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Genshiken

  • FINISHED
  • TV
  • 74
  • 2004
  • 12 EP

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.

  1. Genshiken episode 1 01

    Study of the Modern Visually Oriented Culture

  2. Genshiken episode 2 02

    Comparative Classification of the Modern Youth through Consumption and Entertainment

  3. Genshiken episode 3 03

    Problems and Merits of Local Culture Promotion

  4. Genshiken episode 4 04

    The Sublimating Effects of the Dissimulation Brought on Through Makeup and Costume on Mental Obstacles

  5. Genshiken episode 5 05

    Limits of Rejection and Reception as Observed in Autonomous Behaviour

  6. Genshiken episode 6 06

    Theory of the Individual Outside the Boundaries of the Subculture

  7. Genshiken episode 7 07

    Aspects of Behavioral Selection in Interpersonal Relationships

  8. Genshiken episode 8 08

    Comparative Research in Production Models and Processes

  9. Genshiken episode 9 09

    Concerning the Existence and Non-Existence of Explanatory Duties Under Specially Confined Circumstances

  10. Genshiken episode 10 10

    Leisure Time Expenditures on Fetishism Considered as an Economic Result

  11. Genshiken episode 11 11

    The Theory of the Existence of Malice Within Urban Crimes

  12. Genshiken episode 12 12

    Countermeasures for Issues that Arise during the Reorganization of a Group

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  1. OP1

    Kujibiki Unbalance

    EP 1
  2. OP2

    My Pace Daioh

    EP 2-12
  3. ED1

    Biidama

    Saori Atsumi

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