July 16 (Fri) | 19:30 | 24 min. | 8.4 |  |
| Detective Conan | NTV | July 17 (Sat) | 18:00 | 30 min. | 7.4 |  |
| Heartcatch Precure! | TV Asahi | July 18 (Sun) | 08:30 | 30 min. | 6.9 |  |
| Doraemon | TV Asahi | July 16 (Fri) | 19:00 | 30 min. | 6.7 |  |
| Pocket Monsters: Diamond & Pearl | TV Tokyo | July 15 (Thurs) | 19:00 | 30 min. | 5.6 |  |
| Naruto Shippūden | TV Tokyo | July 15 (Thurs) | 19:30 | 28 min. | 4.8 |  |
| Shin Sanjūshi (The New Three Musketeers) | NHK-G | July 18 (Sat) | 7:45 | 20 min. | 4.8 |  |
[Video Research does not directly post more ratings than what is listed here. Any purportedly additional data comes from unverified, anonymous sources.]
Source: Video Research (Kanto region)
follow-up of Japan's Animation TV Ranking, July 5-11
