Demon Slayer Anime Ranked First In Japan For Record 18 Weeks

Published by Gintoki on February 18, 2022February 18, 2022

Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba is outshining on all the media streaming platforms across Japan. In a recent ranking list released by GEM Partners, Demon Slayer is leading the Weekly Viewers Rankings for a continuous 18 weeks since October! Besides, it was also the most-watched anime of 2021 in Japan.

GEM Partners is a Japanese agency that conducts surveys to release a ranking list based on entertainment content consumed by the user during the week. This survey considers data from 19 different platforms & takes nearly 7000 respondents into consideration each week, targetting men and women aged 15 to 69 years living in Japan.

According to the reports published by GEM Partners, Demon Slayer is the leading anime franchise in Japan as of now. The show has been on the top of the list across all SVOD (Subscription Video On Demand) distribution platforms in Japan for a consecutive 18 weeks.

Not a single anime or TV show has been able to dethrone it from its top spot since October. Demon Slayer: Mugen Train TV version started broadcasting in October and after that, Demon Slayer: Entertainment District Arc hold the spot until it finished last week with a banging finale episode.

Attack On Titan ranked 2nd on the list for a consecutive second week. The show is currently airing its final season of the series and is halfway through it. Ousama Ranking hold the 3rd spot while Jujutsu Kaisen ranked 4th on the list even though its anime television series ended a while ago.

Eiichiro Oda’s popular creation “One Piece” was also not behind the rankings and it successfully breached into the Top 10 list with a stronghold at 5th position. The rest of the list was dominated by international releases which included Netflix’s K-drama “All Of Us Are Dead”.

This ranking is based on 19 flat-rate video distribution services which include ABEMA Premium, Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV+, dTV, d Anime Store, FOD, Hulu, J: COM On Demand, Netflix, Paravi, Rakuten TV, SPOOX, TELASA, TSUTAYA. TV, U-NEXT, Animehodai, Disney Plus, Bandai Channel and Hikari TV Video Service.

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