On January 2, the TV ratings for Japan’s New Year’s Eve programs were released by the Video Research group.



According to Yahoo News, the results of the new year’s eve television broadcasting’s viewership ratings show that the One Piece 2014 special edit of the 2008 movie One Piece Episode of Chopper Plus: Bloom in Winter, Miracle Sakura resulted in a small 3.3 percent average viewer rating during the movie’s entire broadcast.

It is worth noting that Fuji TV only garnered a 2 percent TV rating during last year’s broadcast in approximately the same time slot. Fuji TV started with a 4 percent rating for its 6 p.m. program The Face Of 2014: Sekai ga Erabu Kotoshi no Kao Award, and thus lost 0.7 percent during the One Piece movie. It also lost an additional 0.8 percent compared to the One Piece movie for its 11 p.m. program 2014->2015 Tsukitai Hito Grand Prix, ending the year with an average 2.5 percent viewership rating.

The big traditional Japan favorite New Year’s program NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen was able to get a 35.1 percent for part one and 42.2 percent for part two total average viewership rating while the runner-up was NTV with an 18.7 percent and 16 percent for its two-part Downtown no Gaki no Tsukai ya Arahen de!! that started at 6.30 p.m. and 9 p.m. respectively.

Note: All ratings are average ratings for the Kantō region as provided by the Video Research Ltd.