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Originally Posted by Soul Strike
That completely ass-backwards. Do you mean to tell me that tv rating are so low for anime that they can't get advertisers to to air the shows. Thats kinda hard to believe. I guess you really do learn something new everyday.
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Yes. Browse the
ratings thread. You'll see most late-night shows draw something between 0.5 and 2 percent of households. Here's a good
summary table from earlier this year. One complication is that ratings undercount viewing somewhat in Japan because, unlike US Nielsens, time-shifted viewings on DVRs aren't counted.
Anime telecasts have more in common with the infomercials carried in the overnight slots on American cable networks. In many cases the anime telecast
is an infomercial for the adapted material, the DVD/BD releases, and associated merchandise.