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Genshiken (OAV)

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Alternative title:
The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture
げんしけん (Japanese)
現視研 (Chinese (Taiwan))
Themes: otaku
Plot Summary: It's the start of a new year for the Genshiken crew, and that means recruiting new members. Always a dreaded task, The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture manages to get Chika Ogiue pushed onto them from the Manga Club. With her introduction of "I'm Ogiue and I hate otaku", this year certainly will be anything but boring.
User Ratings: 1087 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 95 votes (sub:84, dub:7, raw:2, others:2
1 French subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Excellent: 295 votes (sub:251, dub:28, ?:2, raw:2, others:12
9 Spanish subtitled
2 Russian subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Very good: 372 votes (sub:318, dub:36, raw:2, ?:2, others:14
7 Spanish subtitled
2 Portuguese subtitled
2 French subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 223 votes (sub:188, dub:21, raw:2, ?:1, others:11
5 Spanish subtitled
2 Polish subtitled
1 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
)
 Decent: 79 votes (sub:63, dub:9, raw:1, ?:1, others:5
3 Spanish subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 So-so: 13 votes (sub:13)
 Not really good: 7 votes (sub:7)
 Weak: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Bad: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Awful: -
 Worst ever: 1 vote (sub:1)
Seen in part or in whole by 1958 users, rank: #603 (of 9585)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.017 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.2009, rank: #563 (of 9708)
Weighted mean: 7.966 (Very good), rank: #640 (of 9708) (seen all: 7.97 / seen some: 8.10 / won't finish: 4.00)
Bayesian estimate: 7.960 (Very good), rank: #415 (of 7289)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 3
Episode titles: We have 3
Vintage: 2006-12-22
Release dates: We have 2
Opening Theme:
"Seishun to shite" by manzo
Ending Theme:
"Biidama" by Saori Atsumi
Official website:
Trivia: We have 5
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Shelf Life - Beast War (Oct 27, 2008)
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DVD (Region 1)
    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)
    Kujibiki Unbalance - No Need for Chihiro (DVD 1) 2008-04-29 (from $2.43)
    Kujibiki Unbalance - No Need for Chihiro + Artbox (DVD 1) 2008-04-29 (from $9.79)
    Kujibiki Unbalance - Love Rikkyouin (DVD 2) 2008-06-24 (from $9.95)
    Kujibiki Unbalance - The Melancholy of Ritsuko Kettenkrad (DVD 3) 2008-08-26 (from $10.00)
    Kujibiki Unbalance - Premium Box Set (DVD 1-3) 2008-11-11 (from $17.99)
    Kujibiki Unbalance - The Complete Collection (DVD 1-3) 2009-11-17 (from $14.94)

Japanese staff
Japanese cast
Director: Tsutomu Mizushima
Series Composition: Michiko Yokote
Screenplay:
Michiko Yokote (eps 1-3)
Storyboard:
Hidekazu Oka (ep 14)
Hiroshi Fukutomi (ep 13)
Kenichi Yatagai (ep 15)
Episode Director:
Hiroki Negishi (ep 13)
Kiyoshi Fukumoto (ep 15)
Matsuo Asami (ep 14)
Original creator: Shimoku Kio
Character Design: Yoshiaki Yanagida
Art Director: Shin Okui
Chief Animation Director: Yoshiaki Yanagida
Animation Director:
Hideaki Matsuoka (ep 15)
Ichiro Ogawa (ep 13)
Ikuo Yoshida (ep 15)
Isamitsu Kashima (ep 13)
Kazuyuki Ikai (ep 15)
Kyota Washikita (ep 15)
Masaya Fujimori (ep 13)
Shinsuke Yanagi (ep 15)
Soji Ninomiya (ep 15)
Yukinori Umetsu (ep 15)
Art design: Hiroshi Izumi
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Akio Saitō

Theme Song Performance:
manzo (OP)
Saori Atsumi (ED)
Ayako Kawasumi as Kanako Ohno
Kaori Mizuhashi as Chika Ogiue
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Harunobu Madarame
Satsuki Yukino as Saki Kasukabe
Takanori Ohyama as Kanji Sasahara

Akira Ishida as Manabu "Kucchi" Kuchiki
Kenji Nomura as Mitsunori Kugayama
Mitsuki Saiga as Makoto Kohsaka
Tomokazu Seki as Soichiro Tanaka

Aya Endō as friend A (ep 14)
Eiji Yanagisawa as Takayanagi
Masataka Sawada as customer (ep 15)
Ryōko Ono as salesclerk (ep 14)
Yuka Iguchi as friend B (ep 14)
Japanese companies
English staff
English cast
Director: Bill Timoney
Art Director: Christopher Mantovi
Translation: Duane Johnson
Executive producer: John Sirabella

Acquisition Liaison:
Aiko Utsumi
Yoko Hayama
Adaptation: Bill Timoney
ADR Recording: Joe Digiorgi
DVD Author: Dave Beinlich
Post-Production Coordinator: William Hellfire
Post-Production Supervision: Christian Moran
Print Manager: Christopher Mantovi
Production Supervision:
Clark Cheng
Richard York
Sean Molyneaux
Proofing: Frank Pannone
Special Thanks To:
Bill Timoney
Joe Digiorgi
Subtitling: Nagisa Wada
Translation Manager: Nagisa Wada
Bill Timoney as Harunobu Madarame
Carol Jacobanis as Saki Kasukabe
Michael Perreca as Kanji Sasahara
Michele Knotz as Chika Oguie
Rachael Lillis as Kanaka Ohno

Bill Rogers as Soichiro Tanaka
Ed Paul as Manabu Kuchiki
Kenneth Robert Marlo as Makoto Kosaka
Rome Elliot as Mitsunori Kugayama

William Hirsh as Takayanagi

English companies
ADR Production: Headline Sound Studios
Distributor: AnimeWorks
Licensed by: Media Blasters
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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