Title: NHK ni Youkoso! - Welcome to the NHK!
Genre: social comedy
Production: Gonzo Studio
Year: 2006
Episodes: 24
SYNOPSIS: Sato is a hikikomori by Thatsuhiro two years, ie a person living in chronic isolation and can not leave the house, if not strictly necessary. He lives in Tokyo, where he moved to the University, but abandoned it after it is locked in total isolation. His only
company are the bizarre thoughts and visions caused by isolation, with appliances and furniture that speak and move. Sato is convinced that everyone in the world are victims of a conspiracy, as well as his beloved sempai taught in high school. He is a victim of conspiracy of the NHK (Japan Society Hikikomori), which leads to the forced isolation (author's note: NHK is also the name of the Japanese public TV). After two years of isolation his state now seems irreversible. One day, someone unexpectedly knocks on his door: a woman with a young girl. Both distribute a magazine that helps to overcome isolation hikikomori. After a few days the young and beautiful Misaki Sato comes back from proposing the conclusion of a contract: If he signs it will be required to take classes that will help him to escape from its chronic isolation.
The young man, very doubtful at the beginning, ultimately leaves you groped and started attending meetings with the strange girl. Sato's life begins to change, thanks to the encounter with the young Yamazaki, the tenant next door, an otaku gal who loves games (author's note: erotic video game starring gorgeous girls only).
The two decide to end their condition and to start his own, creating a game gal destined to succeed. Sato's life flows between new perspectives and lessons Misaki, girl who attaches more and more. By the time will come out and meet people who will lead him to live on the edge situations, including role-playing games online, collective suicide, economic fraud, an old love that seems to return.
Will Sato at the end to redeem himself and get out of his isolation with chronic Misaki?
not tell you .... Why is this an anime to be discovered!
technical realization: Studio Gonzo makes no exceptions! At first glance Welcome to the NHK did not say at all an anime produced by Wizards of computer graphics! It makes very little use, almost invisible. Everything is hand-drawn characters and have a design that is intentionally between the classical and the modern. The implementation varies depending on the tone of the plot at times seems to see a Japanese drama, others an anime classic, others have a Majokko ... In short, the characters are always the same, but the atmosphere is fantastic.
There is an episode that is lacking from the technical point of view.
The soundtrack then it is absolutely brilliant and delicious. Especially the song "Pururin" beloved boy wizard to madness dall'otaku Yamazaki.
SCREENPLAY: Welcome to the NHK is an excerpt from a novel by Tatsuhiko Takimoto (note the similarity with the name of the protagonist), who became a manga drawn by Kenji Ooiwa.
The story is really original. You can not add more. Nothing usually quite different from the usual anime and manga. Deeply self-critical and critical to the Japanese society, without ever lapsing into pathos, always using a lot of irony and lightness. The dialogue of the soul are absolutely sublime! Well .... A perfect script!
CRITICISM: Welcome to the NHK certainly can not be defined as a masterpiece, but from a certain point of view comes close to something really important. I had never seen an anime criticize certain distortion of the rigid Japanese society with so much originality and humor. It should definitely seen, especially by those of us who love the world of Japanese anime and manga and wants to learn more about lesser-known aspects of Japanese society.
The protagonist, through his story, he lives all the negative experiences of Japanese society: he lives in isolation, is believed to be the victim of a big conspiracy, become an otaku gal of games, you will engage in a deluded by love collective suicide attempt, he will cheat money from door to door salesmen of absurd objects, becomes a creator of video games, become ill, and a set of role-playing games live, will suffer from hunger and cold experiencing the consequences of the economic crisis in Japan.
Eventually Sato will probably be saved from death by a girl geek who loves him even more because it is unlucky for her.
Well, Welcome to the NHK truly deserves to be seen, not only for the hilarious story and great originality, but also because it deals with real issues and real dramatic lightly through the world of anime and manga.
I'll straconsiglio! And you will see that even after the second episode you can not help but hum "Puru-Puru-pururin ..."!!! ^ _ ^
NOTE: dedicated to lovers of Berserk! Watch this anime and you'll understand better our Kentaro Miura! E 'equal to Yamazaki (maybe even a little' more ugly: P)
I put this otaki section, because for us it is absolutely not to be missed;)
VOTE: 9
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