Currently Reviewing: Welcome to the NHK
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![Welcome to the NHK is fueled entirely by Sato’s ego, and his denial about his circumstances. At the beginning of the episode Misaki offers him a contract for her support […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/WelcometoTheNHK_ep2_shot2-115x115.png "Episode 2: Welcome to the Creator")
Episode 2: Welcome to the Creator
Posted on January 3, 2014 | No CommentsWelcome to the NHK is fueled entirely by Sato’s ego, and his denial about his circumstances. At the beginning of the episode Misaki offers him a contract for her support […] -
![Hikikomori – social self-rejects. Sponging off of their parents, without the wherewithal to get out of their apartments, get jobs, get training, get educated. People who have seen the world, […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/WelcometoTheNHK_ep1_shot2-115x115.png "Episode 1: Welcome to the Conspiracy")
Episode 1: Welcome to the Conspiracy
Posted on October 14, 2013 | No CommentsHikikomori – social self-rejects. Sponging off of their parents, without the wherewithal to get out of their apartments, get jobs, get training, get educated. People who have seen the world, […] -
![There’s a certain disconnect, or lack of understanding, when it comes to meta. Meta means self-commentary, self-awareness. But the simple acknowledgement of a medium within the medium is not interesting, […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/PAE10_shot1-115x115.png "Episode 10: Mellow Maromi")
Episode 10: Mellow Maromi
Posted on April 5, 2013 | No CommentsThere’s a certain disconnect, or lack of understanding, when it comes to meta. Meta means self-commentary, self-awareness. But the simple acknowledgement of a medium within the medium is not interesting, […] -
![“ETC” is an excuse to do a bunch of Shonen Bat short stories, weird half-formed ideas to explain the normal unpleasant goings-on of urban life, placing the Bat at the […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/PAE9_shot3-115x115.png "Episode 9: ETC")
Episode 9: ETC
Posted on March 25, 2013 | No Comments“ETC” is an excuse to do a bunch of Shonen Bat short stories, weird half-formed ideas to explain the normal unpleasant goings-on of urban life, placing the Bat at the […] -
![“You don’t need a character to be sympathetic, just compelling.” It’s become an old saw, at least since anti-hero characters have been mainstreamed (something that happened in American cinema in […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/PAE4_shot3-115x115.png "Episode 4: A Man’s Path")
Episode 4: A Man’s Path
Posted on February 6, 2013 | No Comments“You don’t need a character to be sympathetic, just compelling.” It’s become an old saw, at least since anti-hero characters have been mainstreamed (something that happened in American cinema in […] -
![Does Satoshi Kon have contempt for his audience? Fat, ugly Otakus have infested a couple of his shows – one is a potential stalker in Perfect Blue, and this episode […]](https://explodedgoat.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/PAE3_shot1-115x115.png "Episode 3: Double Lips")
Episode 3: Double Lips
Posted on February 2, 2013 | No CommentsDoes Satoshi Kon have contempt for his audience? Fat, ugly Otakus have infested a couple of his shows – one is a potential stalker in Perfect Blue, and this episode […] -
Episode 2: Golden Shoes
Posted on December 30, 2012 | No CommentsIchi, the Golden Boy of his class, finds life isn't so golden when everyone thinks he is the mysterious attack, Shonen Bat. -
Episode 1: Enter Lil Slugger
Posted on December 1, 2012 | No CommentsWhen character designer Sugi has trouble coming up with a new cute toy, pressure builds... until it is released by a small boy with a golden bat who may or may not have been birthed from her imagination.