Dragon Ball Kai Ratings.

[Kingdom Heartless]

I read somewhere that there has been talk of ratings throughout episode threads, but I haven't seen enough to get a proper feel for them.

So, because it interests me, I thought I'd make a thread for the ratings.

First of all, where do you get them?

Secondly, I know the show has been doing well, but do you think it would be meeting Toei's expectations? Enough to justify putting more work into the franchise?

[Chuquita]

I get my ratings from ANN: http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/

http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/20 ... ember-9-15 is the most recently released one. You can actually backtrack through the links at the bottom of that page and it'll give you Kai's rankings since it began airing. :3

It hasn't left the top 10 once since it started airing. X3


As for meeting Toei's expectations, or what their expectations were for the show, I haven't a clue. ^^;


My personal hope is that it does well enough to get Toei to invest in creating a new 2-D Dragon Ball movie. (They could even call it a Dragon Ball Kai movie.)

I mean, Fresh Precure (also Toei) just got a movie and its been hanging out there in the lower end of the top 10 for a while now; there MUST be some chance for Kai, right?

[Super 17]

DragonBall Kai is always ranked between 3rd through 6th in the top 10 since it started. I wonder if they will ever rank first, or at least second.

[Hujio]

So, because it interests me, I thought I'd make a thread for the ratings.

Sweetness! I've been meaning to do this for a while, so that way 25 years from now crazy people like me won't have the same problem of tracking them down like I had with the previous series'.

First of all, where do you get them?

I know most people just follow Anime News Network and their ratings updates, but they for some reason always fall way behind. However, I go straight to the source... I've been keeping this hush-hush, but I suppose it's time to share, right?

The place you want to go is the Video Research (ビデオリサーチ) website. They're a media and marketing research company that keeps track of TV ratings in Japan. I'll be posting/translating all of the ratings as they become available, along with any other relevant information.

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2009

March 30 ~ April 5
#01: Sazae-san – 16.3%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 11.5%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 11.4%
#04: DragonBall Kai (001) – 11.3%
#05: One Piece – 9.9%
#06: Doraemon – 9.3%
#07: Detective Conan – 6.9%
#08: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 6.2%
#09: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 6.1%
#10: Anime Major 5 – 5.2%

April 6 ~ April 12
#01: Sazae-san – 18.8%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 13.7%
#03: DragonBall Kai (002) – 9.8%
#04: One Piece – 8.8%
#05: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 7.4%
#06: Detective Conan – 7.0%
#07: Fullmetal Alchemist – 5.3%
#08: Atashin'chi – 5.0%
#09: Anime Major 5 – 5.0%
#10: Eden of the East – 4.8%

April 13 ~ April 19
#01: Sazae-san – 19.3%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 13.0%
#03: One Piece – 10.1%
#04: DragonBall Kai (003) – 9.6%
#05: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 7.8%
#06: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 7.5%
#07: Naruto Shippuden – 7.2%
#08: Detective Conan – 5.8%
#09: Anime Major 5 – 5.8%
#10: Yatterman – 5.3%

April 20 ~ April 26
#01: Sazae-san – 17.7%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 12.6%
#03: One Piece – 11.7%
#04: DragonBall Kai (004) – 11.1%
#05: Crayon Shin-chan: Otakebe! Kasukabe Animal Kingdom (Special) – 10.3%
#06: Detective Conan – 9.1%
#07: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 7.0%
#08: Atashin'chi – 6.4%
#09: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 6.2%
#10: Sgt. Frog – 5.2%

April 27 ~ May 3
#01: Sazae-san – 15.1%
#02: Crayon Shin-chan – 11.5%
#03: Doraemon – 10.1%
#04: One Piece – 9.4%
#05: Chibi Maruko-chan – 9.3%
#06: DragonBall Kai (005) – 8.8%
#07: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 7.3%
#08: Detective Conan – 5.9%
#09: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 5.4%
#10: Inazuma Eleven – 4.5%

May 4 ~ May 10
#01: Sazae-san – 16.0%
#02: Crayon Shin-chan – 11.5%
#03: Chibi Maruko-chan – 10.7%
#04: One Piece – 10.4%
#05: Doraemon – 10.3%
#06: DragonBall Kai (006) – 9.1%
#07: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 6.9%
#08: Detective Conan – 6.5%
#09: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 6.2%
#10: Naruto Shippuden – 5.4%

May 11 ~ May 17
#01: Sazae-san – 16.7%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 12.3%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 11.9%
#04: One Piece – 10.6%
#05: Doraemon – 9.4%
#06: DragonBall Kai (007) – 9.3%
#07: Detective Conan – 8.7%
#08: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 6.9%
#09: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 5.9%
#10: Atashin'chi – 5.1%

May 18 ~ May 24
#01: Sazae-san – 18.1%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 13.1%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 12.6%
#04: Doraemon – 10.0%
#05: One Piece – 9.8%
#06: DragonBall Kai (008) – 9.2%
#07: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 7.9%
#08: Detective Conan – 7.2%
#09: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 5.6%
#10: Eden of the East – 5.0%

May 25 ~ May 31
#01: Sazae-san – 16.4%
#02: Crayon Shin-chan – 12.4%
#03: Doraemon – 10.8%
#04: Chibi Maruko-chan – 9.6%
#05: DragonBall Kai (009) – 9.3%
#06: One Piece – 9.3%
#07: Detective Conan – 6.7%
#08: Fullmetal Alchemist – 5.8%
#09: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 5.6%
#10: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 5.1%

June 1 ~ June 7
#01: Sazae-san – 16.4%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 11.7%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 11.5%
#04: Doraemon – 10.2%
#05: One Piece – 10.0%
#06: DragonBall Kai (010) – 8.5%
#07: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 5.7%
#08: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 5.6%
#09: Curious George – 5.5%
#10: Detective Conan – 5.2%

June 8 ~ June 14
#01: Sazae-san – 17.2%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 11.9%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 11.5%
#04: Doraemon – 10.5%
#05: One Piece – 10.0%
#06: DragonBall Kai (011) – 9.0%
#07: Detective Conan – 7.1%
#08: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 6.1%
#09: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 5.7%
#10: Curious George – 5.7%

June 15 ~ June 21
#01: Sazae-san – 17.7%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 13.2%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 12.7%
#04: DragonBall Kai (012) – 10.5%
#05: One Piece – 10.4%
#06: Doraemon – 10.0%
#07: Detective Conan – 6.8%
#08: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 6.1%
#09: Yatterman – 5.7%
#10: Metal Fight Beyblade – 5.7%

June 22 ~ June 28
#01: Sazae-san – 18.6%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 13.0%
#03: Doraemon O-26 Special – 9.7%
#04: DragonBall Kai (013) – 9.6%
#05: One Piece – 9.4%
#06: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 7.5%
#07: Detective Conan – 6.7%
#08: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 5.4%
#09: Curious George – 5.3%
#10: Naruto Shippuden – 5.0%

June 29 ~ July 5
#01: Sazae-san – 15.3%
#02: Crayon Shin-chan – 10.7%
#03: DragonBall Kai (014) – 10.7%
#04: One Piece – 10.6%
#05: Doraemon – 9.4%
#06: Chibi Maruko-chan – 8.6%
#07: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 6.8%
#08: Detective Conan – 6.7%
#09: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 5.7%
#10: Inazuma Eleven – 4.9%

July 6 ~ July 12
#01: Sazae-san – 16.8%
#02: One Piece – 11.7%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 11.6%
#04: Chibi Maruko-chan – 11.3%
#05: DragonBall Kai (015) – 10.4%
#06: Doraemon – 10.0%
#07: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 6.3%
#08: Detective Conan – 5.9%
#09: Tokyo Magnitude 8.0 – 5.8%
#10: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 5.1%

July 13 ~ July 19
#01: Sazae-san – 15.2%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 11.2%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 10.8%
#04: One Piece – 10.6%
#05: DragonBall Kai (016) – 10.3%
#06: Doraemon – 9.5%
#07: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 5.6%
#08: Atashin'chi – 5.2%
#09: Detective Conan – 5.0%
#10: Yatterman – 4.6%

July 20 ~ July 26
No DragonBall Kai Episode Aired

July 27 ~ August 2
#01: Sazae-san – 17.6%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 11.6%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 10.3%
#04: Doraemon – 10.2%
#05: One Piece – 10.1%
#06: DragonBall Kai (017) – 8.2%
#07: Detective Conan – 5.9%
#08: Yatterman – 5.0%
#09: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 5.0%
#10: Naruto Shippuden – 4.7%

August 3 ~ August 9
#01: Sazae-san – 17.3%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 11.8%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 10.6%
#04: Doraemon – 9.0%
#05: One Piece – 8.6%
#06: Detective Conan – 6.5%
#07: DragonBall Kai (018) – 6.4%
#08: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 6.1%
#09: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 5.5%
#10: Yatterman – 4.8%

August 10 ~ August 16
#01: Sazae-san – 14.1%
#02: One Piece – 9.7%
#03: Chibi Maruko-chan – 9.2%
#04: DragonBall Kai (019) – 8.8%
#05: Doraemon – 6.7%
#06: Crayon Shin-chan – 6.5%
#07: Detective Conan – 6.2%
#08: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 5.2%
#09: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 5.0%
#10: Yatterman – 4.9%

August 17 ~ August 23
#01: Sazae-san – 13.6%
#02: Doraemon – 11.0%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 11.0%
#04: One Piece – 11.0%
#05: Chibi Maruko-chan – 9.8%
#06: DragonBall Kai (020) – 9.2%
#07: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 6.1%
#08: Detective Conan – 6.0%
#09: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 5.2%
#10: Curious George – 5.0%

August 24 ~ August 30
#01: Sazae-san – 14.3%
#02: Crayon Shin-chan – 12.3%
#03: Chibi Maruko-chan – 10.8%
#04: Doraemon – 10.1%
#05: One Piece – 8.9%
#06: Detective Conan – 8.1%
#07: DragonBall Kai (021) – 6.6%
#08: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 6.3%
#09: Atashin'chi – 5.8%
#10: Naruto Shippuden – 5.5%

August 31 ~ September 6
#01: Sazae-san – 16.8%
#02: In Honor of Fuji TV's 50th Anniversary & the 80th Anniversary of Osamu Tezuka's Birth - Jungle Emperor Leo – 13.1%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 12.6%
#04: Doraemon – 12.0%
#05: Chibi Maruko-chan – 11.8%
#06: One Piece – 11.1%
#07: DragonBall Kai (022) – 9.3%
#08: Detective Conan – 8.4%
#09: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 7.2%
#10: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 6.8%

September 7 ~ September 13
#01: Sazae-san – 18.3%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 13.1%
#03: Doraemon Birthday! – 11.2%
#04: One Piece – 11.2%
#05: DragonBall Kai (023) – 9.1%
#06: Detective Conan – 8.7%
#07: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 8.0%
#08: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 7.6%
#09: Naruto Shippuden – 5.7%
#10: Lilo & Stitch – 5.6%

September 14 ~ September 20
#01: Sazae-san – 14.2%
#02: Crayon Shin-chan – 13.0%
#03: Doraemon – 12.2%
#04: One Piece – 9.2%
#05: Detective Conan – 9.0%
#06: Chibi Maruko-chan – 8.9%
#07: DragonBall Kai (024) – 7.9%
#08: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 7.1%
#09: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 6.4%
#10: Everyday Mum – 5.8%

September 21 ~ September 27
#01: Sazae-san – 17.9%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 12.9%
#03: Detective Conan – 9.8%
#04: One Piece – 9.7%
#05: DragonBall Kai (025) – 7.9%
#06: Yatterman (final episode) – 7.5%
#07: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 7.2%
#08: Naruto Shippuden – 5.6%
#09: Inazuma Eleven – 4.5%
#10: Everyday Mum – 4.4%
#11: True Mazinger Impact! Z Chapter – 4.4%

September 28 ~ October 4
#01: Sazae-san – 19.8%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 12.8%
#03: One Piece – 9.3%
#04: Detective Conan – 8.8%
#05: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 7.8%
#06: DragonBall Kai (026) – 7.2%
#07: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 5.8%
#08: Inazuma Eleven – 5.5%
#09: Curious George – 5.0%
#10: Battle Spirits: Shounen Gekiha Dan – 3.9%

October 5 ~ October 11
#01: Sazae-san – 15.5%
#02: One Piece – 12.0%
#03: Chibi Maruko-chan – 9.8%
#06: DragonBall Kai (027) – 9.0%
#05: Detective Conan – 7.1%
#06: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 5.8%
#07: Naruto Shippuden – 5.0%
#08: Inazuma Eleven – 4.4%
#09: Curious George – 4.1%
#10: Gintama – 3.9%

October 12 ~ October 18
#01: Sazae-san – 19.0%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 12.7%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 12.0%
#04: Detective Conan – 11.6%
#05: Doraemon – 10.9%
#06: One Piece – 9.7%
#07: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 7.7%
#08: DragonBall Kai (028) – 7.7%
#09: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 6.6%
#10: Thriller Restaurant – 6.2%

October 19 ~ October 25
#01: Sazae-san – 21.7%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 15.4%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 11.3%
#04: One Piece – 10.4%
#05: Detective Conan – 10.0%
#06: DragonBall Kai (029) – 9.4%
#07: Doraemon – 9.1%
#08: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 8.1%
#09: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 7.2%
#10: Thriller Restaurant – 6.5%

October 26 ~ November 1
#01: Crayon Shin-chan – 10.6%
#02: One Piece – 10.3%
#03: Doraemon – 8.4%
#04: Detective Conan – 8.0%
#05: DragonBall Kai (030) – 8.0%
#06: Thriller Restaurant – 7.9%
#07: Stitch! The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure – 7.2%
#08: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 6.2%
#09: Naruto Shippuden – 5.1%
#10: Inazuma Eleven – 4.8%

November 2 ~ November 8
#01: Sazae-san – 21.4%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 15.0%
#03: DragonBall Kai (031) – 10.4%
#04: Doraemon – 10.3%
#05: Crayon Shin-chan – 10.3%
#06: One Piece – 10.3%
#07: Detective Conan – 9.6%
#08: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 7.6%
#09: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 7.0%
#10: Curious George – 5.3%

November 9 ~ November 15
#01: Chibi Maruko-chan – 16.5%
#02: One Piece – 11.9%
#03: Doraemon – 11.4%
#04: Crayon Shin-chan – 11.0%
#05: Detective Conan – 10.9%
#06: DragonBall Kai (032) – 10.8%
#07: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 7.5%
#08: Stitch! The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure – 7.1%
#09: Thriller Restaurant – 6.6%
#10: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 6.2%

November 16 ~ November 22
#01: Sazae-san – 18.9%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 13.7%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 12.1%
#04: One Piece – 11.3%
#05: DragonBall Kai (033) – 10.4%
#06: Doraemon – 10.3%
#07: Detective Conan – 8.3%
#08: Thriller Restaurant – 7.2%
#09: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 6.5%
#10: Stitch! The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure – 6.2%

November 23 ~ November 29
#01: Sazae-san – 22.9%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 16.0%
#03: One Piece – 12.2%
#04: DragonBall Kai (034) – 10.7%
#05: Crayon Shin-chan – 10.2%
#06: Doraemon – 9.6%
#07: Detective Conan – 8.6%
#08: Thriller Restaurant – 7.9%
#09: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 7.6%
#10: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 6.7%

November 30 ~ December 6
#01: Sazae-san – 21.2%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 14.0%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 11.9%
#04: Detective Conan – 11.7%
#05: One Piece – 10.4%
#06: DragonBall Kai (035) – 9.9%
#07: Doraemon – 9.7%
#08: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 7.5%
#09: Stitch! The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure – 6.8%
#10: Thriller Restaurant – 6.7%

December 7 ~ December 13
#01: Sazae-san – 21.7%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 14.5%
#03: Doraemon Christmas Special – 12.3%
#04: One Piece – 10.9%
#05: DragonBall Kai (036) – 9.0%
#06: Detective Conan – 8.3%
#07: Thriller Restaurant – 6.6%
#08: Stitch! The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure – 6.4%
#09: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 6.0%
#10: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 5.6%

December 14 ~ December 20
#01: Sazae-san – 17.5%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 13.9%
#03: One Piece – 10.4%
#04: DragonBall Kai (037) – 8.9%
#05: Detective Conan – 8.7%
#06: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 7.2%
#07: Stitch! The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure: Christmas Special – 6.4%
#08: Tamagotchi! – 5.5%
#09: Inazuma Eleven – 5.2%
#10: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 5.1%

December 21 ~ December 27
#01: Sazae-san – 20.5%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 14.8%
#03: One Piece – 10.5%
#04: DragonBall Kai (038) – 10.0%
#05: Detective Conan – 6.3%
#06: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 5.8%
#07: Tamagotchi! – 4.9%
#08: Inazuma Eleven – 4.4%
#09: Naruto Shippuden – 4.2%
#10: Metal Fight Beyblade – 4.0%

2010

December 28 ~ January 3
No DragonBall Kai Episode Aired

January 4 ~ January 10
#01: Sazae-san New Years Grab Bag Special – 17.1%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 12.7%
#03: Doraemon – 10.7%
#04: Crayon Shin-chan – 10.7%
#05: One Piece – 10.2%
#06: DragonBall Kai (039) – 8.0%
#07: Detective Conan – 7.8%
#08: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 5.8%
#09: Inazuma Eleven – 5.0%
#10: Everyday Mum – 4.3%

January 11 ~ January 17
#01: Sazae-san – 18.7%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 11.8%
#03: One Piece – 10.3%
#04: Crayon Shin-chan – 10.0%
#05: Doraemon – 9.2%
#06: Detective Conan – 8.7%
#07: DragonBall Kai (040) – 8.1%
#08: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 6.3%
#09: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 5.5%
#10: Inazuma Eleven – 5.2%

January 18 ~ January 24
#01: Sazae-san – 20.6%
#02: Chibi Maruko-chan – 12.5%
#03: Crayon Shin-chan – 10.6%
#04: One Piece – 10.6%
#05: DragonBall Kai (041) – 9.6%
#06: Doraemon – 9.5%
#07: Detective Conan – 8.7%
#08: Fresh Pretty Cure! – 7.2%
#09: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 5.7%
#10: Stitch! The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure – 5.6%

January 25 ~ January 31
#01: Chibi Maruko-chan 20th Anniversary 1-hour Special – 16.1%
#02: Crayon Shin-chan – 11.0%
#03: One Piece – 10.7%
#04: Doraemon – 10.4%
#05: DragonBall Kai (042) – 10.2%
#06: Detective Conan – 8.6%
#07: Fresh Pretty Cure! (final episode) – 6.9%
#08: Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl – 6.3%
#09: Stitch! The Mischievous Alien's Great Adventure – 5.0%
#10: Thriller Restaurant – 4.8%

[Shoryuken]

Well what do you know Sazae-san is at the top.
Shouldn't expect anything else from one of Japans longest running series, on air since 1969. Naruto hasn't apparently had the best succes seeing it only being 3 times on the top 10. Bleach hasn't even reached it all and out of the socalled Holy Shounen Trinity only One Piece stands tall.

[Kingdom Heartless]

Well, as always, that was everything I could have hoped for and more. Thank you, Hujio.

Good to see it doing so well... whether you agree with the direction Kai not, it's good to see that people are still interested enough in the franchise to tune in. Seeing this, it honestly wouldn't surprise me if Toei saw this as a good enough sign to continue, in whatever way. Hopefully it will continue going strong through the rest of the series.

It's also good to see a lot of long running shows on the top 10.

[Hujio]

I mean, Fresh Precure (also Toei) just got a movie and its been hanging out there in the lower end of the top 10 for a while now; there MUST be some chance for Kai, right?

Actually, that's just the Fresh Pretty Cure! TV anime that's ranked, since the movie hasn't been aired on television yet.

DragonBall Kai is always ranked between 3rd through 6th in the top 10 since it started. I wonder if they will ever rank first, or at least second.

As you can see, the lowest Kai has been ranked is 8th.

Naruto hasn't apparently had the best succes seeing it only being 9 times on the top 10, since Kai began airing. Bleach hasn't even reached it all and out of the socalled Holy Shounen Trinity only One Piece stands tall.

Yeah, I'm still somewhat surprised that Bleach never makes it into the top 10. It must meet TV Tokyo's expectations, since they're still producing the anime and it hasn't been in the top 10 since at least the end of 2006. And as you mentioned, the only anime of the "Holy Shounen Trinity" doing well is One Piece, but I almost expect that. Unlike in the U.S., One Piece has always been the most popular of the three in Japan. But in the U.S. we eat up Naruto like it's goin' out of style.

Well, as always, that was everything I could have hoped for and more. Thank you, Hujio.

Oh, no problem. Glad I could help!

[Ununbium]

It's good to see that it's doing well in Japan.
And there's a Stitch anime? How odd.

[Hujio]

The rating shares for last week (11/23–11/29) are out and have been added to the above list. It looks like Kai has been doing pretty well for the last month, which is good to see since this is one of my more favorite parts of the series. Although, I never did like all the filler inserted in this section.

I do find it quite interesting that Kai is able to compete with One Piece so well, considering one is a "new" show and the other is... well not even a remake, just a cut down version I guess. Also, Sazae-chan must've had one Hell of a show this week as it almost took in 23% of all viewers at that time.

[Adamant]

Huh, so the current bad One Piece filler rates higher than the good, canon stuff that preceded it?

[Herms]

Huh, so the current bad One Piece filler rates higher than the good, canon stuff that preceded it?

I've heard the One Piece filler arcs always do quite well in the ratings. I suppose party because they're something new, whereas with the main story you can just read that in Jump or the tankoubons months earlier. Also, doesn't this filler arc have the whole crew in it? I'd imagine fans are eager to see anything new with them in it.

[KaiserNeko]

Huh, so the current bad One Piece filler rates higher than the good, canon stuff that preceded it?

Actually, the current One Piece filler isn't that bad. Although I'm not a fan of these Amigo pirates, so much... But it's all story leading up to the 10th movie! Which is sorta cannon!

Anyway, these ratings, for current shounen anime, are really good. It's very interesting to see...

[Hujio]

The rating shares for last week (11/30–12/6) are out and have been added to the above list. Has anyone been watching the Stitch! anime? Is it any good? I've heard mixed reviews so far.

And as always, go Bleach!

[Kingdom Heartless]

Has anyone been watching the Stitch! anime? Is it any good? I've heard mixed reviews so far.

Judging from the ratings, it seems to have raised some interests in Japan. Haven't seen it, but find the concept of removing Lilo a little weird... still interested in seeing how it is, and how an anime Stitch is handled!

I wonder when the last time something beat out Sazae-san was...

[Sprite Satan]

Judging from the ratings, it seems to have raised some interests in Japan. Haven't seen it, but find the concept of removing Lilo a little weird... still interested in seeing how it is, and how an anime Stitch is handled!

I wonder when the last time something beat out Sazae-san was...

The week before Kai debuted, funnily enough.

Some crossover special or something between Detective Conan and Lupin III (日テレ５５ＹＴＶ５０金曜特別ロードショー・ルパン三世ＶＳ名探偵コナン). It pulled a 19.5 to Sazae-san's 17.0. It also didn't make the top 10 the week prior to that, but I assume it wasn't broadcast that week.

It tied at 15.8 with another special (土曜プレミアム・夏休み特別企画・ミヨリの森) on the week beginning August 20th and ending August 26th 2007.

The ratings only go back to 2007 so those and a few other disappearances due to the show taking a week or two off are the only blemishes on Sazae-san's record. It certainly hasn't been beaten by a regular anime in some time.

This isn't too surprising as Sazae-san is very much A Big Deal.

[Hujio]

I wonder when the last time something beat out Sazae-san was...

Chibi Maruko-chan beat it on November 15... although, to be fair, Sazae-san didn't air that week.

[ChibiGoku]

Has anyone been watching the Stitch! anime? Is it any good? I've heard mixed reviews so far.

Judging from the ratings, it seems to have raised some interests in Japan. Haven't seen it, but find the concept of removing Lilo a little weird... still interested in seeing how it is, and how an anime Stitch is handled!

The Stitch! anime isn't too bad. It is different from the past series, but that's to be expected when you give a completely different country and company to do the series. Although different, I feel it is enjoyable, in some ways more so than the Lilo & Stitch! tv series. Probably the best thing one could say is to just check it out yourself rather than going off others opinions. First two episodes give you a general idea what to expect, with some different variety occuring after that on occasion.

Sorry for going off topic, but I felt that I should address this since it was asked.

[Innagadadavida]

Yeah, I'm still somewhat surprised that Bleach never makes it into the top 10. It must meet TV Tokyo's expectations, since they're still producing the anime and it hasn't been in the top 10 since at least the end of 2006. And as you mentioned, the only anime of the "Holy Shounen Trinity" doing well is One Piece, but I almost expect that. Unlike in the U.S., One Piece has always been the most popular of the three in Japan. But in the U.S. we eat up Naruto like it's goin' out of style.

I'm sure it helps that Naruto is on TV in the states; much less a primetime slot on a popular childrens' network. Either way, Naruto has never been as big as Dragon Ball Z. It's never even been as big as Bakugon.

[Big Momma]

Huh, so the current bad One Piece filler rates higher than the good, canon stuff that preceded it?

Actually, the current One Piece filler isn't that bad. Although I'm not a fan of these Amigo pirates, so much... But it's all story leading up to the 10th movie! Which is sorta cannon!

Anyway, these ratings, for current shounen anime, are really good. It's very interesting to see...

That, and doesn't Oda have a part in this filler's story, as well?

[Hujio]

The rating shares for last week (12/7–12/13) are now available and have been added to the above list. It looks like Doraemon had a Christmas special, which made it to #3, beating out both DragonBall Kai and One Piece.



I'm wondering when I'm gonna hit the maximum characters that can be in a single post...