Genshiken
TV FINISHED FALL 2004 12 eps 74%
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Sasahara Kanji is a college freshman who decides to join a student society to share his hidden thoughts on manga, anime and gaming.
When he first visited Genshiken, short for "Gendai Shikaku Bunka Kenkyuu Kai" (Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture), his groundless pride was destroyed by the plotting of Madarame, a sophomore student in Genshiken, but he still couldn't admit that he is an otaku.
However, as he participates in society activities such as visiting dojin (private publishing) shops and anime festivals, and hangs out with other society members Kosaka (a hardcore otaku despite his extreme eccentricities and good looks), Kosaka's girlfriend Kasuga Saki (who isn't really an otaku), Ohno (a cosplayer) and the others, he opens his mind and resolves that he will make his way into the otaku world. With their help, Sasahara slowly adjusts to otaku life in Genshiken.
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When he first visited Genshiken, short for "Gendai Shikaku Bunka Kenkyuu Kai" (Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture), his groundless pride was destroyed by the plotting of Madarame, a sophomore student in Genshiken, but he still couldn't admit that he is an otaku.
However, as he participates in society activities such as visiting dojin (private publishing) shops and anime festivals, and hangs out with other society members Kosaka (a hardcore otaku despite his extreme eccentricities and good looks), Kosaka's girlfriend Kasuga Saki (who isn't really an otaku), Ohno (a cosplayer) and the others, he opens his mind and resolves that he will make his way into the otaku world. With their help, Sasahara slowly adjusts to otaku life in Genshiken.
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Studios:
Palm Studio
Characters
Harunobu Madarame
MAIN
VA: Nobuyuki Hiyama
Saki Kasukabe
MAIN
VA: Satsuki Yukino
Makoto Kousaka
MAIN
VA: Mitsuki Saiga
Souichiro Tanaka
MAIN
VA: Tomokazu Seki
Mitsunori Kugayama
MAIN
VA: Kenji Nomura
Kanji Sasahara
MAIN
VA: Takanori Ooyama
Kanako Oono
MAIN
VA: Ayako Kawasumi
Manabu Kuchiki
SUPPORTING
VA: Akira Ishida
Shodai Kaichou
SUPPORTING
VA: Yuuji Ueda
Keiko Sasahara
SUPPORTING
VA: Kaori Shimizu
Haraguchi
SUPPORTING
VA: Kouji Ishii
Yurie Kitagawa
SUPPORTING
VA: Sanae Kobayashi
Sawazaki
SUPPORTING
VA: Kentarou Itou
Kimura
SUPPORTING
VA: Daisuke Kirii
Tsutomu Mizudori
SUPPORTING
VA: Junichi Endou
Takayanagi
SUPPORTING
VA: Eiji Yanagisawa
Tokino Akiyama
SUPPORTING
VA: Akemi Kanda
Chika Ogiue
BACKGROUND
Staff
Shimoku Kio
Original Creator
Takashi Ikehata
Director
Michiko Yokote
Series Composition
Hirotaka Kinoshita
Character Design
Shin Okui
Art Director
Hiroshi Izumi
Art Design
Kayoko Nishi
Color Design
Eiji Tsuchida
Director of Photography
Jun Taguma
Editing
Jin Aketagawa
Sound Director
Masanori Takumi
Music
manzo
Theme Song Performance (OP2)
Reviews
nflstreet
Rating: 43 (48 votes)
One of the best anime about otaku that I've ever watched
Stats
Average Score
74
Mean Score
74
Popularity
38,437
Favourites
536
Status Distribution
CURRENT: 1313
PLANNING: 20209
COMPLETED: 14950
DROPPED: 921
PAUSED: 1044
Score Distribution
10: 50
20: 46
30: 100
40: 155
50: 568
60: 1242
70: 3170
80: 3457
90: 1724
100: 732
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