Genshiken (2004)

Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews

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.

• Released: 2004-10-11
• Genres: Animation, Comedy
• Seasons: 3, 37 episodes
• Episode length: 25m
• Network: Kids Station, Chiba TV, TV Aichi, Sun TV
• Status: Ended
• TMDB rating: 7.1/10 from 41 votes

Top cast

• Satsuki Yukino as Saki Kasukabe (voice)
• Takanori Ooyama as Kanji Sasahara (voice)
• Mitsuki Saiga as Makoto Kosaka (voice)
• Ayako Kawasumi as Kanako Ohno (voice)
• Kaori Shimizu as Keiko Sasahara (voice)
• Nobuyuki Hiyama as Harunobu Madarame (voice)
• Tomokazu Seki as Soichiro Tanaka (voice)
• Koji Ishii as Haraguchi (voice)
• Sanae Kobayashi as Kitagawa (voice)
• Eiji Yanagisawa as Takayanagi (voice)

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Genshiken

• United States: buy on Apple TV Store
• United Kingdom: buy on Apple TV Store
• Canada: buy on Apple TV Store

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