Genshiken

Genshiken (2004)


  • Genre: Animation, Comedy
  • First Air Date: 2004-10-11
  • Last Air Date: 2013-09-29
  • Total Seasons: 3
  • Total Episodes: 37
  • Status: Ended
  • Episode Runtime: 25 min.
  • Production Company: Palm Studio
  • Production Country: Japan
  • Network: Kids Station, Chiba TV, TV Aichi, Sun TV
star 6.8/10
From 25 Ratings

Summary

Sasahara Kanji is a college freshman who decides to join a student society to share his hidden thoughts on manga, anime and gaming. As he participates in club activities such as visiting dojin shops and anime festivals he opens his mind and resolves that he will make his way into the otaku world.

  • Keywords: fan, parody, based on manga, doujinshi, anime, otaku, otaku culture
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    Genshiken Seasons

    Season 0

    First Air Date: 2006-12-22
    9 Episodes

    Season 1

    First Air Date: 2004-10-11
    12 Episodes

    Season 2

    First Air Date: 2007-10-10
    12 Episodes

    Season 3

    First Air Date: 2013-07-01
    13 Episodes

    Genshiken Episodes

    Title Air Date Duration
    Season 1Episode 1Study of the Modern Visually Oriented Culture25 min
    Season 1Episode 2Comparative Classification of the Modern Youth through Consumption and Entertainment25 min
    Season 1Episode 3Problems and Merits of Local Culture Promotion25 min
    Season 1Episode 4The Sublimating Effects of the Dissimulation Brought on Through Makeup and Costume on Mental Obstacles25 min
    Season 1Episode 5Limits of Rejection and Reception as Observed in Autonomous Behaviour25 min
    Season 1Episode 6Theory of the Individual Outside the Boundaries of the Subculture25 min
    Season 1Episode 7Aspects of Behavioral Selection in Interpersonal Relationships25 min
    Season 1Episode 8Comparative Research in Production Models and Processes25 min
    Season 1Episode 9Concerning the Existence and Non-Existence of Explanatory Duties Under Specially Confined Circumstances25 min
    Season 1Episode 10Leisure Time Expenditures on Fetishism Considered as an Economic Result25 min
    Season 1Episode 11The Theory of the Existence of Malice Within Urban Crimes25 min
    Season 1Episode 12Countermeasures for Issues that Arise during the Reorganization of a Group25 min
    Season 2Episode 1The New Chairman's Ambition25 min
    Season 2Episode 2Meetings are Disastrous25 min
    Season 2Episode 3One Hot Summer's Day25 min
    Season 2Episode 4Are You Two Going Out?25 min
    Season 2Episode 5Madarame, the Incumbent Sex Slave25 min
    Season 2Episode 6Problematic Hobby25 min
    Season 2Episode 7Graduation Syndrome25 min
    Season 2Episode 8Cos-ken25 min
    Season 2Episode 9It's Always Raining During Job Hunts25 min
    Season 2Episode 10Otaku from USA25 min
    Season 2Episode 11Real Hardcore25 min
    Season 2Episode 12What Lies Ahead25 min
    Season 3Episode 1The Other Side of the Path. The Promised Place25 min
    Season 3Episode 2Cross Over My Legs25 min
    Season 3Episode 3Daydream Believer25 min
    Season 3Episode 4Beards and Boobs25 min
    Season 3Episode 5Go Next!25 min
    Season 3Episode 6Shout ''Moe!'' Beyond the Event Horizon25 min
    Season 3Episode 7KOIBANA325 min
    Season 3Episode 8There's Route, But There's No Loop!25 min
    Season 3Episode 9White Gate Keeper25 min
    Season 3Episode 10Snow Man25 min
    Season 3Episode 11That Was a Good Last Episode25 min
    Season 3Episode 12Love and Work and Cheesecake25 min
    Season 3Episode 13Waiting in the Club Room25 min
    • Satsuki Yukino

      as Saki Kasukabe (voice)
    • Takanori Ooyama

      as Kanji Sasahara (voice)
    • Mitsuki Saiga

      as Makoto Kosaka (voice)
    • Ayako Kawasumi

      as Kanako Ohno (voice)
    • Kaori Shimizu

      as Keiko Sasahara (voice)
    • Nobuyuki Hiyama

      as Harunobu Madarame (voice)
    • Tomokazu Seki

      as Soichiro Tanaka (voice)
    • Koji Ishii

      as Haraguchi (voice)
    • Sanae Kobayashi

      as Kitagawa (voice)
    • Eiji Yanagisawa

      as Takayanagi (voice)
    • Kenji Nomura

      as Mitsunori Kugayama (voice)
    Art Shingo Takenaka Prop Designer

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