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Welcome to the NHK (TV)

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©2006 Kadokawa Shoten / Welcome to the N-H-K Partners


[ related to Welcome to the N.H.K. (manga) ]

Alternative title:
NHK ni Youkoso! (Japanese)
NHKにようこそ! (Japanese)
Добро пожаловать в Эн.Эйч.Кэй (Russian)
歡迎加入NHK! (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: dark comedy, otaku
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
Plot Summary: Satou Tatsuhiro, a 22 year old young man, is a NEET (Not in Employment, Education, or Training) and a hikikomori (meaning acute social withdrawal). He believes everything around him is a conspiracy, including the reason why many people, himself included, become hikikomori. Due to this, Satou creates a strange conspiracy theory which includes the Nihon Hikikomori Kyōkai (NHK), a secret organization with the intention of producing a hikikomori filled world. Satou intends to break free from the NHK's clutches, but cannot, since he finds it too frightening to go outdoors by himself; that is, until he meets Misaki Nakahara, who selects Satou for her "project" that she claims will cure him of his hikikomori ways.
Video:
User Ratings: 2311 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 599 votes (sub:515, dub:57, raw:5, Spa.sub:5, Ita.sub:5, Por.sub:3, Fre.sub:2, Rus.sub:2, Pol.sub:2, Ger.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, Ger.dub:1)
 Excellent: 783 votes (sub:668, dub:92, Spa.sub:5, Fre.sub:5, Ita.sub:3, ?:3, raw:2, Por.sub:2, Rus.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Spa.edit.dub:1)
 Very good: 530 votes (sub:457, dub:52, Spa.sub:7, Rus.sub:3, ?:3, Por.sub:2, edit.dub:1, Ita.sub:1, Kor.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, raw:1)
 Good: 257 votes (sub:214, dub:32, Spa.sub:4, Rus.sub:3, raw:3, Fre.sub:1)
 Decent: 72 votes (sub:64, dub:4, Spa.sub:1, raw:1, Ger.sub:1, ?:1)
 So-so: 28 votes (sub:26, raw:2)
 Not really good: 17 votes (sub:14, Fre.sub:1, raw:1, dub:1)
 Weak: 15 votes (sub:10, raw:2, dub:2, Por.sub:1)
 Bad: 4 votes (sub:2, raw:1, dub:1)
 Awful: 3 votes (sub:3)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 3679 users, rank: #124
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.556 (Excellent-.44), std. dev.: 1.3787, rank: #155
Weighted mean: 8.453 (Very good+.45), rank: #163 (seen all: 8.59 / seen some: 7.63 / won't finish: 5.16)
Bayesian estimate: 8.449 (Very good+.44), rank: #63
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage:
2006-07-09 to 2006-12-17
2010-01-04 (Animax Asia)
Releases: We have 13
Opening Theme:
#1: "Puzzle" by ROUND TABLE feat. Nino (eps 1-12)
#2: "Puzzle -extra hot mix-" by ROUND TABLE feat. Nino (eps 13-23)
Ending Theme:
#1: "Odoru Akachan Ningen" by Kenji Ohtsuki and Fumihiko Kitsutaka (eps 1-12)
#2: "Modokashii Sekai no Ue de" by Yui Makino (eps 13-22,24)
Links: We have 1
Trivia: We have 9
Comment:
Based on a light novel of the same name written by Tatsuhiko Takimoto.
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Reviews:
    Welcome to the NHK DVD 6
    Welcome to the NHK DVD 4
    Welcome to the NHK DVD 3
    Welcome to the NHK DVD 2
    Welcome to the NHK DVD 1

DVD
    Welcome to the NHK - Season 1 Part 1 (DVD) 2008-12-30 (from $14.99)
    Welcome to the NHK - Season 1 Part 2 (DVD) 2008-12-30 (from $14.99)
    Welcome to the NHK - Complete Box Set (DVD) 2009-08-25 (from $46.99)
    Welcome to the NHK - 1st Conspiracy (DVD 1) 2007-10-02 (from $5.00)
    Welcome to the NHK - 2nd Conspiracy (DVD 2) 2007-12-04 (from $5.00)
    Welcome to the NHK - 3rd Conspiracy (DVD 3) 2008-02-19 (from $5.00)
    Welcome to the NHK - 4th Conspiracy (DVD 4) 2008-05-13 (from $5.00)
    Welcome to the NHK - 5th Conspiracy (DVD 5) 2008-07-08 (from $5.00)
    Welcome to the NHK (DVD 6) 2008-12-16
    Welcome to the NHK + Artbox (DVD 2) 2007-12-04 (from $8.00)
Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 
Director: Yusuke Yamamoto
Series Composition: Satoru Nishizono
Storyboard:
Erukin Kawabata (eps 3, 19)
Fumitoshi Oisaki (ED1, Pururin OP)
Hiroshi Kaburagi (ep 5, 10, 13, 22, ED2)
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 8)
Koichi Ohata (ep 15)
Koji Iwai (eps 7, 11, 17)
Masahiro Sonoda (4 episodes
eps 4, 6, 12, 20
)

Masashi Ishihama (OP under PN 右湊具央)
Michio Fukuda (eps 9, 14, 18)
Shinsaku Sasaki (eps 16, 23)
Yusuke Yamamoto (eps 1-2, 24)
Yuuji Kumazawa (ep 21)
Episode Director:
Erukin Kawabata (eps 3, 19)
Hiroshi Kaburagi (eps 5, 13, 22)
Hiroyuki Okuno (eps 8, 16, 23)
Jiro Fujimoto (eps 10, 18)
Keita Noda (ep 24)
Ken Katou (eps 9, 17)
Koji Iwai (eps 7, 11, 20)
Masahiro Sonoda (eps 1, 4, 12)
Toru Yoshida (eps 2, 15)
Yusuke Yamamoto (ep 24)
Yuuji Kumazawa (eps 6, 14, 21)
Original creator: Tatsuhiko Takimoto (novel)
Character Design:
Masashi Ishihama (under PN 右湊具央)
Takahiko Yoshida
Art Director: Hiroshi Igaki
Chief Animation Director: Takahiko Yoshida
Animation Director:
Erukin Kawabata (eps 3, 19)
Fumitoshi Oisaki (ED1, Pururin OP)
Hideyuki Kataoka (ep 12)
Hiroyuki Negishi (eps 2, 15)
Hiroyuki Okuno (eps 8, 16, 23)
Hisao Muramatsu (ep 12)
Koji Iwai (ep 7)
Koji Yamakawa (eps 11, 18)
Kouji Murai (eps 6, 14, 21)
Masao Ebihara (eps 9, 17)
Masashi Ishihama (OP under PN 右湊具央)
Norihiro Naganuma (ep 5, 13, 22, ED2)
Shingo Natsume (ep 4)
Shinichi Nozaki (ep 10)
Takahiko Yoshida (ep 1)
Tomoyuki Shitaya (eps 1, 24)
Yuichi Nakazawa (eps 2, 15)
Sound Director: Yoku Shioya
Director of Photography: Naoki Kitamura

2D Special Works: Masaya Suzuki
Animation producer: Tomonori Shibata
Art Setting: Hiroki Matsumoto
Assistant Director: Masahiro Sonoda
Color Check: Miyuki Kibata (ep 9)
Color design: Yumi Uchibayashi
Color setting: Miyuki Kibata (ep 9)
Digital Photography:
Atsushi Takeyama (OP)
Tomoyuki Sakurada (OP)
In-Between Animation:
Chie Yamazaki
Jong Kyu Kim
In-Between Check: Chie Yamazaki
Music Production: Masao Fukuda
Theme Song Arrangement:
Fumihiko Kitsutaka (ED)
Round Table (OP)
Theme Song Composition:
Fumihiko Kitsutaka (ED1)
Katsutoshi Kitagawa (OP)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Kenji Ohtsuki (ED)
Rieko Ito (OP)
Theme Song Performance:
Nino (OP)
Round Table (OP)
Rumi Shishido (INS)
Yui Makino (ED2)
Unit Director:
Fumitoshi Oisaki (ED, Pururin OP)
Masashi Ishihama (OP under PN 右湊具央)
 
Daisuke Sakaguchi as Kaoru Yamazaki
Yui Makino as Misaki Nakahara
Yutaka Koizumi as Tatsuhiro Sato

Risa Hayamizu as Megumi Kobayashi
Sanae Kobayashi as Hitomi Kashiwa
Yoku Shioya as Hikikomori-Alien

Chafurin as Sagawa Sukekiyo
Akiko Matsuzaki as Housewife B (ep 1)
Asuka Ideno as Aircon
Asuka Tanii as Miki Saida (ep 9)
Atsushi Imaruoka as Hideto Nomura
Eriko Kigawa as Yamazaki (young)
Hideyuki Tanaka as Misaki's Grandfather (ep 23)
Hikari Yono as Housewife A (ep 1)
Junko Iwao as Mia (eps 15-16)
Kaoru Katakai as Housewife C (ep 1)
Katsui Taira as Television
Ken Uo as Tatsuo Kusano
Kimiko Saito as Misaki's aunt
Mari Orito as Female high school student (ep 1)
Mayumi Shou as Shizue Sato
Miyuki Sawashiro as Yuu Kusano
Nobuhiko Okamoto as
Colleague (ep 12)
Male student (ep 6)
Nobuo Tobita as Akira Jougasaki
Rumi Shishido as
Midorikawa Nanako
Pururin (ep 1)
Torotoro
Ryou Sugisaki as Refrigerator
Takaya Hashi as Minegishi
Wataru Hatano as Akito Sudo (eps 6-7)
Yasushi Miyabayashi as Computer (ep 1)
Yuji Ueda as Kurokawa Kazuya
Japanese companies 

2nd Key Animation:
Anime Roman (ep 15)
Asahi Production (ep 2)
AZETA PICTURES (ep 14)
Big Bang (ep 2)
Fenix (ep 12)
Front Line (ep 2)
GK Entertainment
Katori Animation (ep 15)
Last House (ep 2)
Mook Animation (ep 15)
Nakamura Production (eps 2, 8-9, 15)
Nendai Animation (ep 6)
Seigasha (eps 15, 17)
Studio Gash (ep 2)
Studio Mark (ep 15)
Tanto (ep 14)
Tokyo Animation Center (eps 2, 17)
Uni Animation (eps 15, 19)
White Line
Animation Production: Gonzo
Background Art: Studio Easter
Broadcaster:
Chiba TV (2006-07-09)
Gifu Broadcasting (2006-07-10)
Hiroshima Home TV (2006-07-15)
KBS Kyoto (2006-07-10)
Mie TV (2006-07-11)
TV Kanagawa (2006-07-10)
TV Saitama (2006-07-09)
TV Wakayama (2006-07-10)
TVN Nara TV (2006-07-11)
Design Works: Anime Torotoro
In-Between Animation:
AI (eps 5, 8)
Anime R (ep 2)
Anime Torotoro (ep 7)
Asahi Production (ep 7)
AZETA PICTURES (eps 3, 5)
Feel (ep 3)
Fenix (ep 5)
Front Line (6 episodes
eps 2-4, 11, 13, 15
)

GK Entertainment
Gonzo (eps 20, 22, 24)
Katori Animation (11 episodes
eps 10-11, 13, 15-19, 22-24
)

Mook Animation (ep 15)
MSJ (ep 19)
Nakamura Production (eps 5, 8)
Nendai Animation (eps 6, 14, 21)
Studio DEEN (eps 3-4)
Studio L (ep 5)
Studio Line (ep 5)
Studio Mark (eps 5, 7, 19)
Sunshine Corporation (ep 5)
Tama Production (ep 3)
Uni Animation (ep 15)
White Line
Wish (ep 3)
Key Animation:
AI (ep 20)
Angle (ep 12)
G&G Direction (ep 21)
GK Entertainment
K Production (ep 14)
Nakamura Production (4 episodes
eps 9, 13, 16, 23
)

Studio Mark (eps 11, 13)
Studio Mu (ep 10)
Studio Onepack (ep 11)
Tokyo Animation Center (ep 10)
Music Production: Victor Entertainment
Paint:
Anime R (ep 2)
Assez Finaud Fabric (ep 5)
Fenix (eps 5, 12)
Front Line (6 episodes
eps 2-4, 11, 13, 21
)

GK Entertainment
Katori Animation (10 episodes
eps 10-11, 13, 15-19, 22-23
)

Mook Animation (ep 15)
MSJ (ep 19)
Nendai Animation (eps 6, 14, 21)
Studio L (eps 5, 9)
Studio Lagoon (ep 19)
Studio Mark (ep 19)
Uni Animation (ep 15)
White Line
Photography Assistance:
Asahi Production (ep 19)
Ashi Productions (ep 18)
Assez Finaud Fabric (eps 14, 21)
D's Lab (11 episodes
eps 3-5, 9, 12, 16, 18-20, 23-24
)

Falcon Inc. (ep 10)
FENICE 302 (ep 18)
Line Farm (16 episodes
eps 1-5, 8-9, 11, 13-16, 18, 21-23
)

Rare Trick (ep 12)
Rikuentai (ep 14)
Sankou Production (eps 9, 16, 23)
Studio Cosmos (ep 14)
Studio L (eps 12, 23)
Studio Wood (ep 18)
Studio Yu (17 episodes
eps 1, 4-5, 8-13, 16-21, 23-24
)

Trans Arts Co. (15 episodes
eps 1-4, 6, 8-10, 12-13, 15, 17, 20-21, 23
)

w-sky (12 episodes
eps 4, 8, 10-13, 15, 17, 19-20, 22, 24
)

Wao World (eps 17, 23-24)
ZEXCS (eps 3, 6)
Production Cooperation: Front Line (eps 6, 14, 21)
Recording Studio: Omnibus Japan
Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation
Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion
English staff 
ADR Director: John Swasey
Translation:
David Hewitt (eps 9-24)
Kaoru Bertrand (eps 1-8)
ADR Script: Clint Bickham
Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud
John Ledford
Producer: Scott McClennen

DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff
Graphics: Larry Koteff
International Coordination: Toru Iwakami
Media Coordinator: Janice Williams
Packaging Design: Larry Koteff
Production Assistant:
Maki Nagano
Monica Jimenez (eps 1-8)
Paul Mericle
Production manager: Shelly Thomas
Recording engineer:
Adam Jones (8 episodes
eps 13-16, 21-24
)

Bryan Leach (eps 1-4)
Cesar Inserny (eps 5-8)
Eden J. Barrera (eps 9-12, 17-20)
Matt Wittmeyer (eps 21-24)
Sound Design: Matt Wittmeyer
Subtitle Script: Dwayne Jones
Subtitle Timing: Dwayne Jones
Translation Proofer:
Adam Weber (eps 1-8)
Kaoru Bertrand (eps 9-24)
English cast 
Chris Patton as Tatsuhiro Sato
Greg Ayres as Kaoru Yamazaki
Stephanie Wittels as Misaki Nakahara

Luci Christian as Hitomi Kashiwa
Monica Rial as Megumi Kobayashi

Christine Auten as Shizue Sato
David Wald as
Akira Jogasaki
Hideto Nomura
Jay Hickman as Taxi Driver (ep 24)
John Swasey as
Go Minegishi
Soba Noodle Proprietor (ep 19)
Sukekiyo Sagawa
K.C. Jones as Yu Kusano
Luci Christian as Maid (ep 18)
Mark X. Laskowski as Misaki's Grandfather (ep 23)
Monica Rial as
Dancing Puddings (ep 1)
Kazuko (Misaki's Aunt)
Mia (eps 15-16)
Nanako Midorikawa
Shelley Calene-Black as Soba Noodle Proprietress (ep 19)

English companies 
Broadcaster: Animax India
Distributor: ADV Films (UK) (UK)
DVD Production: Amusement Park Media
Internet Streaming: FUNimation Entertainment
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 
Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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