The final episode (episode 130) of the NHK Asadora drama series "Anpan " (General TV, Monday to Saturday, 8:00 AM), starring Mio Imada , was broadcast on September 26th, and it was revealed that the average viewership rating (according to Video Research, Kanto region, same below) was 18.1% for households and 10.0% for individuals.
The household viewership rating of 18.1% was the highest for the show, surpassing the 17.8% recorded in the 69th episode (broadcast on July 3rd), bringing the show to a fitting end. This was the first time in a year that a household viewership rating for a Asadora exceeded 18.0%, since the final episode of the previous morning Asadora, "The Tiger and Her Wings" (broadcast on September 27th, 2024), recorded 18.7%.
"Anpan" is based on the married couple Takashi Yanase(1919-2013) and Nobu Komatsu(1918-1993), the manga artist and picture book writer who created "Anpanman." 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 rough seas to become "Anpanman," the embodiment of "unreversible justice."