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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. 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)
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img1000(https://i.imgur.com/3mMVfEI.jpg) _Genshiken_ is one of the best otaku-centered slice-of-life anime I have ever seen. Being released in 2004, it has references from that era, from the club members watching anime from a small CRT television, to Sasahara, one of the main characters, not owning…
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Shimoku KioOriginal Creator
Takashi IkehataDirector
Michiko YokoteSeries Composition
Hirotaka KinoshitaCharacter DesignShin OkuiArt DirectorHiroshi IzumiArt Design
Kayoko NishiColor Design
Eiji TsuchidaDirector of PhotographyJun TagumaEditing
Jin AketagawaSound Director
Masanori TakumiMusic
manzoTheme Song Performance (OP2)
Souichiro TanakaTomokazu Seki
Saki KasukabeSatsuki Yukino
Makoto KousakaMitsuki Saiga
Kanako OonoAyako Kawasumi
Harunobu MadarameNobuyuki Hiyama
Mitsunori KugayamaKenji Nomura
Kanji SasaharaTakanori Ooyama
Yurie KitagawaSanae Kobayashi
Tokino AkiyamaAkemi Kanda
Keiko SasaharaKaori Shimizu
TakayanagiEiji Yanagisawa
SawazakiKentarou Itou
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