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TV Anime Statistics for March 2002
In Japan, March signifies the end of the winter television series. We must bid farewell to a few animated series that aired their final episodes this month. But, say "hello" to a new television line-up featuring brand new animated series. Find out which television anime series the Japanese were watching during the month of March. Did your favorite series make the list?
Top 10


Week of March 11-17, 2002
Ranking TV Series Title Time Slot Station
Audience percentage
1:
 Detective Boy Conan Monday 7:30pm
NTV
19.7%
2:
 Inu Yasha Monday 7:00pm
NTV
16.4%
3:
 One Piece Sunday 7:30pm
CX
13.8%
4:
 Tennis no Ojisama Wednesday 7:00pm
TX
12.3%
5:
 Hikaru no Go Wednesday 7:27pm
TX
11.7%
6:
 Tottoko Hamu Taro Friday 6:30pm
TX
10.7%
7:
 Pokemon Thursday 7:00pm
TX
10.4%
8:
 Oja Majou Doremi Doka~~N! Sunday 8:30am
ANB
9.4%
9:
 Digimon Tamers Sunday 9:00am
CX
9.0%
10:
 Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters Tuesday 7:30pm
TX
8.9%
Runner Up
 Shaman King Wednesday 6:30pm
TX
8.1%






Week of March 11-17, 2002
Ranking TV Series Title Time Slot Station
Audience percentage
1:
 Detective Boy Conan Monday 7:30pm
NTV
19.6%
2:
 Inu Yasha Monday 7:00pm
NTV
15.6%
3:
 One Piece Sunday 7:30pm
CX
14.3%
4:
 Tennis no Ojisama Wednesday 7:00pm
TX
11.8%
5:
 Digimon Tamers Sunday 9:00am
CX
11.4%
6:
 Hikaru no Go Wednesday 7:27pm
TX
10.3%
7:
 Oja Majou Doremi Doka~~N! Sunday 8:30am
ANB
10.2%
8:
 Pokemon Thursday 7:00pm
TX
10.1%
9:
 Tottoko Hamu Taro Friday 6:30pm
TX
9.8%
10:
 Shaman King Wednesday 6:30pm
TX
8.5%>
Runner Up
 Hoshi no Kirby Saturday 7:30am
TBS
7.6%






Week of March 18-24, 2002
Ranking TV Series Title Time Slot Station
Audience percentage
1:
 Detective Boy Conan Monday 7:30pm
NTV
20.9%
2:
 Inu Yasha Monday 7:00pm
NTV
16.6%
3:
 One Piece Sunday 7:30pm
CX
14.2%
4:
 Tennis no Ojisama Wednesday 7:00pm
TX
11.7%
5:
 Hikaru no Go Wednesday 7:27pm
TX
10.7%
6:
 Tottoko Hamu Taro Friday 6:30pm
TX
9.6%
7:
 Digimon Tamers Sunday 9:00am
CX
9.0%
8:
 Oja Majou Doremi Doka~~N! Sunday 8:30am
ANB
8.9%
9:
 Pokemon Thursday 7:00pm
TX
8.8%
10:
 Shaman King Wednesday 6:30pm
TX
8.1%
Runner Up
 Rockman EXE Monday 6:30pm
TX
7.8%






Week of March 25-31, 2002
Ranking TV Series Title Time Slot Station
Audience percentage
1:
 Digimon Tamers (Final Episode) Sunday 9:00am
CX
9.6%
2:
 Tottoko Hamu Taro Friday 6:30pm
TX
9.5%
3:
 Hikaru no Go Wednesday 7:27pm
TX
9.1%
4:
 Tennis no Ojisama Wednesday 7:00pm
TX
9.0%
5:
 Shaman King Wednesday 6:30pm
TX
8.3%
6:
 Oja Majou Doremi Doka~~N! Sunday 8:30am
ANB
7.8%
7:
 Pokemon Thursday 7:00pm
TX
7.6%
8:
 Rockman EXE Monday 6:30pm
TX
7.3%
9:
 Kinnikuman the 2nd Wednesday 6:00pm
TX
6.4%
10:
 Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters Tuesday 7:30pm
TX
6.1%
Runner Up
 FF:U~Final Fantasy:Unlimited (Final Episode) Tuesday 6:30pm
TX
5.8%






Week of March 25-31, 2002
Ranking TV Series Title Time Slot
Station
Audience percentage
1:
 Detective Boy Conan (Special) Monday 7:30pm
NTV
18.1%
2:
 One Piece (Special) Sunday 7:30pm
CX
15.1%
3:
 Digimon Frontier (First Episode) Sunday 9:00am
CX
10.3%
4:
 Shaman King Wednesday 6:30pm
TX
9.1%
5:
 Oja Majou Doremi Doka~~N! Sunday 8:30am
ANB
8.6%
6:
 Tottoko Hamu Taro Friday 6:30pm
TX
8.4%
7:
 Kinnikuman the 2nd Wednesday 6:00pm
TX
6.8%
8:
 Tokyo Underground (First Episode) Tuesday 6:30pm
TX
5.8%
9:
 Bakuto Senden Daiganda (First Episode) Friday 6:00pm
TX
5.7%
10:
 Shiawase-Sou no Okojo-san Tuesday 6:00pm
TX
5.5%
Runner Up
 Rockman EXE Monday 6:30pm
TX
5.5%


Detective Boy Conan © Gosho Aoyama/Shogakukan/Yomiuri TV.
Hamtaro © R.Kawai/Shogakukan/SMDE/TV Tokyo 2000/Pioneer/4 Kids Entertainment Inc.
Yu-gi-oh © Kazuki Takahashi/TV Tokyo/Pioneer/4 Kids Entertainment Inc.
Inu Yasha © Rumiko Takahashi/Shgakukan/Yomiuri TV/Sunrise/Viz.
Digimon Tamers © Toei Animation/Bandai/Fox Family Properties/Saban International.
Pokémon © TV Tokyo/Nintendo / GAMEFREAK / CREATURES/Pioneer/4 Kids Entertainment Inc.
One Piece © Eiichro Oda/Shueisha/Fuji TV/Toei Animation.
Hikaru no Go © Yumi Hotta/Takeshi Obata/Shueisha/TV Tokyo/Studio Pierrot
Shaman King © Shueisha/TV Tokyo/XEBEC/NAS/Mankin.Project.
Tennis no Ojisama © Takeshi Konomi/TK Works/Shueisha/TV Tokyo/NAS.
Oja Majou Doremi Doka~~n! © ABC/Toei Animation.
Kinnikuman the 2nd © Yude Tamago/Shueisha/Toei Animation/TV Tokyo/Bandai.
Tokyo Underground © ENIX/TV Tokyo/Studio Pierrot.
Bakuto Senden Daiganda © NAS/TV Tokyo.
Shiawase-Sou no Okojo-San © Uno Ayumi/Hakusensha/TV Tokyo.

Source: Newtype Magazine (Japan)