The 2024 April Week 3 anime TV rankings have been entered (from April 15 to April 21), and Detective Conan undoubtedly continues to win the race with its constant mentions across all platforms and formats.
Along with the Case Closed anime, the long-running series Sazae-san, Chibi Maruko-chan, Doraemon and Crayon Shin-chan has consistently strived against the competition to consistently hold a place in the top 10 rankings. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 and the fan-favorite captivating premiere of a new episode of My Hero Academia made for other weekend TV staples.
My Hero Academia’s prequel special episode, ‘Memories’, will run its course on Saturday, April 27, paving the way for the upcoming season 7 premiere. The release date of the seventh season, scheduled for May 4, is now just a week away.
Detective Conan’s winning streak
The 27th film in the Detective Conan anime franchise, Case Closed: The Million-Dollar Pentagram, has continued its record-breaking streak in and out of the Japanese box office week, with the TV rankings not falling out of competition either. Premiering on April 12, the million-dollar Pentagram film once again led the April 19–21 weekend grosses for the second consecutive week.
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Meanwhile, on the TV front, the 26th Detective Conan film, Black Iron Submarine, aired on Nippon Television on Friday, April 19 at 9 pm and topped the list of movies for the latest viewership ratings with an average household rate of 10,000. 10.4%.
The weekly episodes of Detective Conan or Case Closed series are consistently making their way into the top 5 rankings in the anime list for the Kanto region. The most recent episode was broadcast on April 20 on Nippon TV. It earned an average household viewership rate of 5.9%, slightly higher than the previous week’s score of 5.3%.
April Anime TV Rankings (Week 3 for Kanto Region)
| anime | broadcast channel | Premiere date/time | average home rate |
| fuji tv | April 21st / 6:30 pm | 9.3% |
| 2. Chibi Maruko-chan | fuji tv | 21st April/6pm | 7.3% |
| 3. Detective Conan | nippon tv | 20th April/6pm | 5.9% |
| 4. That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime Season 3 | nippon tv | 19th April / 11:30 pm | 4.1% |
| 5. My Hero Academia | nippon tv | 20th April / 5:30 pm | 3.3% |
| 6. Doraemon | TV Asahi | 20th April/5pm | 2.8% |
| 7. Amazing PreCure! | TV Asahi | April 21st / 8:30 am | 2.7% |
| 8. Crayon Shin-chan | TV Asahi | 20th April / 4:30 pm | 2.7% |
| 9. O-Saru no George / Curious George (Animated) | nhk tv | April 20th / 8:35 am | 2.1% |
| 10. Oshiri Tantei | nhk tv | 20th April / 9 am | 2.1% |
Source: Video Research
