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Welcome to the N.H.K.

★ 8.2 11K votes 2006–2006 1 season · 24 episodes Ended AT-X
Mental healthPsychological struggle treated with real seriousness.This show: 10/10AnimeJapanese animation traditions and grammar.This show: 10/10Outsider leadA misfit or newcomer as our way into the world.This show: 9/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 9/10Dark comedyFinding the laughs in grim and taboo material.This show: 8/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 8/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 8/10Addiction & viceSubstance abuse and self-destruction up close.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Yutaka KoizumiYui MakinoDaisuke SakaguchiMichael C. PizzutoRumi ShishidoSanae Kobayashi
Starring
Yutaka KoizumiYui MakinoDaisuke SakaguchiMichael C. PizzutoRumi ShishidoSanae Kobayashi
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
0150300450600

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About

"A comedy about isolation that actually hurts"

Tatsuhiro Satou is a 22-year-old hikikomori convinced a shadowy organization called the N.H.K. is secretly responsible for turning young people into recluses like him. When a strange, persistent girl named Misaki shows up offering to help him recover, and a childhood friend drags him into dating-sim culture and pyramid schemes, his sheltered life starts to unravel. The show swings between broad, cringe comedy and genuinely uncomfortable depictions of depression, addiction, and isolation, carried by a lead who's more pathetic than heroic and all the more human for it.

Watch it for

the unflinching, darkly funny portrayal of depression and withdrawal that never feels exploitative.

Maybe skip if

you dislike watching a genuinely pathetic protagonist wallow before any real growth appears.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12006
8.28K249h 36m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Welcome to the Project!7.8
45024 min
▶2Creator e youkoso!7.5
38724 min
▶3Bishojo ni youkoso!7.7
36724 min
▶4Shinsekai ni yôkoso!7.4
34724 min
▶5Counselling e youkoso!8.3
36124 min
▶6Kurasu ruumu ni youkoso!7.9
33024 min
▶7Moratoriamu ni youkoso!7.9
32324 min
▶8Chuukagai ni youkoso!8.6
36524 min
▶9Natsu no hi ni youkoso!8.2
32324 min
▶10Daaku saido ni youkoso!8.0
30224 min
▶11Inbou ni youkoso!8.1
30024 min
▶12Ofu kai ni youkoso!8.6
34124 min
▶13Tengoku ni youkoso!9.2
53724 min
▶14Riaru ni yôkoso!8.4
32524 min
▶15Fantajii ni youkoso!7.7
29524 min
▶16Geemu Oobaa ni youkoso!8.2
31024 min
▶17Hapinesu ni youkoso!7.5
28324 min
▶18No Fuchaa ni youkoso!7.6
28424 min
▶19Aoi tori ni yôkoso!8.4
32724 min
▶20Fuyu no hi yôkoso!8.2
29424 min
▶21Risetto ni yôkoso!8.6
31324 min
▶22Kamisama ni yôkoso!8.4
30624 min
▶23Misaki ni yôkoso!9.2
45424 min
▶24N.H.K ni yôkoso!9.1
46524 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Yutaka Koizumi Tatsuhiro Satô
Yui Makino Misaki Nakahara
Daisuke Sakaguchi Kaoru Yamazaki
Michael C. Pizzuto Tatsuhiro Sato (Animax dub) (2016)
Rumi Shishido Pururin, Torotoro, Maid
Sanae Kobayashi Hitomi Kashiwa
Kaoru Katakai Hikikomori Alien, Housewife C, Kusano's Mother
Akiko Matsuzaki Hikikomori Alien, Nodoka Kase (Nanako's friend), Housewife B
Monica Rial Additional Voices, Megumi Kobayashi
Luci Christian Additional Voices, Hitomi Kashiwa

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