Genshiken
Details
- Also known as: げんしけん, The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture
- Type: TV
- Status: Finished Airing
- Score: 7.4
- Episodes: 12
- Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life
- Studio: Palm Studio
- Aired: 2004-10-10 to 2004-12-26
- Season: Fall 2004
Where to watch (US)
- Apple TV Store
Synopsis
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.
The whole series
- Genshiken (TV · 2004)
- Genshiken OVA (OVA · 2006)
- Genshiken 2 (TV · 2007)
Episodes
- Episode 1: Study of the Modern Visually-Oriented Culture (2004-10-11)
- Episode 2: Comparative Classification of the Modern Youth Through Consumption and Entert... (2004-10-18)
- Episode 3: Problems and Merits of Local Culture Promotion (2004-10-25)
- Episode 4: The Sublimating Effects of the Dissimilation Brought on Through Makeup and Co... (2004-11-01)
- Episode 5: Limits of Rejection and Reception as Observed in Autonomous Behaviour (2004-11-08)
- Episode 6: Theory of the Individual Outside the Boundaries of the Subculture (2004-11-15)
- Episode 7: Aspects of Behavioral Selection in Interpersonal Relationships (2004-11-22)
- Episode 8: Comparative Research in Production Models and Processes (2004-11-29)
- Episode 9: Concerning the Existence of an Expository Requirement under Special Non-socia... (2004-12-06)
- Episode 10: Leisure Time Expenditures on Fetishism Considered as an Economic Result (2004-12-13)
- Episode 11: The Theory of the Existence of Malice Within Urban Crimes (2004-12-20)
- Episode 12: The Countermeasures for the Issues that Occur during the Reorganization of a... (2004-12-27)
Characters and voice actors
- Harunobu Madarame (main character) · Japanese voice: Nobuyuki Hiyama · English voice: Bill Timoney
- Saki Kasukabe (main character) · Japanese voice: Satsuki Yukino · English voice: Carol Jacobanis
- Kanako Oono (main character) · Japanese voice: Ayako Kawasumi · English voice: Rachael Lillis
- Kanji Sasahara (main character) · Japanese voice: Takanori Ooyama · English voice: Michael Perreca
- Makoto Kousaka (main character) · Japanese voice: Mitsuki Saiga · English voice: Kenneth Robert Marlo
- Souichirou Tanaka (main character) · Japanese voice: Tomokazu Seki · English voice: Bill Rogers
- Mitsunori Kugayama (main character) · Japanese voice: Kenji Nomura · English voice: Rome Elliot
- Shodai Kaichou (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yuuji Ueda · English voice: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Ritsuko Kübel Kettenkrad (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Saeko Chiba · English voice: Jessica Calvello
- Manabu Kuchiki (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Akira Ishida · English voice: Ted Lewis
- Renko Kamishakuji (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Ikue Ootani · English voice: Debora Rabbai
- Komaki Asagiri (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yukari Tamura · English voice: Amanda Goodman
- Chihiro Enomoto (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yuka Imai · English voice: Rich McNanna
- Kasumi Kisaragi (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Ayako Kawasumi · English voice: Rachael Lillis
- Izumi Tachibana (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yuuko Kaida · English voice: Meghan Cary
- Kaoruko Yamada (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Yuuko Gotou · English voice: Lisa Ortiz
- Haraguchi (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Kouji Ishii · English voice: David Brimmer
- Kimura (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Daisuke Kirii
- Yurie Kitagawa (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Sanae Kobayashi · English voice: Dana Halsted
- Tsutomu Mizudori (supporting character) · Japanese voice: Junichi Endou
Opening and ending songs
- Opening 1: Kujibiki Unbalance · UNDER17
- Opening 2: My Pace Daioh · manzo
- Ending 1: Biidama · Saori Atsumi