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17 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Hurray!! At last! Welcome to the N.H.K. is finally getting a UK release early next year!
I love this series! I watched it online earlier this year and enjoyed it very much. I also recently finished reading the light novel too, but out of the light novel, manga and anime - I think this is the best version to go for in my opinion!
Welcome to this strange and satirical dark comedy about a 22 year old college dropout - Sato Tatsuhiro - who suffers from being a hikikomori (the Japanese equivalent of a shut-in/recluse). What follows is a humorous tale about Sato trying to overcome his social problems, which leads to a number of misadventures and habits he can't seem to get out of. Some of them involve: sleeping 16 hours a day, being afraid to go outside, creating a hentai game with his next door neighbor, becoming an otaku (collecting anime/manga figures etc.), doing drugs, which adds to his paranoia and makes him hallucinate that his TV, radio and refrigerator are alive; downloading over 2 gigabytes of porn, accidentally joining an online suicide club, spending hours, days, and even weeks playing an RPG game...
From that description, it may sound like this series is only aimed at otaku fans and people who enjoy loads of fanservice. However, that is simply not the case... What the series does is it pokes fun at Japanese society/culture, whilst using those situations for great comedic effect and telling a very human tale of a young man's struggles in modern society. In many ways, the main character reminds me of me and my similar social problems...
According to Sato, all of his (and other people's) problems are the result of a conspiracy. A conspiracy set up by a shady organization, which is also responsible for turning people into hikikomoris, called the the N.H.K. (a Japanese TV broadcasting company similar to the BBC) As luck would have it, Sato's savior seems to be a young cute girl by the name of Misaki Nakahara who takes it upon herself to cure him of his hikikomori ways. Unbeknownst to Sato though, Misaki has her own ulterior motives and seems to know a lot about him than she lets on.
I also like the series' music too. From the intro song 'Puzzle', to the annoyingly catchy anime song that plays full blast by Sato's creepy and annoying next door neighbor - Puru Puru Pururin - to the bizarre but funny ending song - Odoru Akachan Ningen...
The series is about 24 episodes long and will spread out over 4 discs.
My main criticism would be that the animation is either average/good one minute, and then becomes weak and basic the next. I find it quite jarring...
Apart from that: Recommended!
I love this series! I watched it online earlier this year and enjoyed it very much. I also recently finished reading the light novel too, but out of the light novel, manga and anime - I think this is the best version to go for in my opinion!
Welcome to this strange and satirical dark comedy about a 22 year old college dropout - Sato Tatsuhiro - who suffers from being a hikikomori (the Japanese equivalent of a shut-in/recluse). What follows is a humorous tale about Sato trying to overcome his social problems, which leads to a number of misadventures and habits he can't seem to get out of. Some of them involve: sleeping 16 hours a day, being afraid to go outside, creating a hentai game with his next door neighbor, becoming an otaku (collecting anime/manga figures etc.), doing drugs, which adds to his paranoia and makes him hallucinate that his TV, radio and refrigerator are alive; downloading over 2 gigabytes of porn, accidentally joining an online suicide club, spending hours, days, and even weeks playing an RPG game...
From that description, it may sound like this series is only aimed at otaku fans and people who enjoy loads of fanservice. However, that is simply not the case... What the series does is it pokes fun at Japanese society/culture, whilst using those situations for great comedic effect and telling a very human tale of a young man's struggles in modern society. In many ways, the main character reminds me of me and my similar social problems...
According to Sato, all of his (and other people's) problems are the result of a conspiracy. A conspiracy set up by a shady organization, which is also responsible for turning people into hikikomoris, called the the N.H.K. (a Japanese TV broadcasting company similar to the BBC) As luck would have it, Sato's savior seems to be a young cute girl by the name of Misaki Nakahara who takes it upon herself to cure him of his hikikomori ways. Unbeknownst to Sato though, Misaki has her own ulterior motives and seems to know a lot about him than she lets on.
I also like the series' music too. From the intro song 'Puzzle', to the annoyingly catchy anime song that plays full blast by Sato's creepy and annoying next door neighbor - Puru Puru Pururin - to the bizarre but funny ending song - Odoru Akachan Ningen...
The series is about 24 episodes long and will spread out over 4 discs.
My main criticism would be that the animation is either average/good one minute, and then becomes weak and basic the next. I find it quite jarring...
Apart from that: Recommended!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Despite coming out in 2006 on Japanese TV, I still felt some joy at getting it two days earlier than the projected nationwide release date.
The versions on the 4 disc set are decent, though the English subtitles in the Japanese audio lack a little of the punch and fluency I've seen when watching the show online. So, as with buying any Japanese film/show on dvd, the subtitles aren't ideal compared to what you can find online (or even what you understand it to be) but it really can't distract from the story of this black comedy.
It's a shedload cheaper getting this dvd set than trying to buy the original novel here on UK amazon, and if you don't fancy learning Japanese for the acclaimed book, or gradually accumulating the slightly more adult manga, go for it!
The versions on the 4 disc set are decent, though the English subtitles in the Japanese audio lack a little of the punch and fluency I've seen when watching the show online. So, as with buying any Japanese film/show on dvd, the subtitles aren't ideal compared to what you can find online (or even what you understand it to be) but it really can't distract from the story of this black comedy.
It's a shedload cheaper getting this dvd set than trying to buy the original novel here on UK amazon, and if you don't fancy learning Japanese for the acclaimed book, or gradually accumulating the slightly more adult manga, go for it!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Wow, to me this was a fantastic story. It centres around the 'life' of Sato, a reclusive young shut-in with a prodigious pornography collection and an assortment of advice dispensing household appliances. (My fave was the lisping fridge) and mystery girl Misaki who attempts to cure him of his intense social anxiety.
The storyline is very well written and frighteningly realistic (for an anime of course), as Sato attempts to create a hentai game with his geeky neighbour. At first, the show can seem a little anarchic, but ater finishing the third episode I was fully drawn into the show and its uncompromising view on the unsavory aspects of collecting and gaming. There is little light in this show, and things always seem to get worse.
The characters are rounded, the voice dubs are well done (haven't seen the subbed version yet), and the soundtrack is top notch. The only fault I found was that the animation was slightly lackluster, but they weren't terrible.
Four discs, no special features. The show has some language, partial nudity and deals with suicide themes. Overall, I highly recommend this series.
The storyline is very well written and frighteningly realistic (for an anime of course), as Sato attempts to create a hentai game with his geeky neighbour. At first, the show can seem a little anarchic, but ater finishing the third episode I was fully drawn into the show and its uncompromising view on the unsavory aspects of collecting and gaming. There is little light in this show, and things always seem to get worse.
The characters are rounded, the voice dubs are well done (haven't seen the subbed version yet), and the soundtrack is top notch. The only fault I found was that the animation was slightly lackluster, but they weren't terrible.
Four discs, no special features. The show has some language, partial nudity and deals with suicide themes. Overall, I highly recommend this series.
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