Attention on the 95th episode: When will the genius manga artist Teshima Osamu appear? Gordon Maeda attracts the attention of viewers

What was the most captivating scene in the 95th episode (broadcast on August 8th) of the NHK Asadora drama "Anpan " (General TV, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM and others), starring Mio Imada ? When we looked at minute-by-minute trends in "attention level," which indicates the degree to which viewers were glued to the screen, we found that the scene with the highest attention level (surveyed by REVISIO, Kanto region, preliminary figures) was at 8:03 AM, when the genius manga artist Teshima Osamu, played by Gordon Maeda Go Ayano, spoke to Takashi, played by Takumi Kitamura, with a viewership of 75.2%.

"Anpan" is based on the married Takashi Yanase(1919-2013), the manga artist and picture book writer who created "Anpanman," and his wife, Nobu (1918-1993). It is a "story of love and courage" that will fill you with the joy of living, depicting how these two, who were once nobodys, overcame all sorts of troubles to become "Anpanman," the embodiment of "unreversible justice."

◇The highest point was at 8:03 AM. Teshima Osamu's appearance scene dominated the top three.

After the opening theme song, episode 95 begins with a scene of Kentaro (Fumiya Takahashi) and Takashi eating at a cafe. Although their faces are not visible from where they are seated, Takashi realizes that the man wearing a beret who is being called "sensei" by a man who arrives late is Teshima Osamu.

The "attention level" for that day rose sharply after the opening. At this exact moment, at 8:02 AM, it was at 74.4%. Teshima and the man continued to talk for a while, and Taka was shocked to see Teshima confidently say, "Next, I'm thinking of drawing a shojo manga. I think it will be a groundbreaking piece."

Unable to bear it any longer, Taka tries to leave the store, but as he passes Teshima's seat, Teshima calls out to him, "Um..." Teshima approaches Taka and says, "Your shoelaces are untied," and he ties Taka's shoelaces again, saying with a smile, "If you double them like this, they won't come undone." Around this time, around 8:03 a.m., the highest reading of the day was recorded at 75.2%.

The cafe scene ends at 73.1% in about four minutes. After this, Taka returns to his workplace, Samsung Department Store, and makes up his mind to submit his resignation.

It had been announced that Maeda would be playing the role of Teshima, but in the play we only see his voice and profile, and just like Takashi, the audience does not see his face for a while. It's like eavesdropping on a conversation. The direction of teasing Teshima's first appearance before gradually revealing his true self was a success. Viewers were drawn to the screen, and the two to four minutes of the cafe scene were ranked in the top three most watched scenes of the 95th edition.

After this, the attention rating dropped a little, remaining in the 60% range. There were two small peaks, one at 8:09 AM (70.1%) and the other at 8:10 AM (70.5%), when Tomiko (Nanako Matsushima) heard that Takashi was quitting Samsung Department Store and her expression changed completely, pleading with Nobu (Imada) and Takashi to reconsider. The rating barely reached 70%.

Another highlight is the conversation between Nobu and Taku at the end. Taku is feeling down and regretful about having chased Tomiko away, but Nobu encourages him by saying, "I know what you're doing. I know that one day you, a tiny Taku, will create a work that will astonish even a genius." This scene received 69.3% of the votes at 8:14 a.m.

The data used was a proprietary index called "attention level" published by REVISIO, a company that surveys TV program and commercial viewing habits in 2,000 households in the Kanto region and 600 households in the Kansai region. A dedicated device equipped with a human body recognition sensor constantly measures whether people are looking at the TV screen, and calculates the percentage of people in front of the TV who are paying close attention to the program.