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Alternate Titles: None

Original Japanese Release Date: 2006

Episode Length/Run-time: 24 Episodes

Summary:

Satou Tatsuhiro is not your average awkward otaku.  He  is what is known as a NEET (Not Engaged in Education or Training).  A general leech to the system he spends most of his time locked in his apartment, incapable of branching out to the real world or real people.  In his solitude he creates a conspiracy theory with the initials of the popular television provider the NHK or the Nihon Hikikomori Kyōkai as he calls it, an organization dedicated to the creation of NEETs.  One day, after meeting him by chance Misaki Nakahara invites Satou to be a part of her project, saying she can “cure” him.  So he begins to venture out into the world again slowly.

Review:

This anime is pure fun especially to the anime fan. You show about a great otaku shut in his apartment well it speaks of the hard-core anime fan in all of us I think. I mean, who wouldn’t want to sit around all day and watch anime? However, like with most things he learns that you can’t just sit there and do nothing.

The animation style is average appropriate time and generally interesting. There is a sort of psychological flair to it and many people who had seen or heard talking about this anime generally bring that up, but I wouldn’t really play that aspect of this anime up. She is a minor psychological overtone to the series but that’s not really what it’s about.

The theory is really just a playful romp through the lives of the characters. You want to see the characters succeed because you see yourself in him or maybe probably more likely you know someone like him. And fortunately for the show it is generally amusing, because if it wasn’t it wouldn’t have much else to stand on. In all of you recommending this to my friends or somebody looking for a playful show. At least it wasn’t a waste of my time or mindless romp through cliché land.

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