Audience reviews
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anatoliakarpova
This is the most overrated anime that i have ever seen, the score 8 is simply a collective delirium, the anime have some good points, but this wont make a good anime, i will enumerate in three lists
Good points;
the soundtrack is really good
yes, are just this, i am thinking about for 10 minutes and i dont get any other good point
razoable points;
characters: some of them are really good like yamazaki, he is a human that definitely 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 worst people in the world, everyone are trying to help him, but he can't take a single correct decision about what to do, and it cannot be just "…
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Here it is, people. This is no hyperbole. NHK is the worst anime of all time. It is one of the worst pieces of media you can conjure. A reality show about the Kardashians must be better than this. Pathetic YouTube parodies are better than this. In order to make something worse than this, you’ll need to let Ian Watkins brag about his pedophilia in the Lostprophets album that was never made.
There is no correlation between artistic quality and morality, as Lostprophets have displayed. Yet, you have to wonder what kind of awful person would subject the world to this. Worse, what kind of person would make an anime whose purpose is to make fun of anime watchers? Imagine if your ordinary school bully made an anime. There is so much wrong that I want to rant about it, shoot up heroin and watch T…
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I can honestly say that I've never been so happy to be done with a series. This show is barely watchable, and it all stems from the main character.
The Worst Person In The Entire World
At first, I thought I'd really enjoy the show. The first 6-8 episodes or so have a unique feel with some decent comedy and interesting characters, but then it takes a turn that it never recovers from. The main character, Sato, is a twenty-something-year-old version of your boiler plate Shinji character, but it doesn't seem that way at first. Don't be fooled; once he starts exhibiting the cliche weak, hesitant, self-centered, clueless characteristics we find in way too many anime, you will loathe him for the remainder of the show.
Sato is not a NEET; he's not an hikikomori; he's not otaku; he's just an awfu…
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Overview:
Welcome to the NHK is one of the most beloved and critically praised anime NOT named Neon Genesis Evangelion. It actually shares quite a bit with Evangelion both for better and for worse as I will explain in my review. Both are series that can be described as essential viewing, thought provoking, meritorious, but also quite frustrating to watch at times.
Story and characters:
contains some Spoilers!!!
The main character is Sato, who lives alone in an apartment that his parents pay for. He is unemployed and has no drive to try find a job or interact with the outside world at all. He represents the Japanese cultural phenomenon of Hikikomori that you have probably seen referenced in other anime. There are also many people in their twenties in the US that are unemployed and live…
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Welcome to the NHK was an interesting experience for me, I didn't know what to expect from the show while diving into it, so it's not like I set my expectation high but I was still really disappointed by it, for a number of reasons that I will explain in this review.
The Story. It's about a NEET & Hiki named Satou and his crazy depressing life with several other characters. It was more or less a social commentary about a serious issue in modern society with a black comedy tone. The story was incoherent, at times it was about Satou and his problems and how he wants to deal with them and help himself but it shifts that focus through out the story, making it feel like Satou's problems are just delayed. It focuses on the wrong characters and dedicate arcs for them which don't contribute a lot…
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NHK ni Youkoso! or Welcome to the NHK! is something truly special that the medium of animation has offered us. From the fascinating and unique concept to the absorbing and seemingly very real characters, NHK ni Youkoso! has a power to engage and indulge the audience into something that is extremely relatable to oneself.
The story is focused around a seemingly normal guy named Sato Tatsuhiro; Who's a college dropout and relies on the pocket money given by his parents for a living. However this is just a prerequisite of what actually lies within Sato and that the show tries to explore into and convey to us -- That is the concept of being a "Hikikomori" (A person who tends to refrain from making contact, both verbally and socially to anyone). This is the basic premise of the show as we're t…
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There exists something rare in this medium. In fact, its so rare, that only a handful of titles have managed to do this and still make the anime work. This trait is called realistic chemistry of characters. In a fictional work, it's virtually impossible to create relations so genuine, that it is almost frightening to experience when you do so. You are aware that what you're witnessing is made-up, but can't help comparing the characters' life to yours, as well as the struggles they encounter.
This is where Welcome to the NHK shines, and they don't hold back in making you feel like you are part of the story; while being unable to help those who are suffering. It's a terrible feeling, and if you're weak-hearted, I do not suggest you to watch this show: it's simply too powerful.
Story: 8
The…
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Welcome to the world of mental disorders, in which everything looks colorful yet mundane. It is a world that lets affected people transcend the borders of the ordinary by allowing them to impose their very own interpretation of the world upon the circumstances that surround them. This way, people learn to cope with their sometimes unpromising situations by making use of their powerful minds alone.
Those who have a profound knowledge on the functioning of the human psyche including the process of dissonance reduction probably understand the importance of the NHK to exist. Ultimately, that what constitutes the NHK and other conspiracies (in the case of Satou and Kashiwa) as well as god (in the case of Misaki) is nothing else than the need to externalize the guilt people feel when confronted…
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Are you new to anime? Or are you a veteran? Well, with "NHK ni Youkoso!" it doesn't matter! This is one of those anime that you can easily get through, want more, think about it's message and wonder how such a masterpiece isn't more popular. Not only does this anime entertain it's audience with a wonderful story, a variety of characters, great sound affects and great music, but it also teaches the viewer about the difficulties of social anxiety and psychological disorders. There are only a handful of anime out there that handle such delicate subjects and shower them in brilliant dark comedy. Anyway, before getting too worked up in my intro, let me start my review.
Story (10/10)
Unique, complex, entertaining, slow paced and utterly brilliant. The story of this anime is so beautifully con…
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Welcome to the NHK has become my go-to when I want to recommend someone a series (mostly to a male audience I would say, though.) It's got a truly great mix of laughs, cringes, tears, light romance, stress, and all manner of feels. The series ultimately sums up all of the ways a modern man could be truly pathetic, and presents it in a way that makes us all contemplate, laugh at, and root for ourselves.
The series follows Satou Tatsuhiro, an active shut-in of four years, a raging narcissist (despite knowing how pathetic he truly is), and a borderline schizophrenic conspiracy theorist. It shows Satou's daily struggle to maintain his status as a NEET, while the world around him keeps trying to pull him outside.
NHK moves in several chronological story loops, which each span 3 or 4 episodes.…
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"A really huge, strong snake appeared. It dove into the ocean, and I stuck a thick sword into an apple. Also, I blasted away all around me with a black, shining, amazing gun." — Tatsuhiro Satou
It sure took me a while to get that "deep" dialogue by Satou if you know what I mean. *wink* * wink*
NHK ni Youkoso! or Welcome to the NHK! is a psychological anime presented in a humorous way. It's definitely one of the most unique and depressing anime I've watched thus far and I found myself laughing out loud every time our main protagonist, Satou, makes a fool out of himself but that laughter can very quickly change to depression, and at times I ask myself "Is this suppose to be funny or depressing?". With all the tragedy, drama and comedy this show has to offer, it's a definite roller coaster…
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Every now and then you come across those shows that just strike you with a sort of emotional response you rarely get elsewhere. It's not a directly tragic response, it's more a gentle, melancholy feeling - a poignant way of portraying reality for what it is - not a happy optimistic place, not a place where you're guaranteed a bright future, but a harsh place that some people find so hard to deal with they shut themselves away from it instead.
The main character of NHK!, Satou Tatsuhiro, is one such person. What the Japanese call a hikikomori (from wikipedia: "h. is a Japanese term to refer to the phenomenon of reclusive adolescents or young adults who withdraw from social life, often seeking extreme degrees of isolation and confinement."). He dropped out from college, has no job, and he s…
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I have to admit that I have put off watching this anime for quite some time, despite having heard many good things about it. A series about an anti-social, unemployed otaku who apparently isn't in the best psychological state to boot? How interesting could an anime like this possibly be? But with nothing to do on a rainy Monday, I finally decided to give Welcome to the NHK! a chance to gain my approval. It did much more than that. It also managed to win over my heart with its loveable characters and my brain with the numerous philosophical questions it poses. I couldn't stop thinking about it for the next couple of days. I even had a dream about it - an amazing feat - considering not even my guilty pleasure, Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica, managed to accomplish that. As great as this series is…
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Welcome to the N.H.K. is the story of a 22-year-old hikikomori/NEET named Satou Tatsuhiro.
More than half of you are probably wondering what a hikikomori is; So that explanation should probably come now before getting into the review of the series. The dictionary definition of hikikomori is "a state or condition of acute social withdrawal". The number of people living the hikikomori or NEET (Not pursuing Employment, Education or Training) lifestyle are increasing everyday worldwide but they are predominantly concentrated in Japan among the adolescent male population. The hikikomori are basically shut-ins. They feel uncomfortable in presence of other people. They don’t leave their rooms/houses unless they absolutely have to and make just enough money through various means (parents, relativ…
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Outstanding thing. Some times it was amusing to watch, sometimes it was painfully.
"Welcome to the NHK" is a kind of collection. Collection of troubles and problems we can meet in our life. It doesn't perceive as anime. It doesn't perceive as something fictitious. It is life. Hateful everyday life gets emotional colors and draws a wide reaction with slowly walking real life on the our side of screen.
In "NHK" everyday events are not shown grotesque and mockingly as in parodies and not weightly depressed as in psychological thrillers but somehow chaotically and tragicomicly — you want to weep, smile, think ironically and philosophize simultaneously. Every joke provokes not a roar of laughter but the sad smile as you recognize yourself and your troubles in "fictional" heroes.
Even…
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Welcome to the NHK (NHK ni Youkouso), first broadcast in 2006, is a fantastic series that mockingly celebrates deviant cultures versus their “normal” counterparts in modern Japan. This bizarre celebration is presented through a narrative focusing primarily on the protagonist Sato Tatsuhiro, those around him, and the struggles they face—at the center of which is Sato’s concerning status of hikkikomori.
A hikkikomori is different from an otaku, a term you’re probably familiar with; the former is a person who refuses to work or spend much time outside the safety of their abode due to their inability to cope with society and pressure, consequently becoming more and more confined to their quarters and less connected with the world. Their abundance is becoming a r…
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I was expecting a dark Satoshi Kon style satire on hikikomorism; the dehabilitating affects of media as represented by the NHK broadcasting company and post millennium conspiracy theories, but instead this anime merely uses hikkomorism as a backdrop for melodramatic relationship angst and blues.
There's no satire, no NHK broadcasting company, and no conspiracy. Why this show is even titled the way it is, I don’t know. The main character only mentions the NHK a handful of times and only in passing, there's no actual focus on the broadcasting company itself. The name is just an abbreviation of the main character's conspiracy theory spouted here and there.
There's no deep exploration of hikkomorism, as this anime would fool people into believing it does; the condition is just the Big Quirk…
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Welcome to the NHK is a Seinen, Psychological, Comedy, Drama about a guy who has become a hikikomori (someone who has shut themselves away from society) and is living his life believing in conspiracies. Then his life is suddenly turned around when some girl decides to cure him of his hikikomori ways.
This series starts of confusingly enough and it seems to flows at a very slow pace as it introduces the main characters and the overall plot of the series. However from the start it is pretty difficult to understand exactly what this is all about, because it doesn't do things in a way most anime series does. It's only until a couple episodes into the show that you can truly understand the nature of this anime and that is of the various psychological and social issues each character is faced w…
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First, let me say that I saw this entire show in a period of 3 days. So, that in itself says something about how enjoyable it was. If I wasn't having a good time watching it, then I wouldn't have bothered doing 12 episodes in one day. :)
The story is pretty well done. It basically traverses through Satou's rough life as a hikikomori and his various means to combat it. There are a few episodes that I had issues with, as they were quite "okay...this is really cheesy". But, overall, the episodes went well with the life of someone who is afraid to go outside or be in large crowds.
Animation is top notch. Absolutely no qualms with anything in this department.
The music was probably the best part about this show. Great opening and decent ending. The background music and "main theme" were awes…
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NHK ni Youkoso is an anime based off a novel and manga of the same name by Tatsuhiko Takimoto. It is a story about a hikikomori and NEET (Not currently engaged in Employment, Education or Training) named Tatsuhiro Satō who struggles with who he is and just getting through daily life.
Story: The main plot is about Sato receiving special training from a girl named Misaki Nakahara on how to break free from his hikikomori ways. Overall there is quite a depressing tone and it convey's realistic internal conflicts and struggles that the characters face. From start to finish it never seemed to stray from its purpose, which was among other things, to paint a picture of the hikikomori lifestyle.
Animation: Although the animation is generally good, there are a few cases during the series (entire e…
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