TV Rankings: The Apothecary Diaries Season 3 Debuts At 4.8 Percent
The week's board splits cleanly between the Sunday and Saturday family block that still holds the top, and late-night slots where a debut can open at 4.8 percent and another at 2.7 percent on the same evening.
Reporting from 1 source: Anime News Network.
The Apothecary Diaries season 3 led the new arrivals in the Japanese animation TV ratings for September 28 to October 4, taking 4.8 percent in its NTV debut. Sazae-san topped the week at 7.9 percent, ahead of Detective Conan at 5.6 and Chibi Maruko-chan at 5.3. Tougen Anki: Nikko Kegon Falls Arc opened at 2.7 percent, and Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3 closed at 3.4 percent.
The rankings cover September 28 to October 4 in Japan's Kanto region, based on household survey data from Video Research, and count only live viewing rather than recorded playback. Two series opened in the same Friday late-night window on NTV, and one long-running adaptation aired its final episode the following evening. The numbers below are the estimate of the share of the population that watched each program.
- Sazae-san: Fuji TV, October 4, 7.9 percent
- Detective Conan: NTV, October 3, 5.6 percent
- Chibi Maruko-chan: Fuji TV, October 4, 5.3 percent
- The Apothecary Diaries season 3: NTV, October 2, 4.8 percent, debut
- Ascendance of a Bookworm Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke: NTV, October 3, 3.4 percent, final episode
- Doraemon: TV Asahi, October 3, 3.2 percent
- Crayon Shin-chan: TV Asahi, October 3, 2.8 percent
- Tougen Anki: Nikko Kegon Falls Arc: NTV, October 2, 2.7 percent, debut
- Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba entire series rebroadcast: Fuji TV, October 4, 2.4 percent
- Bluey: NHK-E, October 3, 1.5 percent
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- Anime News Network News Japanese Animation TV Ranking, September 28-October 4