-oyasumi- Nhk Ni Youkoso - Welcome To The Nhk - !new!

Released in 2002 (Novel) and 2006 (Anime), Welcome to the NHK was prescient. In the early 2000s, the term hikikomori was a niche Japanese phenomenon. Today, the "NEET" (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) and "shut-in" lifestyle is a global epidemic.

In one, you go outside. You buy a can of coffee. A girl smiles at you. You run away. -Oyasumi- NHK ni Youkoso - Welcome to the NHK -

The series predicted the rise of the "doomer," the internet forum dweller, the person who lives vicariously through VTubers, and the despair of the gig economy. When Satou tries to make a hentai game with Yamazaki to strike it rich, only to realize that their "dream product" is just a hollow knockoff of existing tropes, it mirrors the burnout of the modern indie creator. Released in 2002 (Novel) and 2006 (Anime), Welcome