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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: 2057 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 526 votes (sub:455, dub:37, raw:10, Spa.sub:8, Ita.sub:4, Fre.sub:3, Pol.sub:2, Dut.sub:1, Rus.dub:1, Rus.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, ?:1, Por.sub:1)
 Excellent: 699 votes (sub:617, dub:64, Fre.sub:4, Spa.sub:4, Ita.sub:2, Por.sub:2, raw:2, ?:1, Spa.edit.dub:1, Kor.sub:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Very good: 468 votes (sub:411, dub:40, Spa.sub:7, ?:3, Por.sub:2, Rus.sub:2, Fre.sub:1, Ita.sub:1, raw:1)
 Good: 226 votes (sub:194, dub:23, Spa.sub:4, raw:2, Rus.sub:2, Fre.sub:1)
 Decent: 63 votes (sub:57, dub:3, raw:1, ?:1, Ger.sub:1)
 So-so: 29 votes (sub:26, raw:3)
 Not really good: 13 votes (sub:8, raw:2, Spa.sub:1, Fre.sub:1, dub:1)
 Weak: 14 votes (sub:9, raw:2, dub:2, Por.sub:1)
 Bad: 10 votes (sub:4, Spa.sub:2, dub:2, Dut.sub:1, raw:1)
 Awful: 6 votes (sub:4, raw:2)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 3273 users, rank: #129
Median rating: Excellent
Arithmetic mean: 8.5816 (Excellent-.41), std. dev.: 1.387, rank: #113
Weighted mean: 8.4401 (Very good+.44), rank: #124
Bayesian estimate: 8.43573 (Very good+.43), rank: #64
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 24
Episode titles: We have 24
Vintage: 2006-07-09 to 2006-12-17
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)
Trivia: We have 9
Comment:
Based on a light novel of the same name written by Tatsuhiko Takimoto.
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Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director: Yusuke Yamamoto

Series Composition: Satoru Nishizono

Script: Satoru Nishizono

Storyboard:
Erukin Kawabata (ep 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 (ep 7, 11, 17)
Masahiro Sonoda (ep 4, 6, 12, 20)
Masashi Ishihama (OP under PN 右湊具央)
Michio Fukuda (ep 9, 14, 18)
Shinsaku Sasaki (ep 16, 23)
Yusuke Yamamoto
Yuuji Kumazawa (ep 21)

Episode Director:
Erukin Kawabata (ep 3, 19)
Hiroshi Kaburagi (ep 5, 13, 22)
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 8, 16, 23)
Jiro Fujimoto (ep 10, 18)
Keita Noda (ep 24)
Ken Katou (ep 9, 17)
Koji Iwai (ep 7, 11, 20)
Masahiro Sonoda (ep 1, 4, 12)
Toru Yoshida (ep 2, 15)
Yusuke Yamamoto (ep 24)
Yuuji Kumazawa (ep 6, 14, 21)

Music: Pearl Brothers

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 (ep 3, 19)
Fumitoshi Oisaki (ED1, Pururin OP)
Hideyuki Kataoka (ep 12)
Hiroyuki Negishi (ep 2, 15)
Hiroyuki Okuno (ep 8, 16, 23)
Hisao Muramatsu (ep 12)
Koji Iwai (ep 7)
Koji Yamakawa (ep 11, 18)
Kouji Murai (ep 6, 14, 21)
Masao Ebihara (ep 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 (ep 1, 24)
Yuichi Nakazawa (ep 2, 15)

Sound director: Yoku Shioya

Director of Photography: Naoki Kitamura

2D Special Works: Masaya Suzuki

2D VFX:
Naoki Kitamura
Shinya Kato

Animation producer: Tomonori Shibata

Art Setting: Hiroki Matsumoto

Assistant director: Masahiro Sonoda

Background Art:
Etsuko Matsunaga
Hideko Miyazaki
Ken Arai

Colour Check: Miyuki Kibata (ep 9)

Colour Design: Yumi Uchibayashi

Colour Setting: Miyuki Kibata (ep 9)

Design Work: Fumitoshi Oisaki

Digital Photography:
Atsushi Takeyama (OP)
Tomoyuki Sakurada (OP)

Editing: Akinori Mishima

In-Between Animation:
Chie Yamazaki
Jong Kyu Kim

In-between Inspection: Chie Yamazaki

Key Animation:
Fumitoshi Oisaki (ED)
Hiroki Matsumoto (OP)
Hiroki Sugawara (ep 10)
Hiroyuki Okuno (OP, 1, 3, 8, 11)
Hisashi Mori (ep 8)
Kan Ogawa (OP)
Kaoru Miura
Katsuya Asano
Ken Katou
Koichi Yagami
Masahiro Yamanaka
Masashi Ishihama (OP under PN 右湊具央)
Miyuki Inoue
Naoko Nakamoto
Norihiro Naganuma (OP, 1, 5, 11, ED2)
Norio Matsumoto (ep 24)
Shingo Natsume
Shunji Suzuki (OP, ep 24)
Takashi Maruyama (OP)
Tetsuya Takeuchi (ep 24)
Yasuomi Umetsu (OP)
Yuji Hosogoe (OP)
Yuta Suzuki

Music producer: Masao Fukuda

Planning:
Koji Kajita
Naohisa Yamashita
Shinichiro Inoue

Production manager:
Shinichiro Ishikawa
Takeru Yasuda

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 (ep 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 (ep 6,7)

Yasushi Miyabayashi as Computer (ep 1)

Yuji Ueda as Kurokawa Kazuya

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Gonzo

Art: Studio Easter

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)

In-Between Animation:
GK Entertainment
White Line

Key Animation: GK Entertainment

Music Production: Victor Entertainment

Paint:
GK Entertainment
White Line

Production: NHK ni Youkoso! Production Team

Recording Studio: Omnibus Japan

Sound Effects: Fizz Sound Creation

Sound Production: Omnibus Promotion

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: John Swasey

Translation:
David Hewitt (Ep. 9-24)
Kaoru Bertrand (Ep. 1-8)

ADR Script: Clint Bickham

Executive producer:
Joey Goubeaud
John Ledford

Producer: Scott McClennen

DVD Menu Design: Larry Koteff

Editing:
Eddie Shannon Jr.
Neil O'Sullivan
Patrick Givens

Graphics: Larry Koteff

International Coordination: Toru Iwakami

Media Coordinator: Janice Williams

Mix: Matt Wittmeyer

Packaging Design: Larry Koteff

Production Assistant:
Maki Nagano
Monica Jimenez (Ep. 1-8)
Paul Mericle

Production manager: Shelly Thomas

Recording engineer:
Adam Jones (Ep. 13-16, 21-24)
Bryan Leach (Ep. 1-4)
Cesar Inserny (Ep. 5-8)
Eden J. Barrera (Ep. 9-12, 17-20)
Matt Wittmeyer (Ep. 21-24)

Sound Design: Matt Wittmeyer

Subtitle Script: Dwayne Jones

Subtitle Timing: Dwayne Jones

Translation Proofer:
Adam Weber (Ep. 1-8)
Kaoru Bertrand (Ep. 9-24)

 

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 (Ep. 15-16)
Nanako Midorikawa

Shelley Calene-Black as Soba Noodle Proprietress (Ep. 19)

Brooke Henderson

Caitlin Glass

Charles Campbell

Chris Ayres

Christine Auten

David Wald

Eden J. Barrera

Eric Berding

Eric Love

Josh Swasey

K.C. Jones

Luci Christian

Mike Vance

Monica Rial

Olivia Swasey

Serena Varghese

English companies 

Distributor: ADV Films (UK) (UK)

DVD Production: Amusement Park Media

Licensed by:
ADV Films
FUNimation Entertainment

Production: Amusement Park Media

Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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