{"rewrite":{"id":"r_c9340b788569a3e4a4c8fc02","clusterId":"c_97afa0fdb9273bcee9bf08cf","slug":"sazae-san-leads-japanese-animation-tv-ratings-for-late-august","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Sazae-san Leads Japanese Animation TV Ratings for Late August","summary":"Fuji TV's Sazae-san was the most-watched anime program in Japan's Kanto region for the week of August 31 to September 6, posting an 8.1% average household rating in its Sunday 18:30 slot. Chibi Maruko-chan followed at 5.8%, with Detective Conan at 5.7%, the Doraemon Tanjobi Special at 4.9%, and That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime season 3 at 2.8%. A Few Moments of Cheers, an original anime film written by Jukki Hanada with animation from 100Studio and the music video group Hurray!, aired on NHK Educational on September 5 and earned 0.2%.","whyItMatters":"The chart shows long-running family and mystery staples still pulling the largest Japanese TV household shares while a feature-length anime produced for a cultural education slot lands near the bottom of the week's measured field.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe week of August 31 to September 6 kept the same big houses at the top of Japan\u0026#39;s household ratings. Fuji TV\u0026#39;s Sunday evening stack led the field, and a Saturday mainstay on NTV landed just behind it. Further down, the chart mixed ongoing late-night series with daytime reruns and a Sunday morning children\u0026#39;s show.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe measurement covers Japan\u0026#39;s Kanto region and counts programs watched live; recordings viewed later are not included. Figures come from Video Research and cover the listed programs only.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSazae-san\u003c/strong\u003e: Fuji TV, September 6, 18:30, 8.1%\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChibi Maruko-chan\u003c/strong\u003e: Fuji TV, September 6, 18:00, 5.8%\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDetective Conan\u003c/strong\u003e: NTV, September 5, 18:00, 5.7%\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoraemon Tanjobi Special\u003c/strong\u003e: TV Asahi, September 6, 18:56, 4.9%\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThat Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime season 3\u003c/strong\u003e: NTV, September 4, 23:05, 2.8%\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDoraemon\u003c/strong\u003e: TV Asahi, September 5, 17:00, 2.7%\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDemon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba series rebroadcast\u003c/strong\u003e: Fuji TV, September 6, 09:30, 2.6%\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAscendance of a Bookworm Part 3: Adopted Daughter of an Archduke\u003c/strong\u003e: NTV, September 5, 17:30, 2.5%\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman season 2\u003c/strong\u003e: TV Asahi, September 2, 23:45, 2.4%\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eOne Piece\u003c/strong\u003e: Fuji TV, September 6, 23:15, 2.4%\u003c/li\u003e\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStar Detective Precure!\u003c/strong\u003e: TV Asahi, September 6, 08:30, 1.8%\u003c/li\u003e\u003c/ul\u003e","blueskyPost":"Sazae-san took the week at 8.1% while That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime season 3 pulled 2.8% in the same Kanto tally. Late-night anime lives on a different ratings scale than the Sunday evening institutions.","twitterPost":"Sazae-san drew 8.1% in Kanto; That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime season 3 drew 2.8%. The slots are graded on separate curves.","threadsPost":"Sazae-san led the Kanto week at 8.1%, with Chibi Maruko-chan and Detective Conan just behind. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime season 3 landed at 2.8%, and A Few Moments of Cheers at 0.2% on NHK Educational. The spread tracks timeslots, not popularity.","newsletterBlurb":"Sazae-san led Japan's Kanto region household anime ratings for the week of August 31 to September 6 at 8.1%, with Chibi Maruko-chan and Detective Conan close behind. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime season 3 posted 2.8%, and the rebroadcast run of Demon Slayer drew 2.6%. The original anime film A Few Moments of Cheers aired on NHK Educational on September 5 and earned 0.2%.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Anime News Network\",\"url\":\"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-11/japanese-animation-tv-ranking-august-31-september-6/.241659\",\"title\":\"Japanese Animation TV Ranking, August 31-September 6\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4712,"outputTokens":1119,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1789233263,"createdAt":"2026-09-12T17:08:29.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-09-12T17:13:20.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-12T17:13:20.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_97afa0fdb9273bcee9bf08cf","canonicalTitle":"News\nJapanese Animation TV Ranking, August 31-September 6","representativeArticleId":"a_40e98401b756a18fea67f3a3","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[\"From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman\"],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"anime\",\"is_roundup\":true}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-09-12T16:15:00.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-09-12T16:15:00.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-09-12T17:13:20.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Anime News Network","url":"https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2026-09-11/japanese-animation-tv-ranking-august-31-september-6/.241659","title":"News\nJapanese Animation TV Ranking, August 31-September 6"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":["From Old Country Bumpkin to Master Swordsman"],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":[],"studios":[],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"anime","is_roundup":true},"keyFacts":null}