Japan's Highest Television Ratings, for an Anime Series' Single Episode (1963 - 2015)
Anime
Published in December of 2015, by the Video Research Ltd. (Japanese marketing research company, that conductes audience measurement for television and radio. Since its foundation in 1962), it shows the ten highest television ratings, that were recorded in the households of the Kanto Region (the most populous part of modern Japan), from since they begun online research on September 26 of 1977, plus four previously recorded high ratings that happened before said date. To qualify for the viewer ratings, a show must be a regular series with episodes that run for 15 minutes or longer.
Sources:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-30/chibi-maruko-chan-sazae-san-dr-slump-top-list-of-most-viewed-anime-episodes/.97077
https://gakumado.mynavi.jp/gmd/articles/28414
Sources:
https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-12-30/chibi-maruko-chan-sazae-san-dr-slump-top-list-of-most-viewed-anime-episodes/.97077
https://gakumado.mynavi.jp/gmd/articles/28414
TV, 1963,
193 eps
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Episode 56: The Moon Monsters | 地球防衛隊の巻
Broadcast Date: January 25, 1964 (Saturday)
Average Household Rating: 40.3%
Broadcast Date: January 25, 1964 (Saturday)
Average Household Rating: 40.3%
TV, 1990,
142 eps
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Episode 43: Maru-chan Does an Experiment |「まるちゃん実験をする」の巻
Broadcast Date: October 28, 1990 (Sunday)
Average Household Rating: 39.9%
Broadcast Date: October 28, 1990 (Sunday)
Average Household Rating: 39.9%
TV, 1969,
? eps
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Episode 515: 今夜のおかずは / しつけも大変 / ゆく夏くる夏
Broadcast Date: September 16, 1979 (Sunday)
Average Household Rating: 39.4%
Broadcast Date: September 16, 1979 (Sunday)
Average Household Rating: 39.4%
TV, 1981,
243 eps
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Episode 34: Hell's Messenger, Chibiru | 地獄の使者チビルくん
Broadcast Date: December 16, 1981 (Wednesday)
Average Household Rating: 36.9%
Broadcast Date: December 16, 1981 (Wednesday)
Average Household Rating: 36.9%
TV, 1968,
182 eps
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Episode 94: Flying Star | 飛び立つ星
Broadcast Date: January 10, 1970 (Saturday)
Average Household Rating: 36.7%
Broadcast Date: January 10, 1970 (Saturday)
Average Household Rating: 36.7%
TV, 1965,
96 eps
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Episode 35: ハロードロンパの巻 / 百万両をさがせの巻
Broadcast Date: April 24, 1966 (Sunday)
Average Household Rating: 36.7%
Broadcast Date: April 24, 1966 (Sunday)
Average Household Rating: 36.7%
TV, 1967,
54 eps
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Episode 2: 秘パーマン2号の巻 / そうなん救助の巻
Broadcast Date: April 9, 1967 (Sunday)
Average Household Rating: 35.6%.
Broadcast Date: April 9, 1967 (Sunday)
Average Household Rating: 35.6%.
TV, 1972,
103 eps
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Episode 52: ピョン吉はじゃまだ! の巻 / にくいぜ新八! の巻
Rebroadcast Date: February 23, 1979 (Friday)
Average Household Rating: 34.5%.
Rebroadcast Date: February 23, 1979 (Friday)
Average Household Rating: 34.5%.
TV, 1976,
1471 eps
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Episode 259: 二ツ道のおいはぎ / 宝の下駄
Broadcast Date: January 10, 1981 (Saturday)
Average Household Rating: 33.6%.
Broadcast Date: January 10, 1981 (Saturday)
Average Household Rating: 33.6%.
TV, 1971,
23 eps
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Episode 23: The Great Gold Showdown! | 黄金の大勝負[だいしょうぶ]!
Rebroadcast Date: December 8, 1978 (Friday)
Average Household Rating: 32.5%.
Rebroadcast Date: December 8, 1978 (Friday)
Average Household Rating: 32.5%.
TV, 1985,
101 eps
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Episode 37: Aim for Koushien! The Baseball Club Is Right in the Middle of a Camp!! |
めざせ甲子園! ただいま 野球部合宿中!!
Broadcast Date: December 22, 1985 (Sunday)
Average Household Rating: 31.9%
めざせ甲子園! ただいま 野球部合宿中!!
Broadcast Date: December 22, 1985 (Sunday)
Average Household Rating: 31.9%
TV, 1970,
79 eps
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Episode 13: Stand in the Ring of Destiny | 宿命のリングに立て
Rebroadcast Date: March 13, 1980 (Thursday)
Average Household Rating: 31.6%
Rebroadcast Date: March 13, 1980 (Thursday)
Average Household Rating: 31.6%
TV, 1979,
1787 eps
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Episode 698: The World Inside a Mirror | 鏡の中の世界
Broadcast Date: February 11, 1983 (Friday)
Average Household Rating: 31.2%
Broadcast Date: February 11, 1983 (Friday)
Average Household Rating: 31.2%
TV, 1985,
108 eps
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Episode 24: A Child Disappears!? Yokai Ubume | 子供が消える!? 妖怪うぶめ
Broadcast Date: March 22, 1986 (Saturday)
Average Household Rating: 29.6%
Broadcast Date: March 22, 1986 (Saturday)
Average Household Rating: 29.6%