The latest TV ratings records from Japanese marketing research company Video Research highlight significant viewership success for Makoto Shinkai’s Suzume and anime premieres in the Kanto region, including That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 and My Hero Academia Memories .
The TV rankings recorded from April 1 to 8 saw similar ratings for broadcasts of anime episodes and movies. While Suzume, which aired on Nippon Television (NTV) on April 5, achieved the highest ratings of all in the film category with 12.7%, Saze-san topped the anime list with a rating of 7.9%.
Episode 1119 of the ongoing Detective Conan series also aired on Nippon Television on April 6 and earned an average household viewership rating of 5.6%. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime season 3 premiere was scheduled for an NTV broadcast on April 5, and the anticipated return of the series was seen with a 4.6% rating.
The next title on the anime list was My Hero Academia Memories, which garnered a 3.5% viewership rating. This is a 4-part recap special ahead of the season 7 premiere on May 4.
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April Anime TV Rankings (Week 1 for Kanto Region)
| anime | broadcast channel | Premiere date/time | average home rate |
| Sazae-san | fuji tv | 7th April/6:30 pm | 7.9% |
| Detective Conan | nippon television | 6th April/6pm | 5.6% |
| chibi maruko-chan | fuji tv | 7th April/6pm | 5.5% |
| That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 Episode 1 | nippon television | 5th April / 11:30 pm | 4.6% |
| My Hero Academia Memories Episode 1 | nippon television | April 6 / 5:30 pm | 3.5% |
| Doraemon | TV Asahi | 6th April/5pm | 3.4% |
| a piece | fuji tv | April 7th / 9:30 am | 3% |
| crayon Shin Chan | TV Asahi | April 6 / 4:30 pm | 2.9% |
| Amazing PreCure! | TV Asahi | April 7th / 8:30 am | 2.7% |
| Oshiri Tantei | NHK-E | April 6/9 am | 1.8% |
| film | broadcast channel | broadcast date/time | rating |
| Suzume | nippon television | 5th April/9pm | 12.7% |
| The Fate of the Furious (non-anime) [Japanese title – Wild Speed: Ice Break] | Fuji Television Network | 6th April/9pm | 4.5% |
| – (non-anime content) | 2.6% | ||
| Liz and the Blue Bird | nhk tv | April 5 / 12:46 am | 0.3% |
| sound! Euphonium: The Movie – Our Promise: A New Day | nhk tv | April 6 / 1:01 am | 0.3% |
| sound! Euphonium The Movie – Welcome to Kitauji High School Concert Band | nhk tv | April 3 / 1:01 am | 0.2% |
| sound! Euphonium The Movie: May the Melody Reach You | nhk tv | April 4 / 12:31 am | 0.2% |
(Source: Video Research)
