Sasahara Kanji is a college freshman who decides to join a student society to share his hidden thoughts on manga, anime and gaming. When he first visited Genshiken, short for "Gendai Shikaku Bunka Kenkyuu Kai" (Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture), his groundless pride was destroyed by the plotting of Madarame, a sophomore student in Genshiken, but he still couldn't admit that he is an otaku. However, as he participates in society activities such as visiting dojin (private publishing) shops and anime festivals, and hangs out with other society members Kosaka (a hardcore otaku despite his extreme eccentricities and good looks), Kosaka's girlfriend Kasuga Saki (who isn't really an otaku), Ohno (a cosplayer) and the others, he opens his mind and resolves that he will make his way into the otaku world. With their help, Sasahara slowly adjusts to otaku life in Genshiken. (Source: AnimeNfo)

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Souichiro Tanaka

Tomokazu Seki

Saki Kasukabe

Satsuki Yukino

Makoto Kousaka

Mitsuki Saiga

Kanako Oono

Ayako Kawasumi

Harunobu Madarame

Nobuyuki Hiyama

Mitsunori Kugayama

Kenji Nomura

Kanji Sasahara

Takanori Ooyama

Yurie Kitagawa

Sanae Kobayashi

Tokino Akiyama

Akemi Kanda

Keiko Sasahara

Kaori Shimizu

Takayanagi

Eiji Yanagisawa

Sawazaki

Kentarou Itou