Anime Viewership Rankings in Japan for the Second Week of August 2024

Anime Viewership Rankings in Japan for the Second Week of August 2024

#### Summary
The viewership ratings and average ratings for Japanese anime for the second week of August 2024 are as follows:

1. **Spy x Family**
   - **Viewership Rating:** 5.6%
   - **Average Rating:** 8.9/10
   - **Synopsis:** The story follows a spy named Twilight who must build a family to execute a mission, but he doesn't realize that the girl he adopts as his daughter and the woman he agrees to be in a fake marriage with are a mind reader and an assassin, respectively.
   - **Key Themes:** Family, Espionage, Comedy, Action
   - **Source:** [Spy x Family](https://www.viz.com/spy-x-family)

2. **My Hero Academia**
   - **Viewership Rating:** 5.2%
   - **Average Rating:** 8.7/10
   - **Synopsis:** In a world where nearly everyone has superpowers known as "Quirks," a young boy named Izuku Midoriya dreams of becoming a hero despite being born without powers. He inherits the power of the world's greatest hero and attends U.A. High School to learn how to become the next symbol of peace.
   - **Key Themes:** Superheroes, Friendship, Courage, Training
   - **Source:** [My Hero Academia](https://www.funimation.com/shows/my-hero-academia/)

3. **Detective Conan**
   - **Viewership Rating:** 4.9%
   - **Average Rating:** 8.5/10
   - **Synopsis:** High school detective Shinichi Kudo is transformed into a child while investigating a mysterious organization. To hide his identity and continue solving cases, he adopts the alias Conan Edogawa and lives with his childhood friend Ran and her detective father.
   - **Key Themes:** Mystery, Crime-solving, Detective work
   - **Source:** [Detective Conan](https://www.funimation.com/shows/detective-conan/)

4. **One Piece**
   - **Viewership Rating:** 4.5%
   - **Average Rating:** 8.6/10
   - **Synopsis:** Monkey D. Luffy, a young man with the ability to stretch like rubber after eating a Devil Fruit, dreams of finding the One Piece, the legendary treasure of the Pirate King Gol D. Roger. He sets off on an epic adventure with his pirate crew to become the next Pirate King.
   - **Key Themes:** Adventure, Pirates, Friendship, Dreams
   - **Source:** [One Piece](https://www.crunchyroll.com/one-piece)

5. **Dragon Ball Super**
   - **Viewership Rating:** 4.2%
   - **Average Rating:** 8.4/10
   - **Synopsis:** Continuing the adventures of Goku and his friends, Dragon Ball Super follows their battles against new, powerful foes, including gods of destruction and other universes' strongest fighters, pushing their limits to protect Earth and the universe.
   - **Key Themes:** Martial Arts, Superpowers, Friendship, Battle
   - **Source:** [Dragon Ball Super](https://www.funimation.com/shows/dragon-ball-super/)

6. **Blue Lock**
   - **Viewership Rating:** 3.9%
   - **Average Rating:** 8.3/10
   - **Synopsis:** After a disappointing defeat at the World Cup, Japan's soccer team looks to revolutionize their playing style by training forwards in a new, rigorous program called Blue Lock, designed to create the world's greatest egotist striker.
   - **Key Themes:** Soccer, Competition, Determination, Training
   - **Source:** [Blue Lock](https://www.crunchyroll.com/blue-lock)

7. **Tokyo Revengers**
   - **Viewership Rating:** 3.7%
   - **Average Rating:** 8.2/10
   - **Synopsis:** Takemichi Hanagaki learns that his middle school girlfriend Hinata Tachibana has died. After an accident, he finds himself 12 years in the past and decides to save Hinata by infiltrating and rising through the ranks of a gang.
   - **Key Themes:** Time travel, Gangs, Redemption, Love
   - **Source:** [Tokyo Revengers](https://www.crunchyroll.com/tokyo-revengers)

8. **Demon Slayer**
   - **Viewership Rating:** 3.5%
   - **Average Rating:** 8.8/10
   - **Synopsis:** Tanjiro Kamado's family is slaughtered by demons, and his sister Nezuko is turned into one. Determined to avenge his family and cure his sister, he joins the Demon Slayer Corps to fight the demon menace.
   - **Key Themes:** Demons, Family, Revenge, Swordsmanship
   - **Source:** [Demon Slayer](https://www.funimation.com/shows/demon-slayer-kimetsu-no-yaiba/)

9. **Attack on Titan**
   - **Viewership Rating:** 3.2%
   - **Average Rating:** 8.4/10
   - **Synopsis:** Humanity is on the brink of extinction due to giant humanoid creatures called Titans. Eren Yeager joins the military to fight back and uncover the mysteries behind the Titans and the world they live in.
   - **Key Themes:** Survival, War, Mystery, Humanity
   - **Source:** [Attack on Titan](https://www.crunchyroll.com/attack-on-titan)

10. **Hololive Production**
    - **Viewership Rating:** 2.8%
    - **Average Rating:** 7.9/10
    - **Synopsis:** This series features various virtual YouTubers (VTubers) from the Hololive agency, showcasing their unique personalities, talents, and interactions with fans in a fictionalized setting.
    - **Key Themes:** Virtual Entertainment, Comedy, Music, Variety
    - **Source:** [Hololive Production](https://www.hololive.tv/)

### New Updates
- **"Oshi no Ko" Season 2** continues to dominate viewership charts and has received high praise from both fans and critics, maintaining its top position in streaming rankings 

- **"Occasionally in Russian, My Neighbor Alya-san"** is another highly anticipated anime that has recently started airing and is gaining significant popularity for its unique storyline and engaging characters 
。