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Genshiken cover
Format
TV
Episodes
12
Duration
25 min
Status
Finished
Season
Fall 2004
Studio
Palm Studio
Source
manga
Popularity
42,110

Genshiken

7.4ComedySlice of Life
Format
TV
Episodes
12
Duration
25 min
Status
Finished
Season
Fall 2004
Studio
Palm Studio
Source
manga
Popularity
42,110

Synopsis

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)

Characters

  • Harunobu Madarame

    main

  • Saki Kasukabe

    main

  • Makoto Kousaka

    main

  • Souichiro Tanaka

    main

  • Mitsunori Kugayama

    main

  • Kanji Sasahara

    main

  • Kanako Oono

    main

  • Manabu Kuchiki

    supporting

  • Shodai Kaichou

    supporting

  • Keiko Sasahara

    supporting

  • Haraguchi

    supporting

  • Yurie Kitagawa

    supporting

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