Welcome to the N.H.K. (NHKにようこそ!) 18 years old

Welcome to the N.H.K.

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.

Credits

Daisuke Sakaguchi
Daisuke Sakaguchi

Kaoru Yamazaki

Sanae Kobayashi
Sanae Kobayashi

Hitomi Kashiwa

Risa Hayamizu
Risa Hayamizu

Megumi Kobayashi

Yoku Shioya
Yoku Shioya

Hikikomori-Alien

Cast

Name Character
Daisuke Sakaguchi He was 32 , now 51 years old as Kaoru Yamazaki
Sanae Kobayashi She was 26 , now 44 years old as Hitomi Kashiwa
Risa Hayamizu She was 31 , now 49 years old as Megumi Kobayashi
Yoku Shioya He was 48 , now 66 years old as Hikikomori-Alien

Crew

Name Job title
Tatsuhiko Takimoto Writing He was 27 , now 46 years old Novel
Welcome to the N.H.K. poster
Welcome to the N.H.K. (18 years)

Ended

  • First Air Date: 2006-07-09
  • Runtime: [24] minutes
  • Number of Episodes: 24