Welcome to the N.H.K. (2006)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Yutaka Koizumi
Tatsuhiro Sato
Yui Makino
Misaki Nakahara
Daisuke Sakaguchi
Kaoru Yamazaki (voice)
Michael C. Pizzuto
Tatsuhiro Sato (Animax dub) (2016)
Sanae Kobayashi
Hitomi Kashiwa (voice)
Monica Rial
Additional Voices
Risa Hayamizu
Megumi Kobayashi (voice)
Yusuke Yamamoto
Creator
Tatsuhiko Takimoto
Creator / Novel
Luci Christian
Additional Voices
Yusuke Yamamoto
Series Director / Storyboard Artist / Director / Series Director
Hiroshi Igaki
Art Direction
Greg Ayres
Yamazaki
John Swasey
Additional Voices
Naoki Kitamura
Director of Photography
Satoru Nishizono
Series Composition / Series Composition / Writer
Chris Patton
Sato
Takahiko Yoshida
Character Designer / Supervising Animation Director / Character Designer / Animation Director / Supervising Animation Di...
Masashi Ishihama
Character Designer
Tomoyuki Shitaya
Supervising Animation Director / Animation Director / Supervising Animation Director
Pearl Brothers
Original Music Composer
Masao Fukuda
Music Producer
Yoku Shioya
Sound Director
Akinori Mishima
Editor
Yumi Uchibayashi
Color Designer
Masahiro Sonoda
Assistant Director / Director / Assistant Director
Hiroki Matsumoto
Art Designer / Key Animation
Takami Tachikawa
Online Editor
Tetsuro Fujita
Online Editor
Naomasa Fukuda
Special Effects
Shin Inoie
Special Effects
Mutsuhiro Nishimura
Sound Effects
Jiro Fujimoto
Director
Akira Kato
Director / Key Animation
Keita Noda
Director
Miyuki Inoue
Key Animation
Hiroshi Mimata
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Okuno
Key Animation
Norihiro Naganuma
Key Animation
Katsuya Asano
Key Animation
Kaoru Miura
Key Animation
Sho Sugai
Key Animation
Takao Ebihara
Key Animation
Nao Nakamoto
Key Animation
Kensuke Ishikawa
Key Animation
Kaname Wakabayashi
Key Animation
Jun Takagi
Key Animation
Mitsuru Nakata
Key Animation
Chie Yamazaki
Key Animation
Shunji Suzuki
Key Animation
Koichi Yagami
Key Animation
Tsutomu Nishiyama
Key Animation
Norio Matsumoto
Key Animation
Masahiro Yamanaka
Key Animation
Tomokazu Shimabukuro
Key Animation
Shuji Morimoto
Key Animation
Takayuki Hamada
Key Animation
Chikara Sakurai
Key Animation
Shinichi Nozaki
Key Animation
Kouji Houri
Key Animation
Akinori Fudesaka
Key Animation
Hiroyuki Negishi
Key Animation
Kazuhiko Shibuya
Key Animation
Hiroshi Tomioka
Key Animation
Yudai Suzuki
Key Animation
Masaru Hyodo
Key Animation
Tsurugi Katou
Key Animation
Shingo Natsume
Key Animation
Tetsuya Takeuchi
Key Animation
Yasui Muroi
Key Animation
Masao Ebihara
Key Animation
Kenji Yokoyama
Key Animation
Toshihiko Fukano
Key Animation
Hiroko Obatake
Key Animation
Media.
Details.
Release DateJuly 9, 2006
Original NameNHKにようこそ!
StatusEnded
Seasons1
Episodes24
Running Time24m
Content RatingTV-MA
Genres
Wiki.
Welcome to the N.H.K. (Japanese: N・H・Kにようこそ!, Hepburn: N.H.K. ni Yōkoso!) is a Japanese novel written by Tatsuhiko Takimoto. It was published by Kadokawa Shoten in Japan in January 2002, and in English by Tokyopop in October 2007. The story revolves around a 22-year-old hikikomori, an asocial recluse, who gets aid from a strange girl who seems to know a lot about him, despite never having met him before. Common themes throughout the story deal with depression, anxiety, isolation, existential dread, the hardships of life and how people must deal with them in their own way. The novel profusely analyzes the hikikomori phenomenon, which is relatively widespread in Japan.
Welcome to the N.H.K. was adapted into a manga series, also written by Takimoto, with art by Kendi Oiwa. The manga was serialized between June 2004 and June 2007 in Kadokawa Shoten's manga magazine Shōnen Ace. The manga's forty chapters have been collected into eight bound volumes released in Japan and overseas. The English edition of the manga is published by Tokyopop, and the first volume was released in October 2006. The novel was also adapted into a 24-episode anime television series by Gonzo which aired in Japan between July and December 2006 on Chiba TV. In North America, the series was licensed for English release by ADV Films, who released it on DVD in 2007. In 2008, the anime became one of over 30 ADV titles acquired by Funimation.
In Japan, NHK refers to the Japan Broadcasting Corporation (Nippon Hōsō Kyōkai), Japan's national public broadcaster, but within the series the main character believes it stands for Nihon Hikikomori Kyōkai (日本引きこもり協会, The Japanese Hikikomori Association), which is a reference to the protagonist's claim of a subversive conspiracy led by NHK (the real-life broadcaster) to create hikikomori. While it mainly deals with the phenomenon of hikikomori, the plot also explores many other Japanese subcultures—for example otaku, lolicon, and Internet suicide pacts.