Genshiken

About Genshiken

Sasahara Kanji is a college freshman who decides to join a student society to share his hidden thoughts on manga, anime and gaming. As he participates in club activities such as visiting dojin shops and anime festivals he opens his mind and resolves that he will make his way into the otaku world.

Genshiken is an animation and comedy series that ran on Kids Station and Chiba TV. Its 3 seasons and 37 episodes aired between October 2004 and September 2013.

Its themes are otaku, based on manga, slice of life, and seinen. The series began as a manga. Satsuki Yukino stars as Saki Kasukabe (voice), Takanori Ooyama as Kanji Sasahara (voice), Mitsuki Saiga as Makoto Kosaka (voice), and Ayako Kawasumi as Kanako Ohno (voice).

It was produced by GENCO and Kids Station.

My Dress-Up Darling, Lucky Star, and Gabriel DropOut make useful companions to Genshiken, all filed under adult animation.