Genshiken
Also known as Gendai Shikaku Bunka Kenkyūkai, Gendai Shikaku Bunka Kenkyuukai
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, , 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.
Key facts
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- Genshiken vol. 1.png
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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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- げんしけん
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- novel
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- Kazutoshi Iida
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- Shimoku Kio
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- Kodansha
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- Afternoon KC
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- Monthly Afternoon
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- April 25, 2002
- Animanga/Print.last
- August 25, 2016
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