Genshiken Nidaime First Impressions! What the hell? They are resurrecting the dead...Well, this are zombies! First Rozen Maiden and now Genshiken...Old time favorites that are very welcomed for this new season!Genshiken Nidaime First Impressions! « Cartoon Leap Anime Blogwww.cartoonleap.com It seems We are sticking with oldies this new season. First Rozen Maiden is back and now We have Genshiken. The difference is that Rozen Maiden is a remake, retelling the story and Genshiken is a sequel. Genshiken is very welcomed because frankly Oreimo was sort of a disspointment. Oreimo somehow…
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Okay, okay, I know this is actually the third season of Genshiken in animated form, but Crunchyroll are sticking with Kodansha USA's nomenclature for the manga for this summer season show, so what can you do? Anyway, the adventures of The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture continue in this Production I.G. offering for the new season, and with many of the old hands leaving it's up to
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Bakemonogatari in my Genshiken anime. Disgusting. I kind of wish I didn’t check out the original manga for a few chapters before watching this because maybe then I would have laughed at some of the jokes. Although really, even if I didn’t see the jokes coming, the only ones that were properly executed was the […]
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The new Genshiken series brings in some new characters, as the old crew begins to graduate. But it also features new voices for all of the old characters that appear. I'm not saying this is good or bad. We'll hear the results on Saturday.The biggest change, for me, is Chika: she is no longer played by Mizuhashi Kaori. Now it is Yamamoto Nozomi, who was Tetora in Joshiraku. And she is the president of the club.The great Kawasumi Ayako played Kanako. Now she is played by the near-great Yukana.Ishida Akira played Manabu. This is a horizontal transfer, to Fukuyama Jun.Perhaps partly because of her continuing illness, Gotou Yuuko drops out and Oozora Naomi gets her first big chance as a seiyuu, playing Susanna Hopkins.Some of the old characters return, but apparently with only minor screen-time, and with different seiyuus: Sasahara (from Ooyama Takanori to Kobashi Tatsuya). Madarame (from Hiyama Nobuyuki to Okitsu Kazuyuki). Saki (from Yukino Satsuki to Satou Rina). And Yabusaki Kumiko (from Takagi Reiko to Yonezawa Madoka).Of course, the cast is only part of the change: Mizushima Tsutomu (xxxHolic, Squid Girl, Joshiraku, Girls und Panzer) takes over as director. He did the 2006 OVA, and the same year's Kujibiki Unbalance series, but neither of the previous series (2004 and 2007). Yokote Michiko continues as lead writer, however. Those are two highly capable names, so I'm thinking positively, no matter how many cast changes there have been.Click here or on the image to go to the full page:
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July 4, 2013 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NIS AMERICA ANNOUNCES BRAND-NEW ANIME TITLE GENSHIKEN SECOND SEASON (WORKING TITLE) AT ANIME EXPO! Anime Expo, CA (July 4, 2013) – NIS America is proud to announce the acquisition of Genshiken Second Season (working title) for North American retail release. Genshiken is a slice-of-life anime surrounding the happenings of [...]
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Single release from Sumire Uesaka, titled Genshi, Joshi wa, Taiyo Datta is the OP for Genshiken Nidaime. Will be out on 10 July 2013. Available in two editions: Limited Edition [Jacket A], Limited Pressing [Anime Jacket] and Regular Edition [Jacket B]. Limited Edition contains the PV of Genshi, Joshi wa, Taiyo Datta. Track-listing of Genshi, [...]
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As Yoshitake pressures Yajima into potentially revealing that she has feelings for Hato, Kuchiki sees a distraught Hato committing the worst crime of ComiFes: not enjoying himself. In a rare moment of clarity and benevolence (albeit still horribly awkward), Kuchiki teaches Hato that worrying what other people think about you goes against the otaku way. […]
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As Yoshitake pressures Yajima into potentially revealing that she has feelings for Hato, Kuchiki sees a distraught Hato committing the worst crime of ComiFes: not enjoying himself. In a rare moment of clarity and benevolence (albeit still horribly awkward), Kuchiki teaches Hato that worrying what other people think about you goes against the otaku way. […]
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King Records has posted a short promo video version of Sumire Uesaka’s 2nd single, titled Genshi, Jyoshi wa, Taiyo datta. The song will be used as the OP Genshiken: Second Season. It will be out on 10 July! Single Title: Genshi, Joshi wa, Taiyō Datta [w/DVD, Limited Edition/ Jacket A] Catalog Number: KICM-91455 Release Date: [...]
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The new Genshiken has its first trailer, a 30-second clip. It’s just a voiceover with Yoshitake, Yajima, and Hato, as well as a small bit of Ogiue, but there are some things I observed in the trailer. The main thing I noticed is that the new Ogiue voice, Yamamoto Nozomi, sounds similar to the previous […]
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The new Genshiken has its first trailer, a 30-second clip. It’s just a voiceover with Yoshitake, Yajima, and Hato, as well as a small bit of Ogiue, but there are some things I observed in the trailer. The main thing I noticed is that the new Ogiue voice, Yamamoto Nozomi, sounds similar to the previous […]
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The official website for Genshiken Nidaime (げんしけん二代目) has started airing the first promotional trailer for the 2nd season anime series. The anime series is scheduled to air this coming summer season and features the following seiyuu: Chika Ogiue voiced by Nozomi [...]
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Monogatari's blonde vampire shows herself in Genshiken's second gen PV - the new era of otaku comedy is apparently much more parodical and resembles a loli, an embodiment of the modern otaku mentality.
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With an upcoming third season of Genshiken airing this summer, I figure I’d take a stab at the very first one. College slices of life are rare in a medium prolific with high school romances, 15-year-old pilots in mecha, gargantuan harems, and everything inbetween. In comes Genshiken, one of the most laidback and down to […]
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The official Genshiken II anime site has updated with a bunch of information, including a full voice actor list, and character lineart images for all of the core Nidaime cast. At this point it’s no longer a suprise, but the entire cast list has changed from previous versions. My thoughts can be found below the […]
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The official Genshiken II anime site has updated with a bunch of information, including a full voice actor list, and character lineart images for all of the core Nidaime cast. At this point it’s no longer a suprise, but the entire cast list has changed from previous versions. My thoughts can be found below the […]
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Genshiken II, Chapter 88 is Winter ComiFes! As always, the Comic Festival chapters are among the best or most interesting in Genshiken. It’s Day 1 of ComiFes and Angela Burton the Athletic Bostonian has come back to Japan. Though she’s decided to tone it down she still ends up stirring the pot, especially by noticing […]
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Genshiken II, Chapter 88 is Winter ComiFes! As always, the Comic Festival chapters are among the best or most interesting in Genshiken. It’s Day 1 of ComiFes and Angela Burton the Athletic Bostonian has come back to Japan. Though she’s decided to tone it down she still ends up stirring the pot, especially by noticing […]
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As people suspected, it looks like the entire cast is being replaced for the new Genshiken anime. In addition to the previous announcement, now we know the following: Ohno: Yukana (Cure White, Teletha Testarossa), was Kawasumi Ayako (Lafiel, Mahoro) Madarame: Okitsu Kazuyuki (Jonathan Joestar), was Nobuyuki Hiyama (Guy from Gaogaigar) Kasukabe: Satou Rina (Misaka “Railgun” […]
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