Currently Reviewing: Welcome to the NHK
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![When I was young (late 90s, times like that) the appeal of anime was that it would tell stories that Western pop culture shied away from – the heroes had […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/vlcsnap-error846-115x115.png "Episode 23: Welcome to Misaki and Episode 24: Welcome to the NHK")
Episode 23: Welcome to Misaki and Episode 24: Welcome to the NHK
Posted on July 1, 2017 | No CommentsWhen I was young (late 90s, times like that) the appeal of anime was that it would tell stories that Western pop culture shied away from – the heroes had […] -
![Tables get turned, who cures who? These two episodes of Welcome to the NHK see all of Sato’s crutches being pulled out from under him, and the surprise revelation of […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/WelcomeToTheNHK_ep22_shot2-115x115.jpg "Episode 21: Welcome to the Reset and Episode 22: Welcome to God!")
Episode 21: Welcome to the Reset and Episode 22: Welcome to God!
Posted on January 14, 2017 | No CommentsTables get turned, who cures who? These two episodes of Welcome to the NHK see all of Sato’s crutches being pulled out from under him, and the surprise revelation of […] -
![Lifelines get threatened, and truths are revealed, while the desperate show their desperation plain. In Welcome to the Blue Bird, the tragedy of Megumi’s brother Yuichi is brought to full […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Welcometothenhkep_19shot_1-115x115.jpg "Episode 19: Welcome to the Blue Bird! and Episode 20: Welcome to Winter Days!")
Episode 19: Welcome to the Blue Bird! and Episode 20: Welcome to Winter Days!
Posted on January 6, 2017 | No CommentsLifelines get threatened, and truths are revealed, while the desperate show their desperation plain. In Welcome to the Blue Bird, the tragedy of Megumi’s brother Yuichi is brought to full […] -
![Sato’s problem, as a character, is that he isn’t that bad a NEET. He can talk to people, and discuss his issues and while he has neither motivation nor the […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/welcometothenehkiep18shot2-115x115.jpg "Epsiode 17: Welcome to Happiness! and Episode 18: Welcome to No Future!")
Epsiode 17: Welcome to Happiness! and Episode 18: Welcome to No Future!
Posted on January 3, 2017 | No CommentsSato’s problem, as a character, is that he isn’t that bad a NEET. He can talk to people, and discuss his issues and while he has neither motivation nor the […] -
![Having just re-embraced life, Sato find a way to re-engage with lifeliseness in Welcome to the Fantasy! and Welcome to Game Over! After a devastating phone call from his mother […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/nkh_ep1516_shot3-115x115.jpg "Episode 15: Welcome to the Fantasy! & Episode 16: Welcome to the Game Over!")
Episode 15: Welcome to the Fantasy! & Episode 16: Welcome to the Game Over!
Posted on January 2, 2017 | No CommentsHaving just re-embraced life, Sato find a way to re-engage with lifeliseness in Welcome to the Fantasy! and Welcome to Game Over! After a devastating phone call from his mother […] -
![This review could be subtitled “Welcome to Dramatic Tension.” Since it crossed the halfway point in its twenty-four episode run, Welcome to the NHK seems to have discovered that, hey, […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/WelcometoTheNHK_ep13_shot1-115x115.png "Episode 13: Welcome to Paradise & Episode 14: Welcome to Reality")
Episode 13: Welcome to Paradise & Episode 14: Welcome to Reality
Posted on February 14, 2014 | No CommentsThis review could be subtitled “Welcome to Dramatic Tension.” Since it crossed the halfway point in its twenty-four episode run, Welcome to the NHK seems to have discovered that, hey, […] -
![Most episodes of Welcome to the NHK have a muted sense of humor. It’s as though the anime creators decided they had twelve good jokes, so decided that one every […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep12_shot1-115x115.png "Episode 12: Welcome to the Off Meeting")
Episode 12: Welcome to the Off Meeting
Posted on February 4, 2014 | No CommentsMost episodes of Welcome to the NHK have a muted sense of humor. It’s as though the anime creators decided they had twelve good jokes, so decided that one every […] -
![Sato and Yamazaki work on the game. Hitomo (old high school flame) has a mild fight with her boyfriend. She takes a shower, takes a pill, goes on an Internet […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep11_shot2-115x115.png "Episode 11: Welcome to the Conspiracy")
Episode 11: Welcome to the Conspiracy
Posted on February 2, 2014 | No CommentsSato and Yamazaki work on the game. Hitomo (old high school flame) has a mild fight with her boyfriend. She takes a shower, takes a pill, goes on an Internet […] -
![Makoto Shinkai’s first short is a brief, elegiac piece about the way a happy young cat views his apparently troubled master. There are three versions of the short – one […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/she-and-her-cat-115x115.jpg "She and Her Cat")
She and Her Cat
Posted on February 1, 2014 | No CommentsMakoto Shinkai’s first short is a brief, elegiac piece about the way a happy young cat views his apparently troubled master. There are three versions of the short – one […] -
![NHK‘s slice of lack of life approach makes it a little difficult to analyze. Not only does very little happen in each episode, but each small action is analyzed to […]](http://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep10_shot1-115x115.png "Episode 10: Welcome to the Dark Side")
Episode 10: Welcome to the Dark Side
Posted on January 29, 2014 | No CommentsNHK‘s slice of lack of life approach makes it a little difficult to analyze. Not only does very little happen in each episode, but each small action is analyzed to […]