Naruto Ratings

Popular action anime Naruto topped the viewer ratings on Cartoon Network when it premiered in the United States this past Saturday. According to Nielson Media Research, Naruto “carved double-digit ratings and delivery gains among Cartoon Network’s targeted kids 6-11 and tweens 9-14”.

Cartoon Networks full press release with full ratings information can be read here.

Many anime fans as well as those in the industry hope that Naruto’s evidently immense popularity will cause another “anime boom”, and revitalise the industry which lately has been slowing down stateside.