Genshiken (TV)
Alternative title:
The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture
げんしけん (Japanese)
現視研 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Genres:
comedy,
slice of life
Themes:
otaku
Objectionable content:
Significant
Plot Summary:
This is the story of college freshman Kanji Sasahara and his fellow members of the college club he joins, The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture (aka Genshiken), as he goes shopping for doujinshi, attends conventions and slowly but surely makes his way down the road to fandom.
User Ratings:
2872 ratings have been given [details]
Running time:
25 minutes per episode
Number of episodes:
12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage:
2004-10-10 to 2004-12-26
Opening Theme:
#1: "Kujibiki Unbalance (くじびきアンバランス)" by UNDER17 (ep 1)
#2: "My Pace Daioh (マイペース大王)" by manzo (eps 2-12)
Ending Theme:
"Biidama (びいだま)" by Saori Atsumi
Official website:
Official Genshiken Homepage (Japanese)
げんしけん @ Kids Station (Japanese)
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 14
Reviews:
News: Show:
Media Factory makes request to stop fansubbing (Dec 9, 2004)
Other articles: Show:
Shelf Life - Almost 200 (Jan 19, 2009)
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DVD (Region 1) |
Genshiken - Dojinshi or Bust (DVD 1) 2005-07-26 (from $25.07) |
Genshiken - Dojinshi or Bust + Artbox (DVD 1) 2005-07-26 (from $25.00) |
Genshiken - Model Citizens (DVD 2) 2005-09-13 (from $16.98) |
Genshiken - Cosplay Confessions (DVD 3) 2005-12-13 (from $16.98) |
Genshiken - Premium Collection (DVD 1-3) 2006-06-13 |
Genshiken - Complete Collection (DVD 1-3) 2007-02-13 (from $64.85) |
Genshiken - Complete Collection [Seasons 1-2 + OVA] (DVD 1-7) 2011-03-01 |
Genshiken DX - TV Series One & OVA Collection (DVD 1-4) 2010-08-24 (from $23.99) |
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Series Composition: Michiko Yokote
Script:
Kokeshi Hanamura (ep 3) Mamiko Ikeda (ep 4) Michiko Yokote (5 episodes eps 1, 7, 9, 11-12 )Miharu Hirami (ep 5) Natsuko Takahashi (ep 8) Reiko Yoshida (ep 2) Rika Nakase (ep 6) Yasuko Kobayashi (ep 10)
Storyboard:
Hideaki Uehara (eps 5, 10) Hidehito Ueda (ep 11) Hideki Tonokatsu (ep 3) Kazuhiro Furuhashi (eps 2, 4) Takashi Ikehata (ep 1) Takuya Satō (ep 8) Tomoko Hiramuki (ep 7) Tsutomu Mizushima (OP/ED and eps 9, 12) Yoriyasu Kogawa (ep 6)
Episode Director:
Hideaki Uehara (ep 5) Hideki Tonokatsu (ep 10) Hijiri Sanpei (ep 8) Kazuo Yamada (ep 1) Kiyoshi Fukumoto (ep 3) Takenori Mihara (eps 2, 6, 11) Tomoko Hiramuki (eps 4, 7) Tsutomu Mizushima (ep 9)
Music: Masanori Takumi
Original Manga: Shimoku Kio
Character Design: Hirotaka Kinoshita
Art Director: Shin Okui
Chief Animation Director: Hirotaka Kinoshita
Animation Director:
Akira Koshiishi (eps 2, 6, 11) Hiroki Ikeshita (ep 5) Hirotaka Kinoshita (OP of eps 2-12) Junichirō Taniguchi (ED; eps 1, 9, 12) Kiyoshi Matsushita (ep 8) Kiyotoshi Aoi (eps 4, 10) Takashi Shikishima (ep 3) Yūki Kinoshita (ep 8)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Color design: Kayoko Nishi
Editing: Jun Takuma
Theme Song Lyrics: Saori Atsumi (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Halko Momoi (UNDER17 - OP1) manzo (OP2) Masaya Koike (UNDER17 - OP1) Saori Atsumi (ED) |
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Animation Check: Frontline (ep 6)
Animation Production: Palm Studio
Broadcaster: Kids Station
Editing Assistance: Actas
In-Between Animation:
Anime Roman FAI Frontline Phoenix Animation R.I.C Sung San Production Tokyo Animation Center VENET
Key Animation:
Anime R (ep 1) Anime Roman (ep 5) Big Bang (eps 3, 7) Doga Kobo (ep 12) Nakamura Production (ep 10) Tokyo Animation Center (eps 5, 11) Wao World (ep 5)
Music Production: Lantis
Photography: Asahi Production
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ADR Director: Bill Timoney
Art Director: John Siers
Translation: Duane Johnson
Editing: Naneen Paglieri
Editing Assistant: Rok Rodriguez
Production Supervision: Sean Molyneaux
Script Adaptation: Bill Timoney
Translation Manager: Anna Yamamoto
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Dubbing Director: Thomas Guitard |
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Dubbing Studio: Cristal Media (Spain dub)
Translation: Traducciones Imposibles (Spain dub)
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ADR Director: Thomas Prausse
Script: Thomas Prausse
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Distributor: Kazé Germany (now)
DVD Distribution: Anime-Virtual
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Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A. |
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Distributor: Kaze Sweden |
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Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd. |
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