The station reported a loss for the third year running. To help plug the hole, it says it plans to collect fees from residents without TVs.
19 days ago • Subscribe
More like this
Do You Have to Pay the NHK Fee?
Do You Have to Pay the NHK Fee? Here's what you need to know about why the NHK guy keeps showing up at your doorstep.
NHK Fee Change: Pay Up – Even If You Don’t Own a TV!
A revision to Japan's Broadcasting Act might make it impossible to avoid the NHK guy slapping you with the NHK fee.
CodeMiko: Bleeding-Edge VTubing
CodeMiko has constantly been pushing the envelope of what's possible with VTubers. Click here if you want to know more about her!
Fanart Friday: Bleeding Misato
For my money, Misato received the saddest tales in both the original series and Rebuild. FAVORITE Evangelion character for sure. ★ 【あっちょん】「 ONE MORE FINAL: I need you.…
Live-EviL wants new Blood!
Attention! Let it be known that our staff translator , the mighty Professor Goomba has stated that things are moving way WAY too slowly for his liking and…
Live-EviL wants new Blood!
Attention! Let it be known that our staff translator , the mighty Professor Goomba has stated that things are moving way WAY too slowly for his liking and…
Yen Press Announces 13 New License Acquisitions
The good folks at manga publishers Yen Press have just announced a fresh batch of licensing acquisitions. They've got the rights for 13 new ...
Mount Fuji Climbers Hit with New Fee as Overtourism Concerns Soar
Amidst escalating tourism (over-tourism?) at Mt. Fuji, local officials respond with a new fee to ensure a safe climbing experience.
Azuki Announces New Manga License Mecha-Ude: Mechanical Arms!
Kitakagami City is a pretty normal town… except that some people have gotten their hands on Mecha-Ude: powerful, sentient mechanical beings attached to the limbs of their hosts.…
Welcome to the NHK! NHKにようこそ!NHK ni Youkoso!
Tatsuhiro Satou is a hikkikomori, one who secluses himself at home and finds it difficult to have a job or go out of the house. He meets a…
Yen Press Ends 2024 with New Manga, Novel License Announcements
Yen Press announced fifteen new licenses consisting of manga, audiobooks, and novels for a June 2025 release
A New Satanic Panic: Mori Calliope and Dangerous Internet Cults
Are your children participating in the dark arts? – a question that might sound almost comedic, but upon further inspection turns out to be the very reality many…
Internet Pitstop Patreon
Support ya boy: https://www.patreon.com/InternetPitstop Felt cute, might delete later. 😳😩
New Poll: Japan (Really) Wants Harris for US President
She's surging ahead in the polls in the US. But what do people in Japan think of Kamala Harris' presidential aspirations?
Tokyo’s New Dating App Wants All Your Personal Information
Would you disclose your annual income to find the love of your life? Tokyo's new dating app is betting a lot of people will.
AT&T Wants Warner to Discover a New Home
AT&T is now spinning off WarnerMedia, and in this week's Please Save My Money, Krystallina goes over what a huge shift this is for AT&T.
Love Live! Superstar!! 2.5: Cash Kid
Like Mia in NijiGaku 2 we got brief glimpses of Natsumi’s activities since her debut. Now her time to shine had come at last.
Hideaki Anno’s NHK Special
I was writing a different short piece when a TV Special on Hideaki Anno and the last few years in the production of the last Eva movie, which…
Welcome to the NHK!
Title: Welcome to the NHK!Genre: Dark comedy, RomanceRating: 8.7/10 Summary: Satou Tatsuhiro, 22 years old, thinks that everything that happens around him is a conspiracy. He even figured out who is behind…
What's on NHK World?
Being a fan of anime, manga and Japanese stuff in general it's always good to find a great source of content. Most fans will hunt on DVDs an...
Shojo Beat License Wishlist
I do have a giant wishlist of titles that I would love to see licensed in general, but in honor of the Shojo Beat MMF, I thought I…
96: The Internet Sucks
Being online is terrible! The Sickos moan about how the very structure of the internet requires every action you do on it (talk to people, order food, look…
Mayonaka Punch Episode 3: Hungry for Cash
Time to meet the last main vampire streamer.
Love Live! Superstar!! 3.4: The Sisters Cash
Time to learn the hizzle about the Sisters Cash.
NHK Featured the Animator Dormitory!
https://gogetfunding.com/animator-dorm-2024/ Audience pledges and contributions fund the New Animator Dormitory. Crowdfunding for the New Animator Dormitory Project 2024 is live! -------------------------------------- [PATREON - Recurring Pleages] https://www.patreon.com/AnimatorDormitory [PIXIV FANBOX - Recurring Pleages] https://animator-dorm.fanbox.cc/ --------------------------------------…
Weekend Afternoons with NHK Japan
I grew up on a steady diet of PBS. I’m sad to say that Sesame Street wasn’t a part of my childhood. My PBS time consisted of shows…
Weekend Afternoons with NHK Japan
I grew up on a steady diet of PBS. I’m sad to say that Sesame Street wasn’t a part of my childhood. My PBS time consisted of shows…
Mint wants you!
Hey folks! We know it’s been quite quiet lately, especially on the Sweet Mint and Tonde Buurin front. We are looking for 1 or 2 editors that can…
Our Anime License Holy Grail
Is there an anime series you keep hoping will be rescued? Is it either long out-of-print or never seen a home video release in the United States? Our…
How Internet Pitstop Discovered Anime
What was your first anime? In the summer of 2021, Internet Pitstop and I had an interview where we spoke on the beginning of his YouTube journey, discovering anime,…
Metallic Rouge #01 — Bird Internet
This is why you don't stick your brain in birds. Impressions: It's nice to see something that's just baseline well-animated, even if the action was non-existent until…
Following Recommendations from the Internet...
Use Code "GLASS" to get $5 off for your first #Sakuraco box through this link: https://team.sakura.co/glassreflection-SC2208 and #TokyoTreat box through this link: https://team.tokyotreat.com/glassreflection-TT2208 I have found myself slightly behind…
“Pseudo-Chinese”: New Japanese Social Media App Only Allows Kanji
Wanna stress-test your Japanese knowledge? A new social media app for Japanese users dares you to ditch kana.
“Pseudo-Chinese”: New Japanese Social Media App Only Allows Kanji
Wanna stress-test your Japanese knowledge? A new social media app for Japanese users dares you to ditch kana.
This Week in Games - Sega Wants More Adaptations And Tekken's New Blood
Sega's looking into taking Persona and Like a Dragon to the big and small screens. Tekken 8 gets its final new character with Reina.
Make Believe Bonus: NHK Broadcast Center
Watching The Kohaku Announcement Spectacle In Person
Medium Matters: Welcome to the NHK
In the beginning, there was a novel called Welcome to the NHK. I haven’t read it. Now that it’s a collector’s item you have to pay like $60…
Shizuoka Mulls Steep Fee to Climb Mt. Fuji as Overtourism Continues
After seeing Yamanashi Prefecture's success with levying entrance fees on Mt. Fuji hikers, Shizokua says it'll follow suit.
Fruits Basket – The Final Episode 9 Review – Bleeding in the Rain
Fruits Basket - The Final Episode 9: Kyou ran off in emotional agony. Yuki went after him. That left Tohru alone, with a knife-wielding Akito.
Welcome to the NHK – 23/24 [Welcome To Misaki!Welcome to The NHK!] – Throwback Thursday
Hello and welcome everyone, to the finale of Welcome to the NHK! We have a lot to talk about this week, some of it bad, most of it…
Only Tezuka…
Young Okuchin, a good-for-nothing student with no prospects for the future, is visited by a strange young man who tells him he’s a thief that steals the futures…
Only Yesterday
Only Yesterday is a 1991 Slice of Life Drama anime film by one of the most beloved animation studios in the world, Studio Ghibli. Compared to other studios…
Only Tezuka…
Young Okuchin, a good-for-nothing student with no prospects for the future, is visited by a strange young man who tells him he’s a thief that steals the futures…
BoxLunch: Luna & Artemis License Plate Frame
Sailor Moon Luna & Artemis License Plate Frame Details: BoxLunch $12.90: BUY HERE You can...
Spy x Family: License to Laugh
One of the best feelings is when you just come across a series out of the blue. Even better is when that series turns out to be a…
BoxLunch: Sailor Guardians License Plate Frame
Sailor Moon, Sailor Guardians License Plate Frame Details BoxLunch USD $9.90: BUY HERE You can...
OSMtable: A Roundtable About Internet Television
Hulu has lots of things on it, that you can watch. Like House of Five Leaves. You should watch that. It's pretty great. What’s this?! A new podcast? INDEED…
Internet Censorship, Hachette, and Yen Press
Are you a US citizen? Have you taken the time to contact your congressional representative, and urge them not to vote for a destructive internet censorship bill that…
Addicted to the Internet (specifically MMORPGs)
No post summary was provided.
2009: The Internet Finally Takes Over
Feeling rather humbled by participating in the project, Raindrops (@ DaydreamsUK ) is a relatively new blogger from the UK who has been a ...
The Golden Ani-Versary of Anime (1963-2013)
Fullmetal Alchemist, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Lupin III, Naruto, Neon Genesis Evangelion