What was the most captivating scene in the 121st episode (broadcast on September 15th) of the NHK Asadora drama "Anpan " (General TV, Monday-Saturday 8:00 AM and other times), starring Mio Imada ? An examination of minute-by-minute trends in "attention level" (surveyed by REVISIO, Kanto region, preliminary figures), which indicates the degree to which viewers were glued to the screen, showed that attention remained high from the middle of the episode onwards, peaking at 74.6% at 8:10 AM.
" Anpan" is based on the married couple Yanase (1919-2013), the manga artist and picture book writer who created "Anpanman," and 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 level was 74.6% at 8:10 AM. Yagi reveals his true feelings only to Ranko.
Episode 121 tells the story of what happened after the picture book "Anpanman" was finally released. Sales remained low, but Nobu (played by Imada) continued to read it to children.
A year after the launch of the magazine "Poetry and Fairy Tales," Takashi (Takumi Kitamura) was becoming increasingly busy, also serving as editor-in-chief of another magazine. Meanwhile, Yagi (Satoshi Tsumabuki) suggested serializing Anpanman in "Poetry and Fairy Tales." However, the serialized "Anpanman: The Mysterious Hero" did not garner much attention. A year later, Takuya (Motoki Omori) came to the Yanai household and suggested turning "Anpanman: The Mysterious Hero" into a musical.
The "attention level" graph, which shows the percentage of people actually watching the TV screen, fluctuated roughly every minute, forming a sawtooth leaf shape. The peak for the day was 74.6% at 8:10 AM, and it was in the 70% range eight times during the entire 15-minute period. Attention remained particularly high from 8:04 AM onwards, after the opening.
The most notable scene, which peaked at around 8:10 AM, is a conversation between Ranko (Yuumi Kawai) and Yagi. At work that night, Ranko asks Yagi, "Do you really think (the serialized "Anpanman") will be popular with adults?" to which Yagi replies, "I just don't want her to give up."
In another scene, Nobu, thanking Yagi for starting the serialization, asks, "You like Anpanman too, don't you?" Yagi responds like a "commercialist manager," saying, "Me? Don't be silly. I just don't want to disappoint young children. If the readership expands to adults, Anpanman will survive." At that moment, Ranko even chimed in, saying, "You need a strategy to nurture dreams, don't you?" This was a moment that showed that, unlike his "pose" at the company, he actually cared deeply for Taka.
The fact that it was none other than Ranko who revealed this is also an important point. The fact that it was revealed that Ranko and Yagi's relationship is continuing may also be one of the reasons why it has attracted attention.
The data used is a unique indicator called "attention level" published by REVISIO, a company that surveys the viewing habits of programs and commercials 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. (Text by Sasamoto Hirozai/MANTAN)
