Genshiken
Genshiken

Genshiken

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.
(Source: AnimeNfo)

FormatTelevision
Episodes12
Duration25 Minutes
StatusFinished
Start dateSunday, October 10, 2004
End dateSunday, December 26, 2004
SourceMANGA
SeasonFALL 2004
Main ProducerGenco
Genres
ComedySlice of Life
RomajiGenshiken
English titleGenshiken

Characters

Harunobu Madarame
Nobuyuki Hiyama
Saki Kasukabe
Satsuki Yukino
Makoto Kousaka
Mitsuki Saiga
Souichiro Tanaka
Tomokazu Seki
Mitsunori Kugayama
Kenji Nomura
Kanji Sasahara
Takanori Ooyama