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Features: DVD
 Editor's Note
 Rare as it might be, there are people all over the world who refuse to leave their homes, earning them the label of "shut-ins." But in Japan the phenomena has become so big that a new label, "hikikomori," has been coined to describe an entire generation of people in self-exile. Ironically this issue is often associated with manga and anime such as WELCOME TO THE N.H.K., which is what makes this story a unique approach within the genre. Tatsuhiro Sato is one such hikkikomori who, after years of unemployment, convinces himself that the largest TV network in Tokyo is somehow responsible for his situation. That is until he meets Misaki, who's determined to help him lose his paranoia and leave his house. Part one of season one is an addictive 12-episode introduction to an unusual anime that confronts the psychology of people who might be too in love with unreality and as a result find it slipping away from them.
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Features | Region 1 |  | 2-Disc Set |  | Anamorphic Widescreen - 1.78 |  | Audio:
 | Stereo 2.0 - Japanese |  | Dolby Digital 5.1 - English |  | Subtitles - English - Optional |
|  | Additional Release Material:
 | Additional Footage - Clean Opening/Closing Animation |  | Trailers |
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 | Disc 1:
 | 1. "Welcome To The Project!" |  | 2. "Welcome To The Creator!" |  | 3. "Welcome To The Beautiful Girls!" |  | 4. "Welcome To The New World!" |  | 5. "Welcome To Counselling!" |  | 6. "Welcome To The Classroom!" |
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 | Disc 2:
 | 7. "Welcome To The Moratorium!" |  | 8. "Welcome To Chinatown!" |  | 9. "Welcome To Summer Days!" |  | 10. "Welcome To The Dark Side!" |  | 11. "Welcome To The Conspiracy!" |  | 12. "Welcome To The Offline Gathering!" |
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Technical Info
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Release Information
|  | Studio: Funimation Prod Inc |
 | Release Date: 12/30/2008 |
 | Running Time: 300 minutes |
 | Original Release Date: 2006 |  | Catalog ID: 09660 |  | UPC: 00704400096600 |  | Number of Discs: 2 | Audio & Video
|  | Original Language: Japanese |  | Available Audio Tracks: English Dubbed, Japanese |  | Available Subtitles: English |  | Video: Color |
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Cast & Crew | GONZO Digimation - Animation Producer |  | Greg Ayres - Voice |  | Luci Christian - Voice |  | Chris Patton - Voice |  | Stephanie Wittels - Voice |  | Yusuke Yamamoto - Director |
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