Genshiken: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

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.

Series details

• Title: Genshiken
• Format: Animation
• Language: Japanese
• Genres: Comedy, Anime
• Premiere date: 2004-10-10
• Final broadcast date listed: 2013-09-29
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: Tokyo MX
• Network country: Japan
• Typical episode runtime: 25 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 12712
• IMDb ID: tt0473578
• TVDB ID: 78919

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1: premiered 2004-10-10; final listed air date 2004-12-26; episode order: 12.
• Season 2: premiered 2007-10-10; final listed air date 2007-12-26; episode order: 12.
• Season 3: premiered 2013-07-07; final listed air date 2013-09-29; episode order: 13.

Source and licence

Adapted from Genshiken on TVmaze. The synopsis is reproduced as plain text; catalogue facts, cast and season records are selected and reformatted. This adapted text is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, following the TVmaze API licence. Network and web-channel credits identify the service listed in this source; they do not establish current streaming availability.