Two Japanese series – ”First Love” and “JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean” – have made it to Netflix’s latest global non-English-language top 10, giving Japanese shows their highest performance since Netflix started publishing the top 10 in June 2021.

The new list, released from the U.S. overnight, puts cross-generational romantic drama ”First Love” in fifth spot with 12.3 million hours viewed on the top 10 for the week of 28 Nov-4 Dec and animated series “JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean” in eighth place with just under 8.8 million hours for a combined viewership of approx 21.1 million hours.

Starring Hikari Mitsushima and Takeru Satoh, ”First Love” released globally on Netflix on 24 November, hitting Japan’s top 10 immediately.

The series also made the top 10 in Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan and Thailand.

New episodes of “JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean” were released on 1 December.

Netflix has a slate of new Japanese titles for the holiday season, including “Gudetama: An Eggcellent Adventure” (13 December); “The Seven Deadly Sins: Grudge of Edinburgh” (20 December); the return of “Alice in Borderland” for a second season on 22 December; and director Hirokazu Kore-eda's new series, “The Makanai: Cooking for the Maiko House” on 12 January.