
The story
Satou’s life – or what’s left of it – is a paranoid mess of conspiracy theories and social anxieties. He’s terrified of the outside world; his apartment is overflowing with the remnants of cheap take-out food; and his retinas have been permanently scarred by a steady diet of internet porn. But maybe it’s not all his fault. After all, the nefarious N-H-K is out there, and they’re determined to turn society’s fringe-dwellers into a brainwashed lot of jobless, hopeless, futureless recluses. Enter Misaki – a mysterious girl-next-door type who is Satou’s last chance to beat down his inner demons and venture out into the light of day. She’s ready to help him overcome his crippling phobias, but Satou would rather cower in his existential foxhole and pretend to work on the demo for his virtual sex game. He’s afraid to face the world. She’s strangely desperate to fix a total stranger. Maybe together they can be normal.
24 episodes
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17 credited
500 credited
Yui MakinoInsert Song Performance (ep 7)
Yui MakinoTheme Song Performance (ED2)
John SwaseyADR Director (English)
Rumi ShishidoInsert Song Performance (ep 4)
Clint BickhamADR Script (English)
Stefania PatrunoADR Director (Italian)
Yoku ShioyaSound Director
Kenji OoiwaOriginal Character Design
Tatsuhiko TakimotoOriginal Creator
Kenji OotsukiTheme Song Performance (ED1)
Kenji OotsukiTheme Song Lyrics (ED1)
Kenji OotsukiTheme Song Composition (ED1)
Kouichi OohataStoryboard (ep 15)
Norio MatsumotoKey Animation (ep 24)
Tetsuya TakeuchiKey Animation (ep 24)
Yasuomi UmetsuKey Animation (OP)
Takahiko YoshidaAnimation Director (ep 1)
Takahiko YoshidaCharacter Design
Takahiko YoshidaChief Animation Director (eps 6, 14, 21)
Kazuhiko ShibuyaKey Animation (ep 24)AniList community tags
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Very great anime about trying to unbecome a NEET and re-enter normal life
An amazing and well written story about an Ultra-NEET learning how to function in society.
A deeply personal story that offers a high contrast of sensations
For every success story, there are stories of failure. NHK brings a raw take on hikikomori - “failure of a human being”