Welcome to the N.H.K. (2006)

07/09/2006 (JP) • 24m

Animation, Comedy, Drama

Overview

Sato's life – or what's left of it – is a paranoid mess of conspiracy theories and social anxieties. He's terrified of the outside world; his apartment is overflowing with the remnants of cheap take-out food; and his retinas have been permanently scarred by a steady diet of internet porn. But maybe it's not all his fault. After all, the nefarious N.H.K. is out there, and they’re determined to turn society's fringe-dwellers into a brainwashed lot of jobless, hopeless, futureless recluses. Enter Misaki – a mysterious girl-next-door type who is Sato's last chance to beat-down his inner demons and venture out into the light of day. She's ready to help him overcome his crippling phobias, but Sato would rather cower in his existential foxhole and pretend to work on the demo for his virtual sex game. He’s afraid to face the world. She's strangely desperate to fix a total stranger. Maybe together they can be normal.

Top Billed Cast

Yui Makino

Misaki Nakahara (voice)

24 Episodes

Yutaka Koizumi

Tatsuhiro Sato (voice)

24 Episodes

Daisuke Sakaguchi

Kaoru Yamazaki (voice)

24 Episodes

Sanae Kobayashi

Hitomi Kashiwa (voice)

24 Episodes

Risa Hayamizu

Megumi Kobayashi (voice)

24 Episodes


Last Season

Season 1

2006 | 24 Episodes

Season 1 of Welcome to the N.H.K. premiered on July 9, 2006.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

based on novel or book

nerd

satire

slice of life

dark comedy

conspiracy

recluse

mental health

macabre

game design

game developer

unemployed

anime

game development

neet

hikikomori

psychological

conspiracy theorist

inspirational

hikikomori syndrome

suspense

youth

depressed

depressing

black comedy

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