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Originally Posted by mochichan
It was a small event but this year..it grew into some national sport event being covered by major TV stations like FujiTV, live streamed by Google, and have live commentators and english dubbers for foreign fans.
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The televised coverage was watched by
nearly 19% of Japanese television households!
AKB apparently also now has a variety show which runs at 1:00 am. It drew a
3.8 rating recently despite its timeslot. (Japan doesn't count DVR viewing in those figures either.) In contrast, late-night anime generally runs in the range of 1-3%, and figures below 1.0 are not uncommon.