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NEWS: NHK ni Youkoso! Anime




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iBooks



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 6:11 pm Reply with quote
*starts frothing at the mouth*

Now all I need is an announcement of the anime and manga being licensed...
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Jariten
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PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 10:11 pm Reply with quote
Fantastic news indeed... I just hope that if they bring the series to the west, they do a good job explaining the Hikikomori theme to viewers.
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Jkid



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PostPosted: Tue Nov 22, 2005 11:19 pm Reply with quote
For those of you who don't know Japanese. The title of the anime means Welcome to NHK!. Say, I'm guessing the anime was produced to introduce people to NHK, isn't?
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dormcat
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:33 am Reply with quote
Jkid wrote:
Say, I'm guessing the anime was produced to introduce people to NHK, isn't?

That depends on which "NHK" you are talking about. Check out its trivia first.

Jariten wrote:
Fantastic news indeed... I just hope that if they bring the series to the west, they do a good job explaining the Hikikomori theme to viewers.

Personally I think otherwise. The manga fits the common image that otaku = hikikomori = lolicon, but they are not the same, although many do overlap.
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Joe Mello



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 12:39 am Reply with quote
Darn. Not only will there be no Domo-kun, this NHK reminds me of Rozen Maiden, which is a very BAD thing. ><

Although, it does kinda remind me of the Happy Family Planning episode of Paranoia Agent, but I'm not entirely sure why.
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 1:04 am Reply with quote
Joe Mello wrote:
this NHK reminds me of Rozen Maiden

Well, I said Jun is the best example in recent anime. Another recent anime-related sample was the glassed guy who left finished dinner plates in front of his room in Densha Otoko TV.
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Ranmah



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 8:27 am Reply with quote
Thanks for the heads up. I usually watch NHK every night.

That series reminds me of Densha Otaku (?) (Train Otaku).
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CocaCola58204



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PostPosted: Wed Nov 23, 2005 5:22 pm Reply with quote
Damn.

Ideas for a show where the NHK meant the broadcaster:

*A heavy-handed satire of the inherent contradictions between working at a government-funded broadcaster and the imagnary standard of "objectivity", vis-a-vie the tightly controlled Japanese press
* The day-to-day life of an door-to-door NHK person
* The madcap adventures inherent in creating a producing a NHK show

Add more if you can think of them.
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Shii



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PostPosted: Sun Nov 27, 2005 8:29 pm Reply with quote
And now, let us pray for a license.
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mrgazpacho



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PostPosted: Mon Nov 28, 2005 8:14 am Reply with quote
CocaCola58204 wrote:

Ideas for a show where the NHK meant the broadcaster:

* The day-to-day life of an door-to-door NHK person
* The madcap adventures inherent in creating a producing a NHK show



I'd watch those Smile (the latter sounds suspiciously like Animation Runner Kuromi though Very Happy )
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flamingspinach



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PostPosted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 3:19 pm Reply with quote
Ranmah wrote:
Thanks for the heads up. I usually watch NHK every night.

That series reminds me of Densha Otaku (?) (Train Otaku).


lol, that's Densha Otoko, meaning "Train Man".
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Tony K.
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PostPosted: Tue Jul 11, 2006 6:38 pm Reply with quote
flamingspinach wrote:
lol, that's Densha Otoko, meaning "Train Man".

Please do not revive threads that are almost 8 months old. Thanks.
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