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Genshiken (TV)

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©2004 Shimoku Kio- KODANSHA / GENSHIKEN Partnership.


[ adapted from Genshiken (manga) ]

Related anime:
    Genshiken (OAV) (sequel)
      Genshiken 2 (TV) (sequel)
    Kujibiki Unbalance (OAV)
      Kujibiki Unbalance (manga) (alternate retelling)
        Kujibiki Unbalance (TV) (adaptation)

Alternative title:
The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture
げんしけん (Japanese)
現視研 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: Otaku
Age rating: Teenagers (May contain bloody violence, bad language, nudity)
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: 2213 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 300 votes (sub:254, dub:37, raw:3, Spa.sub:3, Por.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Fre.sub:1)
 Excellent: 797 votes (sub:662, dub:108, Spa.sub:12, raw:4, ?:3, Ara.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Ger.sub:1, Ita.sub:1, Ger.dub:1, Swe.sub:1, Por.sub:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Very good: 637 votes (sub:526, dub:87, Spa.sub:10, Fre.sub:5, Ger.dub:2, raw:2, Por.sub:1, Rus.sub:1, Swe.sub:1, Pol.sub:1, ?:1)
 Good: 295 votes (sub:246, dub:36, Spa.sub:3, edit.dub:3, Rus.sub:1, Por.sub:1, raw:1, Ger.dub:1, Dut.sub:1, ?:1, Pol.sub:1)
 Decent: 92 votes (sub:78, dub:9, raw:3, Spa.sub:1, Spa.dub:1)
 So-so: 41 votes (sub:34, dub:4, raw:2, Ger.dub:1)
 Not really good: 21 votes (sub:11, dub:5, Spa.sub:2, ?:1, raw:1, Rus.sub:1)
 Weak: 19 votes (sub:16, dub:3)
 Bad: 6 votes (sub:4, dub:2)
 Awful: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Worst ever: 3 votes (sub:3)
Seen in part or in whole by 3610 users, rank: #118
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.227 (Very good+.22), std. dev.: 1.4436, rank: #284
Weighted mean: 8.164 (Very good+.16), rank: #223 (seen all: 8.26 / seen some: 7.14 / won't finish: 4.58)
Bayesian estimate: 8.161 (Very good+.16), rank: #151
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:
Links: We have 3
Trivia: We have 14
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Related releases:
    Genshiken - Economy DVD Set (DVD) 2007-02-13 (from $23.85)
    Genshiken - The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture (DVD 1) 2005-07-26 (from $20.98)
    Genshiken - (DVD 2) 2005-09-13 (from $20.99)
    Genshiken - Volume 1 + Box (DVD 1) 2005-07-26 (from $22.99)
    Genshiken - Cosplay Confessions (DVD 3) 2005-12-13 (from $19.99)
    Genshiken - Premium DVD Collection (DVD 1-3) 2006-06-13 (from $62.99)

Japanese staff 
Japanese cast 

Director:
Takashi Ikehata
Tsutomu Mizushima (OP/ED)

Series Composition: Michiko Yokote

Script:
Kokeshi Hanamura (Ep 3)
Mamiko Ikeda (Ep 4)
Michiko Yokote (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 (ep 5, 10)
Hidehito Ueda (ep 11)
Hideki Tonokatsu (ep 3)
Kazuhiro Furuhashi (Ep 2, 4)
Takashi Ikehata (Ep 1)
Takuya Sato (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)
Kazuo Yamada (Ep 1)
Kiyoshi Fukumoto (ep 3)
Sei Sanpei (ep 8)
Takenori Mihara (Ep 2, 6, 11)
Tomoko Hiramuki (ep 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:
Akatsuki Koshiishi (Ep 2, 6, 11)
Hiroki Ikeshita (ep 5)
Hirotaka Kinoshita (OP of eps 2-12)
Junichiro Taniguchi (ED, Eps 1, 9, 12)
Kiyoshi Matsushita (ep 8)
Kiyotoshi Aoi (ep 4, 10)
Yuki Kinoshita (ep 8)

Sound director: Jin Aketagawa

Director of Photography: Eiji Tsuchida

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)

 

Mitsuki Saiga as Makoto Kohsaka

Satsuki Yukino as Saki Kasukabe

Takanori Ohyama as Kanji Sasahara

Ayako Kawasumi as Kanako Ohno

Kaori Shimizu as Keiko Sasahara (eps 6,10,12)

Kenji Nomura as Mitsunori Kugayama

Nobuyuki Hiyama as Harunobu Madarame

Tomokazu Seki as Soichiro Tanaka

Yuji Ueda as Genshiken chairman

Akira Ishida as Manabu "Kucchi" Kuchiki (ep 7)

Daisuke Kirii as
ComiFes staff (ep 10)
Kimura (ep 11)
Male #2 (ep 9)
MC (ep 4)
Senior student (ep 1)
Waiter (ep 7)

Daisuke Ono as
Otaku A (ep 3)
Student council chairman (ep 5)

Eiji Yanagisawa as Takayanagi (eps 1,3,11)

Hirofumi Nojima as Ex-boyfriend (ep 4)

Ikue Ohtani as Renko Kamishakujii (eps 1,12)

Junichi Endou as Director Mizudori (ep 11)

Kentarou Itou as Sawazaki (ep 7)

Kouji Ishii as Haraguchi (eps 2,3,5,7)

Makoto Yasumura as MC (ep 11)

Masako Joh as Cafeteria lady (ep 5)

Masayuki Katou as Otaku #4

Saeko Chiba as ComiFes announcer (ep 3)

Sanae Kobayashi as Yurie Kitagawa (eps 5,7,8,11,12)

Susumu Chiba as Takashi (ep 10)

Takayuki Kondou as
Man A (ep 5)
Staff (ep 3)

Tarusuke Shingaki as Male student (ep 1)

Toshitsugu Takashina as
Narration (ep 2)
Opponent (ep 4)

Tsugumi Higasayama as
ComiFes staff (ep 10)
Female registerer (ep 2)
Female student council member (ep 11)
Okada (ep 9)
Saleswoman (ep 1)
Waitress (ep 7)

Youji Ueda as
Male #1 (ep 9)
Narration (ep 6)

Japanese companies 

Animation Production: Palm Studio

Broadcaster: KIDS STATION

Music Production: Lantis

Production:
GENCO
KIDS STATION
Media Factory
Tora no Ana
Toshiba Entertainment

English staff 
English cast 

ADR Director: Bill Timoney

Art director: John Siers

Translation: Duane Johnson

Executive producer: John Sirabella

ADR Engineer:
Gary Solomon
Michael Messier

Assistant Editor: Rok Rodriguez

DVD Authoring:
Justin Kim
Mike Schaubach

Editing: Naneen Paglieri

Mixing:
Joe Digiorgi
Michael Messier

Production Supervision: Sean Molyneaux

Script Adaptation: Bill Timoney

Translation Manager: Anna Yamamoto

 

Carol Jacobanis as Saki Kasukabe

Kenneth Robert Marlo as Kosaka Makoto

Michael Perreca as Sasahara Kanji

Bill Rogers as Tanaka Soichiro

Billy Regan as Madarame

Dala Halsted as Kitagawa

Dana Halsted as Kitagawa

Mandy Bonhomme as Komaki Asagiri (Kujibiki)

Meg Francis as Izumi Tachibana (Kujibiki)

Rachael Lillis as
Kanako Ohno
Vice-President Kasumi Kisaragi (Kujibiki)

Rich McNanna as Chihiro Enomoto (Kujibiki)

Rome Elliot as Kugayana Mitsunori

Tobb Garbeil as Mr. Chairman

Zena Fries as Keiko Sasahara

Zoe Fries as President Ritsuko Kubel Kettenkrad (Kujibiki)

Angora Deb as Renko Kamishakuji (Kujibiki)

Chunky Mon as Narrator

Jayce Reeves as Ishida (Kujibiki)

Jessica Loseth as Cosplayer (Ep. 3)

Lisa Ortiz as Yamada Kaoruko (Kujibiki)

Michael Alston Baley as Haraguchi

Randall Burton as Saki's Ex-Boyfriend (Ep. 4)

Veronica Taylor as Tokino Akiyama

William Hirsh as
Horizontal Guy (Ep. 4)
Takayanagi

Yael Meller as Cafe Lady (Kujibiki)

Zoe Fries as Cosplayer (Ep. 3)

Amanda Veautour

Brian Maillard

Brian McMullen

Edward X. Young

Georgette Reilly

Jim Festante

Joe Digiorgi

John Carey

Kevin Pezzano

Rob Notoris

Ryan Verniere

Tim Breese

Vince Eaton

English companies 

ADR Production: Headline Sound Studios

Distributor: AnimeWorks

Licensed by: Media Blasters

French staff 
French cast 

Dubbing Director: Thomas Guitard

 

Geneviève Doang as Saki Kasukabe

Thomas Guitard as Kanji Sasahara

Alexandre Coadour as
Kugayama
Narrateur
Président Genshiken

Anouck Hautbois as Kitagawa

Anouk Hautbois as Kitagawa

Benoit Dupac as Sawazaki

Benoit Du Pac as Sawazaki

Bruno Meyere as Harunobu Madarame

Damien Da Silva as Soichiro Tanaka

Fanny Bloc as Keiko Sasahara

Gérard Surugue as Haraguchi

Jessica Barrier as Kanako Oono

Mathieu Doang as Kuchiki

Matthieu Morel as
Président bureau des assos
Président Club Anim'

Rémi Caillebot as Makoto Kosaka

Amélie Quirion

Arnaud Laurent

Céçile Leca

Christèle Billault

Christian Dabady

Eve Boet

Thierry D'Armor

French companies 

Distributor: Kaze

Dubbing Company: WanTake

Spanish staff 
Spanish cast 
(none)
 

Ariadna Jiménez as Saki Kasukabe (Spain dub)

Carlos Lladó as Makoto Kohsaka (Spain dub)

Jordi Navarro as Kanji Sasahara (Spain dub)

J. Ignacio Latorre as Mitsunori Kugayama (Spain dub)

Pilar Mora as Kanako Ohno (Spain dub)

Angel del Río as Haraguchi (Spain dub)

Carmen Ambrós as Kitagawa (Spain dub)

Juan Miguel Díez as President (Spain dub)

Sergio Mesa (Spain dub)

Spanish companies 
(none)
German staff 
German cast 
(none)
 

Esra Vural as Saki Kasukabe

Sebastian Schulz as Makoto Kohsaka

Timm Neu as Kanji Sasahara

Susanne Kaps as Kanako Ohno

Anja Stadlober as Kasumi Kisaragi

Dennis Schmidt-Foss as Soichiro Tanaka

Diana Borgwardt as Renko Kamisgakujii

Erich Räuker as
Erzähler (Ep. 6)
Ober (Ep. 7)

Hannes Maurer as Sawazaki (Ep.7)

Hans Hohlbein as Haraguchi

Jill Böttcher as Kaoruko Yamada

Kalpna Joshi as Lisa Humvee

Konrad Bösherz as Mugio Rokuhara

Maria Koschny as
Kitagawa
Schinobu Enomoto

Marie Schramm as Asagiri Komaki

Peggy Sander as Izumi Tachibana

Raul Richter as Chihiro Enomoto

Susanne Hermann as Ritsuko Kübel Kettenrad

Sven Plate as Harunobu Madarame

Tilo Schmitz as Mitsunori Kugayama

Yvonne Greitzke as
Keiko Sasahara
Tokino Akiyama

German companies 

DVD Distribution: Anime-Virtual


Dutch staff 
(none)
Dutch companies 

Distributor: Kaze Animation S.A.

Dutch cast 
(none)
Polish staff 
Polish companies 
(none)
 

Distributor: Anime-Virtual

Polish cast 
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) staff 
Chinese (Taiwan) companies 
(none)
 

Licensed by: Proware Multimedia International Co., Ltd.

Chinese (Taiwan) cast 
(none)
 
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