How well is the anime doing, Ratings wise?

[Gabo2oo]

Out of curosity, what's the episode with the lowest rating we know of?
I do know for a fact that the highest one was the Ponyta episode back in Kanto.

 

[marshiyanmisuta]

Out of curosity, what's the episode with the lowest rating we know of?
I do know for a fact that the highest one was the Ponyta episode back in Kanto.

XY130 with 2.0. Of course there is, probably, episodes with much lower ratings we don't know because they didn't enter top 10.

 

[marshiyanmisuta]

They somewhat fell through recent months.

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SM001 + SM002 4.4
SM003 + SM004 3.8
SM005 3.6
SM006 3.9
SM007 3.7
SM009 2.7
SM010 3.9
SM011 3.9
SM012 3.9
SM013 less than 4.0
SM014 3.9
SM015 less than 3.8
SM016 3.7
SM017 3.6
SM018 3.7
SM019 4.4
SM020 + SM021 4.2
SM022 3.6
SM023 3.8
SM024 3.8
SM025 less than 3.0
SM026 less than 3.2
SM027 3.0
SM028 4.0
SM029 3.7
SM030 3.4
SM031 3.5
SM032 3.5
SM033 3.6
SM034 3.0
SM035 3.6
SM036 3.7
SM037 3.4
SM038 3.6
SM039 4.2
SM040 3.7
SM041 3.5
SM042 less than 3.9
SM043 less than 3.9
SM044 4.5
SM045 3.4
SM046 3.5
SM047 3.6
SM048 3.7
SM049 4.3
SM050 4.1
SM051 3.9
SM052 4.7
SM053 4.3
SM054 3.5
SM055 4.2
SM056 4.2
SM057 3.6
SM058 3.4
SM059 3.8
SM060 3.5
SM061 3.7
SM062 3.8
SM063 3.9
SM064 4.2
SM065 3.8
SM066 4.1
SM067 3.0
SM068 4.1
SM069 less than 2.7
SM070 4.0
SM071 + SM072 3.2
SM073 2.4
SM074 3.8
SM075 3.9
SM076 3.8
SM077 3.5
SM078 less than 3.5
SM079 3.3
SM080 less than 3.3
SM081 less than 2.6
SM082 3.0
SM083 less than 3.2
SM084 less than 2.9
SM085 2.8
SM086 3.2
SM087 3.0
SM088 3.3
SM089 3.2
SM090 3.0
SM091 3.1
SM092 less than 2.7
SM093 less than 2.5

Recent ratings:

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SM094 2.6
SM095 less than 2.5
SM096 less than 3.2
SM097 less than 2.7
SM098 less than 2.7
SM099 2.9
SM100 less than 2.7
SM101 less than 3.2
SM102 2.3

 

[KenzeyEevee]

Recent ratings:

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SM094 2.6
SM095 less than 2.5
SM096 less than 3.2
SM097 less than 2.7
SM098 less than 2.7
SM099 2.9
SM100 less than 2.7
SM101 less than 3.2
SM102 2.3

How Brock and Misty dont help to boos the ratings either

 

[NeoMiniTails]

How Brock and Misty dont help to boos the ratings either

The ratings have gone down since the timeslot change.

Why are you so stuck on whether Takeshi and Kasumi boost the ratings? The first time they showed up, there was a boost in ratings.

Their showing up a second time wouldn't obviously have as big as an impact since most fans were excited because it's been years since the original trio had been together.

Also, unlike before, the promos weren't as strong as it was the first time.

 

[radek.tadajewski.7]

The ratings have gone down since the timeslot change.

Why are you so stuck on whether Takeshi and Kasumi boost the ratings? The first time they showed up, there was a boost in ratings.

Their showing up a second time wouldn't obviously have as big as an impact since most fans were excited because it's been years since the original trio had been together.

Also, unlike before, the promos weren't as strong as it was the first time.

Maybe the ratings would go well if they brought back Dawn, May or Serena. Or something like this.

 

[marshiyanmisuta]

The first time they showed up, there was a boost in ratings.

That's not true.

 

[JinksChow]

The following link gives ratings for all episodes of the SM series, including for episodes out of the top 10:
精灵宝可梦 太阳＆月亮动画收视率列表 - 神奇宝贝百科，关于精灵宝可梦的百科全书

In addition, you can also navigate to ratings for episodes of past series using the links at the top of the page.

 

[Rath]

Ratings don't matter for a product placement anime. Or any anime for that matter, due to the advent of streaming and the internet. Less people are watching stuff live all-around.

 

[Mew2]

Ratings don't matter for a product placement anime. Or any anime for that matter, due to the advent of streaming and the internet. Less people are watching stuff live all-around.

Perhaps, but if there's a noticeable drop in ratings (and rankings) during a season, it could be indicative of issues that viewers have and could also be represented in lower viewings via streaming and possibly result in lower merchandise sales, which would be a problem.

 

[Rath]

Perhaps, but if there's a noticeable drop in ratings (and rankings) during a season, it could be indicative of issues that viewers have and could also be represented in lower viewings via streaming and possibly result in lower merchandise sales, which would be a problem.

True, but that hasn't been the case. Over the past two years, the Pokemon franchise has made more money than it has ever made before.

The products it's advertising are selling extremely well, therefore the anime is doing its intended job, and is thus performing well in the area that actually matters for an anime of its kind.

 

[Mew2]

True, but that hasn't been the case. Over the past two years, the Pokemon franchise has made more money than it has ever made before.

The products it's advertising are selling extremely well, therefore the anime is doing its intended job, and is thus performing well in the area that actually matters for an anime of its kind.

Is it? How do we know the games aren't doing well in spite of the animé? The games will almost certainly sell well unless Game Freak does something really stupid, which they haven't so far. Everyone's eager to see what Gen 8 will bring. But I don't hear all that much enthusiasm for the animé or where it will go after Sun and Moon, save for people wanting it to return to a badge quest. Now, I've used ratings (or top 10 rankings, really, since I think they give more of an indication of how the animé is actually doing) to defend the Sun and Moon animé and say that it's been doing better than at least XYZ until the time slot change, but the time slot change still happened and still seems to have had a negative effect on the animé in the only means of measurement we can get that refers to the animé. I would definitely be interested in seeing how animé related merchandise is selling. That could probably give us a better indicator of how the animé is actually doing.

 

[Rath]

Is it? How do we know the games aren't doing well in spite of the animé? The games will almost certainly sell well unless Game Freak does something really stupid, which they haven't so far. Everyone's eager to see what Gen 8 will bring. But I don't hear all that much enthusiasm for the animé or where it will go after Sun and Moon, save for people wanting it to return to a badge quest. Now, I've used ratings (or top 10 rankings, really, since I think they give more of an indication of how the animé is actually doing) to defend the Sun and Moon animé and say that it's been doing better than at least XYZ until the time slot change, but the time slot change still happened and still seems to have had a negative effect on the animé in the only means of measurement we can get that refers to the animé. I would definitely be interested in seeing how animé related merchandise is selling. That could probably give us a better indicator of how the animé is actually doing.

We have no way of really telling, but the anime exists to advertise the games and merchandise, and the games and merchandise are selling extremely well, so The Pokemon Company and TV Tokyo credit this to the anime doing its job.

 

[marshiyanmisuta]

If the anime is supposed to be an advertisement for the games, it's terrible at its job.

 

[Rath]

If the anime is supposed to be an advertisement for the games, it's terrible at its job.

People buy them, and the merchandise of Pokemon and characters that are prominent in the anime sell extremely well, so no, the anime is good at advertising. It pretty much carried the franchise in its early days, at least in the west, and continues to serve as an entry point into the franchise to this day.

 

[RetroPokeFan]

Even with writing, animation and characters that varies wildly in quality, for an anime series which (and let's be honest) only exists so that it can advertise not just the games but the series as a whole it perfectly does the job.....



mostly.

Then again I have a weird fascination for video game or toyetic based anime.

 

[Dogasu]

It seems like a lot of you are under the impression that a show's quality has any bearing on the ratings whatsoever? Shit shows get crazy good ratings while critically adored shows get cancelled because of low viewership ALL. THE. TIME.

Pocket Monsters' decline in ratings isn't a condemnation of its quality. It's a reflection of how fans have so many other entertainment alternatives these days compared to even five years ago, and it's a reflection of how the grandparents in Video Research homes (the Japanese equivalent of a Nielsen household) are the ones who control the TV on Sunday nights. OLM could magically make a Pocket Monsters series that somehow ticks off every item on you guys' wish lists and the ratings would probably still be where they are now.

 

[JinksChow]

Making the show not share a timeslot with one of Japan's most popular anime would probably help with ratings...

 

[Mew2]

Making the show not share a timeslot with one of Japan's most popular anime would probably help with ratings...

I agree. I still don't know what they were thinking in changing the time slot to directly compete against Chibi Maruko-chan. If they were to change it back, I could easily see Pokémon getting at the very least the low to mid 3s consistently again since those were the ratings before the time slot switch.

 

[Rath]

Making the show not share a timeslot with one of Japan's most popular anime would probably help with ratings...

TV Tokyo said themselves that they don't care about the ratings.

Abysmal viewer ratings for Pokémon anime series does not worry its broadcaster the slightest bit

After all, it’s been through worse before.


Japanese television station TV Tokyo celebrated the airing of its 1,000th Pokémon episode last year, and though it was an impressive milestone for both the anime and the station, viewership had actually taken a massive dip. Yet there’s a reason why the broadcaster is not panicking at all.

In the early days, TV Tokyo suffered from a constant lack of funds and staff shortage, not to mention having one of the lowest television ratings compared to other major stations. Then journalist Keisuke Iwata remembered being admonished by peers to use his wits instead of money to accomplish things. Large projects were not even considered due to tight budget.

The turning point came in 1992 when Keisuke read about popular children’s anime series Anpanman in the newspapers. The article reported that revenue generated from other sources such as merchandising rights and licenses actually surpassed profits gained solely from broadcasting. It ignited a passion in him that burned brightly to this day, and he swore to bestow dreams to children and revenue to his company through anime. He transferred from the journalism department to the film department the following year.

The world of anime was a harsh one, however, as production costs for each 30-minute episode amounted to seven million yen (US$62,348), an exorbitant amount that TV Tokyo could ill-afford. Relying on toys and video sales for profit, the station begged advertising agencies and external anime production companies to lower their service charges.

The winds of change began to blow in 1993, when TV Tokyo decided to help work on an anime series that later took the world by storm in 1995: Neon Genesis Evangelion. The massive hit not only earned the station terrestrial and satellite TV rights, it also filled the company’s coffers and helped set the stage for its next undertaking.

The Pokémon anime series came along in April 1997, racking up a modest viewer rating of 10.2 percent at the start, then rapidly climbing to 17.1 percent after three months. By November that year, Ash Ketchum and his monster-catching adventures propelled ratings to 18.6 percent, the highest ever in TV Tokyo’s history.

Riding on the waves of success after those two were card-based anime Yu-Gi-Oh! and iconic ninja series Naruto, yet trouble seemed to be brewing on the horizon. Japan’s declining birth rate forced a reorganization of key broadcasters, and though TV Tokyo was already a major player in the industry by then, changing times shaped the company’s decision to focus efforts on anime.

As of September 2018, audience rating for the Pokémon anime series has dropped to a pitiful three percent. That might spell trouble for a relatively small broadcasting company like TV Tokyo when compared to giants like Nippon TV, but the company is determined to step away from the common belief that ratings are everything, keeping itself afloat with licensing rights and various collaborations.

TV Tokyo has come a long way from its humble beginnings struggling to make ends meet. Thanks to Anpanman, Evangelion and Pokémon, the broadcaster has been brought back from the brink and is sailing smooth in the rough waters of the broadcasting industry.

They do not care. The show is still being kept afloat by all the merchandise it's selling, and by all of the sponsors (companies like Sony) who pay to have their names attached to the show. This mindset of theirs applies to all of their shows, not just Pokemon.