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Japan's Animation TV Ranking, March 18-24

The final episode of Trace: Kasōken no Otoko (Trace: The Forensic Researcher Man), the live-action television series adaptation of Kei Koga's Trace: Kasōken Hōi Kenkyūin no Tsuisō manga, aired on Fuji TV on Monday, March 18 at 9:00 p.m. and earned an 11.5% rating.

NTV aired Detective Conan: The Last Magician of the Century (Meitantei Conan: Seiki matsu no majutsushi), the third film in the Detective Conan franchise, on Friday, March 22 at 9:30 p.m. and it earned an 11.1% rating.

NTV also aired Chihayafuru: Kami no Ku, the first live-action Chihayafuru film, on Monday, March 18 at 1:59 a.m. and it earned a 1.2% rating.

Title	Station	Date	Time	Length	Average Household Rating
Sazae-san	Fuji TV	March 24 (Sun)	18:30	30 min.	13.0
Detective Conan	NTV	March 23 (Sat)	18:00	30 min.	9.1
Chibi Maruko-chan	Fuji TV	March 24 (Sun)	18:00	30 min.	8.8
One Piece	Fuji TV	March 24 (Sun)	09:30	30 min.	5.0
Ace Attorney Season 2	NTV	March 23 (Sat)	17:30	30 min.	4.5
Gegege no Kitarō	Fuji TV	March 24 (Sun)	09:00	30 min.	3.9
Star ☆ Twinkle Precure	TV Asahi	March 24 (Sun)	08:30	30 min.	3.8
Soreike! Anpanman	NTV	March 22 (Fri)	10:55	30 min.	3.0
Oshiri Tantei	NHK-E	March 23 (Sat)	09:00	20 min.	2.8
Kimi no Ōuchi e - Lost and Found	NHK-E	March 21 (Thurs)	09:00	25 min.	2.3
Animated O-saru no George (Curious George)	NHK-E	March 23 (Sat)	08:35	25 min.	2.3
Forest of Piano	NHK	March 24 (Sun)	00:10	25 min.	2.3

The television ratings above are an estimate of the percentage of the population that watch a given program, based on data from a survey of households in Japan's Kanto region. The ratings do not count recordings that viewers watch later.

Source: Video Research (Kanto region)