NHK ni Youkoso!

Twenty-two-year-old college dropout Tatsuhiro Satou has been a hikikomori for almost four years now. In his isolation, he has come to believe in many obscure conspiracy theories, but there is one in particular which he holds unshakable faith in: the theory that the evil conspirator behind his shut-in NEET (Not in Employment, Education or Training) status is the Nihon Hikikomori Kyokai (NHK)—an evil and secret organization dedicated to fostering the spread of hikikomori culture.

NHK ni Youkoso! is a psychological dramedy that follows Tatsuhiro as he strives to escape from the NHK's wicked machinations and the disease of self-wrought isolation, while struggling to even just leave his apartment and find a job. His unexpected encounter with the mysterious Misaki Nakahara might signal a reversal of fortune for Tatsuhiro, but with this meeting comes the inevitable cost of having to face his greatest fear—society.

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Satou, Tatsuhiro Main

Koizumi, Yutaka Japanese

Nakahara, Misaki Main

Makino, Yui Japanese

Yamazaki, Kaoru Main

Sakaguchi, Daisuke Japanese

Purin Supporting

Shishido, Rumi Japanese

Kashiwa, Hitomi Supporting

Kobayashi, Sanae Japanese

NHK Agents Supporting

Kobayashi, Megumi Supporting

Hayamizu, Risa Japanese

Kusano, Yuu Supporting

Sawashiro, Miyuki Japanese

Satou, Shizue Supporting

Shou, Mayumi Japanese

Jougasaki, Akira Supporting

Tobita, Nobuo Japanese

Chiba, Makoto Producer

Shibata, Tomonori Producer

Yamamoto, Yuusuke Director, Episode Director, Storyboard

Shioya, Yoku Sound Director

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Dec 13, 2024

nurBeL_xelA

Recommended

It's hard for me to completly write an in-depth analysis review about this tbh as I feel like I have many things to say about it but none of them are coherent. But I'll do my best to explain a little bit about how this anime made me feel, as this feels like an anime that was made for me. And it appeals to me not based on personal tastes, but based on personal feelings and experiences. It feels so personal to me in fact that I feel like not talking about it and just keeping it private and sharing my thoughts and feelings about ... this series to no one. But again, I digress.

Besides being unironically the funniest anime I've ever seen, it tackles many sensitive topics like depression and suicide in a way that always feels very sincere, authentic and also too surreal for me, as there are some moments in this anime where I have seen myself in or at least relate to in a way where I could potentially see myself in that situation. Short unrelated footnote here: This is also probably the best romance anime I've ever watched.

This series overall is nothing short of an existential journey. I wouldn't at all recommend watching it with peers. I think watching this by yourself on your phone in your bedroom late at night is the most ideal way to watch it, as this anime feels tailor made for the chronically online and lonely 20-something's of today who are still trying to figure out their purpose in life.

This anime is a reason to keep living despite how miserable life can get. Experiencing that message throughout this anime may be painful, bleak and even cringe-inducing, it's still a very moving experience nonetheless, which is what I think all pieces of media should strive to be: entertaining but also educating you or showing you something unique and transformative like this. It is also easily one of the most creative depictions of mental illness that I have ever seen, perfectly balancing both the ridiculousness and the seriousness of having one.

This truly feels ahead of it's time for when it was made and it was also incredibly therapeutic for me and while I might have not changed as a human being after watching it, as I feel like I'll still make many mistakes in the coming years, I can at least learn from it, make the effort to change and remember everything about it for the rest of my days. This is definetly something I'll be revisiting throughout life as well and I'm so glad that I finally got around to watching it.

Please watch this anime. Thank you for reading!

Reviewer’s Rating: 10

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Oct 22, 2024

Bethalos

Mixed Feelings

Welcome To The NHK is one of the most brutally honest stories in anime. The main character, Satou Tatsuhiro, is in every way one of the biggest losers I have ever had the displeasure of watching. He believes in outlandish conspiracies, makes a fool of himself at every turn, is a terrible person to the people closest to him, and rarely learns from his mistakes. However, underneath all of this, he wants to get better. Saying that this journey is an uphill battle is a gross understatement. Satou manages to find failure after almost every milestone that he reaches in a way that is distinctly ... human and gives the anime a feeling of home. Welcome To The NHK understands the human condition, down to the flaws that everyone has and wants no one else to see.

I find myself coming back to this one. Like a warm embrace. it feels like home. 8/10

Reviewer’s Rating: 8

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Nov 3, 2023

anatoliakarpova

Not Recommended

This is the most overestimated anime that i ever seen, the score 8 is simply a collective delirium, the anime have some good point, but this wont make a good anime, i will enumerate in three lists

Good points;
the soundtrack are really good

yes, are just this, i am thinking about for 10 minutes and i dont get any other good point

razoable points;
caracters: some of them are really good like yamazaki, he is a human that definily exist in some place in the world, some of them are strange to think about like misaki, but the satou is simply the devil, and i am not talking ... about the hikikomori he is, or the lack of social habilities, he is the worse people in the world, everyone are tryng do help him, but he cant take one corret decision about what to do, and it cannot be just "part of the anime proposition", he doesnt grow naturally and some other problems, like how deal with schizophrenia

the art; doesnt are bad, but its not a masterpiece or something like that

Bad points;

the story are really slow, and have like, 12 eps that just doesnt need to exist, this anime you can wacth in 3.0x speed without any problem, and just ignore 10 episodes, because nothing happen, and when happen its just a like piece of shit, the arc of island or the video game should be a joke, because they are really bad, and not make sense, the peoples that thinks that have a good stories are lying to yourself, because "cult people" think that a storie are good just for deal about complicaded topics

the MC i think that i spoke enough about him

and for last, the comedy is not comic

Reviewer’s Rating: 4

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