Series synopsis
Welcome to the N-H-K, also known as NHKにようこそ！ is a Japanese animation comedy drama television series that premiered on AT-X on July 9, 2006. It ended on December 17, 2006. It stars Yutaka Koizumi, Yui Makino, Daisuke Sakaguchi and Sanae Kobayashi.
Sato is a tangle of anxieties and conspiracy theories, believing that the nefarious N-H-K wants to turn society’s misfits into a mob of hopeless recluses. Mysterious Misaki might be able to help Sato overcome his phobias—if she can pull him out of his existential foxhole and get him to face the world.
Premise
Sato is a tangle of anxieties and conspiracy theories, believing that the nefarious N-H-K wants to turn society’s misfits into a mob of hopeless recluses. Mysterious Misaki might be able to help Sato overcome his phobias—if she can pull him out of his existential foxhole and get him to face the world.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Yutaka Koizumi as Tatsuhiro Sato (voice)
- Yui Makino as Misaki Nakahara (voice)
- Daisuke Sakaguchi as Kaoru Yamazaki (voice)
- Sanae Kobayashi as Hitomi Kashiwa (voice)
- Risa Hayamizu as Megumi Kobayashi (voice)
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 24 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 24 | July 9, 2006 | December 17, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Welcome to the Project! Tatsuhiro Sato is woken up from his deluded dream of conspiracies, by his noisy neighbour playing loud anime music non-stop. All this could be put to an end if he'd just go next door to complain however Tatsuhiro is unable to do this because he is a “hikikomori”. He later meets a girl named Misaki, who will later change his life around. |
July 9, 2006 |
| 2 |
Welcome to the Creator! In the park late at night, Tatsuhiro meets Misaki who claims to be able to cure him of his hikikomori ways, as long as he signs up to her project. Tatsuhiro remains stubborn and decides to forget about it however Misaki doesn’t give up that easily. So in the spur-of-the-moment Tatsuhiro lies by telling her that he has a job as a “creator” but she doesn’t believe him and asks for proof. |
July 16, 2006 |
| 3 |
Welcome to the Beautiful Girl! By chance Tatsuhiro discovered that his noisy otaku neighbour was in fact an underclassman he knew from High School and they end up deciding to create an eroge (erotic game). Before this Tatsuhiro must first get some inspiration by trying out some eroge himself nonetheless he gets absorbed into the sordid world of bishoujo “beautiful girls”. |
July 23, 2006 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | AT-X |
|---|---|
| First aired | July 9, 2006 |
| Last aired | December 17, 2006 |
| Runtime | 24 minutes |
| Status | Ended |
| Schedule | Sunday |