The Best TV Shows on BS Asahi

Every BS Asahi Show Ranked From Best To Worst

Stay up-to-date with over 20 of BS Asahi’s elite series, with our list refreshed for September 2025. Icons of BS Asahi, Touka Gettan and 人類学者・岬久美子の殺人鑑定 made their debut in 2007 and 2010, setting industry standards. Across the timeline from 2007 to 2024, BS Asahi has presented audiences with over 20 captivating shows.

  • Sauna wo meideitai
    Sauna wo meideitai (2020)10.0

  • バナナマン日村が歩く!ウォーキングのひむ太郎
    バナナマン日村が歩く!ウォーキングのひむ太郎 (2021)10.0

    This health promotion program will make viewers want to walk tomorrow, as Bananaman's Himura Yuki, also known as "Himutaro," a walker who enjoys walking as a hobby, will fully convey the charms of walking! On the program, Himutaro himself will suggest walking courses and introduce the distance and number of steps on a map! The camera will follow Himutaro as he walks, full of a private atmosphere, and introduce the essentials for walking, the scenery along the course, and how to enjoy photography! There will also be a reward after the walk! We will also introduce some delicious standing soba restaurants!

  • 美女と焼肉
    美女と焼肉 (2021)10.0

  • Kamen Rider Zi-O
    Kamen Rider Zi-O (2018)9.0

    Sougo Tokiwa who always dreamed of becoming a king encounters a mysterious girl who came from the future and warns him that he would become the king of all time, Kamen Rider Zi-O, who destined to rule the world.

  • Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger
    Hikonin Sentai Akibaranger (2012)8.2

    A beautiful-yet-awkward genius recruits three otaku to protect Akihabara. Powered only by their own delusions, and aiming to be acknowledged as a true Sentai team, they become the Unofficial Sentai, Akibaranger!

  • The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash
    The Weakest Tamer Began a Journey to Pick Up Trash (2024)7.7

    Stars are everything, granting abilities to Tamers. So when Ivy was born without one, her village took it as an ill omen! Now banished, she leads a lonely life of salvaging rubbish to survive. That is until she befriends Sora, a weak little slime, in the forest. Together, the delicate duo embarks on a heartwarming journey of survival and discovers there’s more to Ivy than being starless.

  • Kyoto Burari - historical walks in Kyoto
    Kyoto Burari - historical walks in Kyoto (2016)7.0

  • Muyoan Retirement Training
    Muyoan Retirement Training (2017)7.0

    The main character, Hanbei Hinata, who plays Mizutani, is a direct hatamoto guardian who guards Edo Castle. While working honestly on that mission, he became disgusted by a colleague who only thought about his career advancement, and soon he abandoned all his desires and began to think about a retired life

  • Boku no Imouto wa "Osaka Okan"
    Boku no Imouto wa "Osaka Okan" (2012)6.2

    Boku-no-imoutowa"Osaka-okan", is a 2012/2013 Japanese anime television series, that premiered on December 21, 2012 on BS Asahi. The series has been licensed for streaming by Crunchyroll.

  • Touka Gettan
    Touka Gettan (2007)6.0

    Touka Gettan is set in the land of Kamitsumihara, where traces of magic and legend can still be seen. The land has been under the protection of the Kamiazuma clan since it was founded. The story revolves around Tōka Kamiazuma, the main protagonist, and his encounter with a young girl named Momoka Kawakabe who comes to stay with the clan. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that will bring an ancient legend to life.

  • Cats Don't Come When You Call
    Cats Don't Come When You Call (2015)5.0

    A professional boxer chooses to become a manga artist after sustaining an injury. The man takes in two cats: Kuro, who is very timid, and her younger sister Chin.

  • Idolls!
    Idolls! (2021)5.0

    Go for Hoi Hoi Hall! This is the passionate but relaxed 10 day story of struggling idols who fight to fill a 100 seat concert hall!

  • 人類学者・岬久美子の殺人鑑定
    人類学者・岬久美子の殺人鑑定 (2010)N/A

  • 告発〜国選弁護人
    告発〜国選弁護人 (2011)N/A

  • A Budding Blue Sky
    A Budding Blue Sky (2012)N/A

    Drama is based on series of mystery novels by Sakaki Tsukasa - "Hikikomori Tantei". Torii is a hikikomori who can make deductions even when he's given very small amount of information. His friend Sakaki works in insurance company and he's the only person who can help Torii to break out of his hikikomori style. They begin to solve mystery cases together.

  • Oedo Jikenjou Bimi de Sourou
    Oedo Jikenjou Bimi de Sourou (2015)N/A

    During the late Edo period when the Tenpo Reforms are in force, public discontent is growing over the collusive relationships between merchants and government officials. Kakie Shinpeita (Kitamura Kazuki) is a samurai who possesses a highly sensitive palate and remarkable knowledge of food. His family publishes a tabloid-style newspaper in block print that covers local happenings. However, Shinpeita is only interested in food and how to prepare it. He scours Edo looking for food stories to report as he uses his sense of taste and knowledge to help the Kitamachi magistrate Toyama Kinshiro (Nakamura Hashinosuke) to solve baffling cases that occur in the capital.

  • 女優堕ち
    女優堕ち (2016)N/A

  • Diary of a Strange Land
    Diary of a Strange Land (N/A)N/A

    The story centers on 35-year-old novelist Makio Kōdai, and her 15-year-old niece Asa, who live together under one roof. Makio took Asa in on a sudden impulse after Asa's parents, which included Makio's older sister, passed away. The next day, Makio returns to her senses and remembers that she does not do well in the company of other people. So begins their daily life, as Makio attempts to acclimate to a roommate, while Asa attempts to get used to an adult who never acts like one.

  • Because the Mountain is There
    Because the Mountain is There (2022)N/A

  • Hiroshi Sekiguchi's Magazine Memories
    Hiroshi Sekiguchi's Magazine Memories (2024)N/A

    In this program, Sekiguchi and his guests discuss a certain topic and how it was presented in the magazines of each era, while sharing their own memories and experiences.