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Genshiken 1

2004-10-11 | Animation,Comedy | 12 episodes
Overview
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 Kasukabe 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.

4 Seasons

Episode

Study of the Modern Visually-Oriented Culture (2004)

An introduction episode explaining how Kohsaka, Kasukabe and Sasahara got involved with Genshiken; after some uncertainty, Sasahara decides to fully participate in the club.

Study of the Modern Visually-Oriented Culture poster

Comparative Classification of the Modern Youth Through Consumption and Entert... (2004)

Genshiken takes Sasahara to Akihabara for dōjinshi shopping while Kohsaka and Kasukabe go to Harajuku for clothes; Kasukabe discovers Kohsaka's hentai collection and gets an introduction on the subject from the others.

Comparative Classification of the Modern Youth Through Consumption and Entert... poster

Problems and Merits of Local Culture Promotion (2004)

Genshiken goes on a club trip to Comifes, a large comic convention; Madarame seriously injures his hand, but pretends to be fine in the name of fandom until the pain becomes too great to bear.

Problems and Merits of Local Culture Promotion poster

The Sublimating Effects of the Dissimilation Brought on Through Makeup and Co... (2004)

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

The Sublimating Effects of the Dissimilation Brought on Through Makeup and Co... poster

Limits of Rejection and Reception as Observed in Autonomous Behaviour (2004)

Due to Genshiken's lack of "activities" as defined by the school, the club is threatened with closure; salvation comes from an unlikely source as Kasukabe intervenes personally.

Limits of Rejection and Reception as Observed in Autonomous Behaviour poster

Cast

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