I came across the Mukoh Hadan - Sword of the Stranger Trailer recently. I’ve read some positive reviews (Star Crossed Anime Blog/Atarashii Prelude) and since I love historical violence, I think I’ll check it out. Yaoi manga has come to life? Yaoi fan girls can get excited about seeing their manga coming to life in the movie Ai [...]
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Or should I say, “Genchoken.” To celebrate the Genchoken CD release (Genchoken being the bi-weekly radio show which accompanied the broadcast of Genshiken 2), otaku will be able to briefly live, Genshiken style, at Karaoke Pasela in Akihabara. There, customers will have access to a karaoke room with a Genshiken-themed decor and sing to their hearts’ content. [...]
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The official Genshiken anime website has announced that they’re releasing the Genshiken OVAs (which introduced Ogiue to the anime) as a stand-alone box separate from the anime series Kujibiki <3 Unbalance for which they were originally OVAs. This is for the Japanese market. Whether or not America plans to release a stand-alone as well is [...]
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Let’s just leave it at that.
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The Essentials Name: Genshiken (Season 1), The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture Genre: Comedy Episodes: 12 Released: October 10, 2004 - December 26, 2004 Based On: Genshiken manga by Shimoku Kio Director: Takashi Ikehata Produced By: Palm Studio, Media Factory US Distribution By: Media Blasters Major Japanese Cast Kanji Sasahara: Takanori Ohyama Saki Kasukabe: Satsuki Yukino Makoto Kohsaka: Mitsuki Saiga Harunobu Madarame: Nobuyuki Hiyama Soichiro Tanaka: [...]
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There have been many translations and transliterations of the title, and it’s all been a bit confusing, so I’m going to clear this up. The title is “Shoron Genshiken: Hairu Ranto no Yabou” Hairu Ranto is the name of a character in the novel.  He is a young CEO who has transferred into Shiiou University for whatever [...]
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10. Ogiue Chika Ogiue is one out of two characters on this list that you’ll find that isn’t like the others. She’s a lot different let me tell you. At first, I think like a lot of Genshiken fans, I liked Ohno a lot. It was Ohno this and Ohno that. Ohno was pretty hot, but [...]
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The setting is very unusual in regards to it not making complete sense given what we know of Genshiken. Madarame is still chairman of Genshiken, so this story would be occurring prior to Ogiue arriving, except… Kuchiki is a member! How can Kuchiki be a member of Genshiken during Madarame’s period as Chairman when he only joined [...]
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A glaring flaw, but I won’t hold it against them.  It seems to take place prior to Ogiue appearing. I purchased the book today, and while I’ve only read through the first chapter I can already tell that it’s going to be quite different from anything Genshiken-related that I’ve ever seen. To give you an idea of [...]
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It’ s not typical for me to just use this blog for summarizing things, but I know that not a lot of people have access to it.  I haven’t really had time to translate, so a brief summary will have to suffice. The Drama CD is episode 8.5 of Genshiken 2, so fit it in there. Sasahara [...]
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Sasahara and the others have enjoyed their time in Genshiken, but whilst it seems unlikely that they will give up the otaku life any time soon, graduation is approaching, and the real world beckons. Can they manage to juggle the demands of studying and finding job with the usual round of cosplay, visits to Comiket [...]
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I’ve ordered the Genshiken Novel, and it should be arriving in two to three weeks. Stay tuned for a review. With any luck, there will be satisfactory amounts of Ogi. (This will also motivate me to brush up on my kanji again.)
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Having checked with Amazon Japan, Asahiya, and Kinokuniya, it seems that it is not possible to pre-order the book before the January 23rd release date.  The only option is to order it afterwards, which seems kind of odd to me. Well, there’s no special deluxe edition either so there’s no chance of missing out on it, [...]
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Genshiken is the life story of every real geek on this planet. It doesn’t patronise us, it doesn’t trivialise what we do. It deals with the everyday challenges, life decisions, and realities we deal with. It doesn’t pretend to be gritty or jaded about a damned thing and bravo for it! Every last bloody reference [...]
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So the final volume of Genshiken came out in English a couple weeks ago and I finally got my hands on it to read recently. This final volume is a perfect send-off for the series, with the return of old characters and plots while providing just the right amount of closure. The best part of this [...]
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So I will be very honest with you… I don’t read manga. (*huh!?*gasp*) I never got into it and probably never will. It just doesn’t interest me that much. So how did I get into anime? Both as a combination of whatever available anime series in the 90s (Tenchi Muyo promo on laserdisc… ah laserdisc…) [...]
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Genshiken picture ‘loaned’ from Konachan If you think that “The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture” can only exist in a fictional anime like Genshiken, you’re so very wrong.
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Happy New Years, it’s either a time to look back at the previous year or look ahead to our hope and dreams for the future. This is my dream for 2008.Here’s my fantasy show which if I had millions of dollars I’d produce a live action version of the manga. The plot lends itself to the drama format exceptionally well, it’s a character driven story has some romance and a large dose of humor and it’s about otaku which have been popular in both drama and movies. It’s college setting and no action to speak of so it should be cheap to produce, the only expensive set would be the Genshiken club room which like Densha Otoko’s bedroom would require the purchase or rental of large amounts of otaku goods, figures, manga and old game consoles and of course the salaries of the large cast of my favourite actors and actresses.My dream cast for the men I’d pick either Satoshi Tsumabuki (Orange Days) or Hongo Kanata (Himitsu no Hanazono) as Sasahara, Ikuta Toma (Akihabara@deep, Hanazakari no Kimitachi e) as Madarame, Matsuda Shota (Hana Yori Dango , Liar Game) as Tanaka and Akanishi Jin (Anego, Yukan Club) as Kohsaka. For the women I’d love to see Horikita Maki (Hanazakari no Kimitachi e, Nobuta wo Produce) as Oguie, either Kosaka Yuka (Akihabara@deep) or Matsushima Hatsune (Akihabara@deep) as Ohno, and either Aya Ueto (Attention Please, Hotelier) or Ishihara Satomi (Nurse Aoi, Hanayome to Papa) as Saki.In the smaller roles Angela would be portrayed by Leah Dizon, and because this is a perfect world Summer Glau would be Suzy. Domoto Koichi (Sushi Oji!, Remote) would be Kucchi.Would you like to see this made into a drama and if you would what’s your dream cast. Another anime I’d just love to see as a drama is Ouran High School Host Club I thought Maki would make the perfect “Haruhi” ever since watching Hanazakari no Kimitachi e.
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Yes, I take every opportunity to put Ogiue fanservice on the front page of this blog. Ah the wonderful ride has finally come to a close for this season. This final episode is mostly focused on Sasahara and his struggles in getting a job once again. We don’t really get a final resolution to [...]
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I REALLY liked this episode because it was something that totally wasn’t in the manga, and sure Sasahara was acting out of character, I thought, I still liked where they went with this. Though, it started off real strong but just kinda died halfway through the episode. It was interesting seeing Sasahara act in the way [...]
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