The wonderful magazine ManiaxZ had compiled a list that shows the average television viewership of anime based off of Shonen Jump manga. I can’t be the only one to wonder what Shonen Jump anime are loved more in the motherland than here; and, of course, which ones get the belt to the ass by the Japanese public. Canned Dogs puts things into perspective by stating that Code Geass R2, at its highest point of popularity, had about 4% of the population in one episode. While on the other hand Dr Slump’s most popular episode received 36.9%. Finally to throw things all out of wack, the Super Bowel gets something like 80%; which what anime would be getting if I was the president king of the world.
You can find the results of this study after the jump. It is to no surprise that the highest rated show that is currently playing is One Piece at 15.9%. However, I was completely surprised seeing Naruto at 8% and Bleach at 5 %. Even Dragon Ball GT did better than both of those two combined at 14.6%. What is truly funny is that America looks like bizzaro land in regards to these findings, with Naruto and Bleach being the most watched, and One Piece at the bottom. Though, Dragon Ball will always do well, because no other anime has Piccolo.
[Via Canned Dogs]
Anime Average Percent Viewership
Dr. Slump Arale-chan 22.8%
Great Mazinger 22.8%
Mazinger Z 22.1%
Dragonball 21.2%
Dragonball Z 20.5%
Highschool! Kimengumi 19.2%
Yu Yu Hakusho 17.6%
Hokuto no ken 17.1%
Kochikame 17.0%
Magical Taruuto-kun 15.9%
One Piece 15.9%
Slam Dunk 15.3%
Dokonjou Gaeru 14.8%
Dragonball GT 14.6%
Tsuideni Tonchinkan 13.8%
Hokuto no ken 2 13.6%
Doctor Slump (new) 13.3%
Ginga -Nagareboshi gin- 12.8%
Ninku 12.6%
Rurouni Kenshin 12.2%
Jigoku sensei Nube 11.3%
Yume senshi Wingman 11.2%
Jungle no ouja Taa-chan 10.9%
Midori no Makibao 10.9%
City Hunter 10.4%
Kimagure Orange Road 10.4%
Sakigake!! Otoko juku 10.0%
Dragon Quest -Dai no daibouken- 9.9%
Tottemo! Luckyman 9.8%
Saint Seiya 9.4%
City Hunter 3 9.1%
Shaman King 8.5%
Moeru! Oniisan 8.4%
Eyeshield 21 8.1%
Naruto 8.0%
Captain Tsubasa J 7.9%
City Hunter 2 7.4%
Bobobo-bo bo-bobo 7.0%
Tennis no oujisama 6.9%
Hanasaka tenshi Tenten-kun 6.4%
City Hunter ‘91 6.1%
Yugioh (TV Asahi version) 5.7%
Bleach 5.3%
D.N.A2 4.5%
Kinnikuman Kinnikusei oui soudatsu 4.4%
Senkaiden Houshin Engi 2.1%
Ichigo 100% 1.5%