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Genshiken (2004)

7.1 3 seasons 37 episodes Ended

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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. 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.

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Seasons & episodes

Study of the Modern Visually-Oriented CultureOct 11, 2004 · 25m

An introduction episode explaining how Kohsaka, Kasukabe and Sasahara got involved with Genshiken; after some uncertainty, Sasahara decides…

Comparative Classification of the Modern Youth Through Consumption and Entert...Oct 18, 2004 · 25m

Genshiken takes Sasahara to Akihabara for dōjinshi shopping while Kohsaka and Kasukabe go to Harajuku for clothes; Kasukabe discovers Kohsa…

Problems and Merits of Local Culture PromotionOct 25, 2004 · 25m

Genshiken goes on a club trip to Comifes, a large comic convention; Madarame seriously injures his hand, but pretends to be fine in the nam…

The Sublimating Effects of the Dissimilation Brought on Through Makeup and Co...Nov 1, 2004 · 25m

Ohno is introduced as she joins Genshiken, while Genshiken takes part in a university club fair and Kasukabe's ex-boyfriend pays her a visi…

Limits of Rejection and Reception as Observed in Autonomous BehaviourNov 8, 2004 · 25m

Due to Genshiken's lack of "activities" as defined by the school, the club is threatened with closure; salvation comes from an unlikely sou…

Theory of the Individual Outside the Boundaries of the SubcultureNov 15, 2004 · 25m

Kasukabe tries to make herself more appealing to Kohsaka by taking an interest in his hobbies by trying to learn how to play Puyo Pop Fever…

Aspects of Behavioral Selection in Interpersonal RelationshipsNov 22, 2004 · 25m

Two freshmen take an interest in Genshiken and join them for a night out on the town. Kasukabe, however, has no intention of making them fe…

Comparative Research in Production Models and ProcessesNov 29, 2004 · 25m

Ohno and Sasahara start a plamo project and get the whole club involved, while Kasukabe learns an important lesson.

Concerning the Existence of an Expository Requirement under Special Non-socia...Dec 6, 2004 · 25m

Madarame is stuck in the club room with Kasukabe and tries to strike up a conversation, running through different scenarios in his head whi…

Leisure Time Expenditures on Fetishism Considered as an Economic ResultDec 13, 2004 · 25m

The club, along with Keiko, pays a visit to the beach, much to the dismay of some of the members; Keiko decides to compete for Kohsaka's fe…

The Theory of the Existence of Malice Within Urban CrimesDec 20, 2004 · 25m

Kasukabe decides the club room needs a cleanup, but an accident causes Genshiken to be banned from the university fair. As an apology, Kasu…

The Countermeasures for the Issues that Occur during the Reorganization of a...Dec 27, 2004 · 25m

The club is depressed due to their punishment of community service. Sasahara becomes the new President and proposes that the society attend…

Cast

Satsuki YukinoSaki Kasukabe (voice)

Takanori OoyamaKanji Sasahara (voice)

Mitsuki SaigaMakoto Kosaka (voice)

Ayako KawasumiKanako Ohno (voice)

Kaori ShimizuKeiko Sasahara (voice)

Nobuyuki HiyamaHarunobu Madarame (voice)

Tomokazu SekiSoichiro Tanaka (voice)

Koji IshiiHaraguchi (voice)

Sanae KobayashiKitagawa (voice)

Eiji YanagisawaTakayanagi (voice)

Kenji NomuraMitsunori Kugayama (voice)