Welcome to the NHK

I had read about Welcome to the NHK a while ago, but I didn´t feel like watching it then. Last month I got up to speed on Naruto Shippuuden, so it seemed logical to squander around a little.

The anti-hero is a college student who dropped out and became increasingly anti-social. Everything sort of just pours out of this simple idea. Actually I was scared when I watched the first episode, but then I found myself strangely drawn back and back again.

 

I can't see this as a child anime, the theme is adult, and most of the action actually never happens. Most of the so-called "action" is simply the desperation, anguish and terrible expectations of our favorite anti-hero otaku.

Thinking of animes, the main character rarely is what the anime's about. This one, for instance, is not about the character, but mostly about Japanese society and our post modern society all-in-all. We're not concerned about who has the most "chackra" (Naruto), or whose sword is bigger (Bleach). But if you can get a decent part-time job.

I'll find the trailler on the web and show it to you. Just gimme a sec.

Here you go:

The wikipedia page for Welcome to the NHK is also very thorough and complete.