Genshiken
Genshiken (げんしけん) is a Japanese manga series by Shimoku Kio about a college club for otaku (extremely obsessed fans of various media) and their lifestyle. The title is a shortening of the club's official name, Gendai Shikaku Bunka Kenkyūkai (現代視覚文化研究会), or "The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture". The series has also been adapted into an anime directed by Tsutomu Mizushima. The manga originally ran in Kodansha's magazine Monthly Afternoon from April 2002 to May 2006, and has been reprinted in nine bound volumes.
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Manga volume 1 cover, featuring Mitsunori Kugayama (back), Saki Kasukabe, Kanji Sasahara (down right) and Harunobu Madarame (top right) | |
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| Genre | Comedy, slice of life |
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| Written by | Shimoku Kio |
| Published by | Kodansha |
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| Magazine | Monthly Afternoon |
| Demographic | Seinen |
| Original run | April 25, 2002 – August 25, 2016 |
| Volumes | 21 |
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| Directed by | Takashi Ikehata |
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| Written by | Michiko Yokote |
| Music by | Masanori Takumi |
| Studio | Palm Studio |
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| Original network | CTC, TV Saitama, Sun TV, tvk, Kids Station |
| Original run | October 11, 2004 – December 27, 2004 |
| Episodes | 12 |
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| Directed by | Tsutomu Mizushima |
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| Written by | Michiko Yokote |
| Music by | Tomoki Hasegawa |
| Studio | Ajia-do Animation Works |
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| Released | December 22, 2006 – April 25, 2007 |
| Episodes | 3 |
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| Directed by | Kinji Yoshimoto |
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| Written by | Michiko Yokote |
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| Studio | Arms |
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| Original network | CTC, TV Saitama, TV Aichi, tvk, Sun TV, Kids Station |
| Original run | October 11, 2007 – December 27, 2007 |
| Episodes | 12 |
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| Genshiken: Return of the Otaku (Shōsetsu Genshiken Hairu Ranto no Yabō ~Return of the OTAKU~) | |
| Written by | Kazutoshi Iida |
| Illustrated by | Shimoku Kio |
| Published by | Kodansha |
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| Imprint | KC Novels |
| Demographic | Male |
| Published | January 21, 2008 |
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| Genshiken: Second Generation | |
| Directed by | Tsutomu Mizushima |
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| Written by | Michiko Yokote |
| Music by | Shūichirō Fukuhiro |
| Studio | Production I.G |
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| Original network | Tokyo MX |
| Original run | July 7, 2013 – September 29, 2013 |
| Episodes | 13 |
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A two-part short bonus story was included across both volumes of the Kujibiki Unbalance manga, published in 2006.
In December 2009, a new chapter was released in Monthly Afternoon to celebrate the release of the Genshiken 2 DVD box-set. In October 2010, the series resumed serialization as Genshiken: Second Season (げんしけん二代目, Genshiken Nidaime, lit. 'Genshiken: Second Generation').