Sazae-san Leads Weekly Anime TV Ratings; Frieren Season 2 Debuts in Top Five

The household TV ratings for Japanese animation covering January 19th through the 25th confirm the continued dominance of long-running staples, though a major special and a highly anticipated premiere also secured top spots. Sazae-san once again led the pack, pulling an 8.0% rating on Fuji TV during its standard Sunday 18:30 slot.

NTV saw strong performance from the Detective Conan franchise. A special feature-length episode, 'The Disappearance of Conan Edogawa: The Worst Two Days in History,' aired Friday night at 21:00 for 114 minutes, netting a 7.4% rating. The regular Saturday broadcast of Detective Conan followed up with a respectable 6.3%.

Fourth place went to Chibi Maruko-chan, which earned 5.6% in its Sunday 18:00 slot on Fuji TV. The most notable debut of the week was Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Season 2. The new season managed to break into the top five immediately, scoring 4.6% despite airing late Friday at 23:00 on NTV. This premiere maintained the momentum established by the previous week’s high 4.7% rating in the Kanto region.

Further down the list, Blue Miburo Season 2 hit 2.9% on NTV Saturday at 17:30. The magical girl run for You and Idol Precure♪ concluded, earning a 2.8% rating on TV Asahi Sunday morning. Crayon Shin-chan and Doraemon were close behind on Saturday with 2.6% and 2.4%, respectively. High School! Kimengumi scored 1.9% late Friday on Fuji TV, and Curious George, listed as Animated O-saru no George, rounded out the top 12 with 1.4% on NHK-E.

These figures are based primarily on household ratings reported from the Kanto area by Video Research.