Format: TV
Episodes: 12
Episode length: 25 min
Status: Finished
Aired from: Oct 10, 2004
Until: Dec 26, 2004
Season: Fall 2004
Source: Manga
Average score: 74%
Mean score: 74%
Popularity: 41,150
Favorites: 635
Studio: Palm Studio
Producers: Lantis, Genco, Media Blasters, Toshiba Entertainment, Kids Station
Genres: Comedy, Slice of Life
Romaji: Genshiken
English: Genshiken
Native: げんしけん
Synonyms: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture

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Genshiken

★ 7.4 41,150 members

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.

(Source: AnimeNfo)