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Welcome to the N.H.K. (NHKにようこそ!, NHK ni Yōkoso!) is a Japanese anime based on the light novel by Tatsuhiko Takimoto. The 24 episode series was produced by Studio GONZO and aired in Japan from July 9, 2006 to December 17, 2006.

The anime was initially licensed for North American release by ADV Films for $240,000. In 2008, the license was transferred over to FUNimation Entertainment, along with 30 other ADV titles.

Synopsis

Sato's life is going down the drain.​ He's dropped out of college,​ only goes outside once a week,​ and sleeps sixteen hours a day.​ Surviving on a steady diet of internet porn sites,​ he finds himself falling further into a pit of despair.​ Then he has a sudden epiphany.​ Sato decides that the sinister broadcast company known as "The NHK" is trying to transform their viewers into jobless,​ societal recluses,​ and they bombard them with images of cutesy anime girls.

Unable to resist the charms of such addictive programming,​ innocent victims like Sato are soon too busy watching TV,​ reading erotic comics,​ and playing pornographic computer games to pursue a normal life.​

In Sato's darkest hour,​ he has a chance encounter with a beautiful girl named Misaki,​ who claims that she can cure him of his perverse ways.​ Is this mysterious visitor an angel of mercy,​ or a devilish agent of the NHK?​ Will he get a job and counter the evil organization,​ or will he submit to his weakness and download porn all day?​ Swimming in a sea of corruption,​ Sato prepares for the battle of his life.​ Welcome to the NHK!


Cast[]

Character Seiyū Dub Actor
Tatsuhiro Sato Yutaka Koizumi Chris Patton
Misaki Nakahara Yui Makino Stephanie Wittels
Kaoru Yamazaki Daisuke Sakaguchi Greg Ayres
Hitomi Kashiwa Sanae Kobayashi Luci Christian
Megumi Kobayashi Risa Hayamizu Monica Rial
Shizue Sato Mayumi Shō Christine Auten
Misaki's Aunt Kimiko Saitō Monica Rial
Nanako Midorikawa Rumi Shishido
Akira Jogasaki Nobuo Tobita David Wald
Hideo Nomura Atsushi Imaruoka
Yū Kusano Miyuki Sawashiro Kyle C. Jones
Go Minegeshi Takaya Hashi John Swasey
Sukekiyo Sugawa Chafurin
Mia Junko Iwao Monica Rial

Additional Voices[]

Video Releases[]

Distributor Year Format Contents Region Country
ADV Films 2007-2008 Episodes 1-20 1
NTSC
United States United States
5 Volumes
FUNimation Entertainment 2008 Episodes 21-24
1 Volume
2009 The Complete Series
2 Parts
2010 The Complete Series
4 Discs

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