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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**Non-anime roles:**
- Aile - Rockman ZX Advent (VG)
- Akari Tatsushiro - Naruto Shippuden: Ryujinki (VG)
- Akira Okuzaki - Mai-HiME: Bakuretsu! (VG)
- Aleria - Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: Ring of Fates (VG)
- Alex Russo - Wizards Of Waverly Place (Japanese dub)
- Allen Walker - J-Stars Victory VS (VG)
- Ashley Hammond/Yellow Ranger - Power Rangers in Space (Japanese dub)
- Ashley Hammond/Yellow Ranger - Power Rangers Lost Galaxy (Japanese dub)
- Cecilia Lynne Adlehyde - Wild Arms Alter Code: F (VG)
- Charabom - Bomberman Generation (VG)
- Constable Neyla - Sly 2: Band of Thieves (VG)
- Dalia Hakbarah - You Don't Mess with the Zohan (Japanese dub)
- Ender - .hack//Link (VG)
- Fumiko Kii - Inazuma Eleven Strikers (VG)
- Gemini Sunrise - Project X Zone (VG)
- Gemini Sunrise - Sakura Taisen 5 Saraba Itoshiki Hito Yo (VG)
- Gemini Sunrise - Sakura Wars 5 Episode 0 (VG)
- Guel in "Inazuma Eleven Strikers" (VG)
- Higure - Blood Alone (Drama CD)
- Hong Lihua/Reika - Super Robot Wars Z (VG)
- Ice Climbers - Super Smash Bros. Ultimate (VG)
- Ice Climbers - Super Smash Brothers Melee (VG)
- Iria Silvestoli - Star Ocean: First Departure (VG)
- Juana Olsys - Atelier Meruru: The Alchmist of Arland 3 (VG)
- Jun Sakurada - Rozen Maiden (Drama CD)
- Kaede Orikura - Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru (Drama CD)
- Kat - Gravity Daze/Gravity Rush (VG)
- Kat - Playstation All-Stars Battle Royale (VG)
- Leslie Newman - Trauma Center: New Blood (VG)
- Lushean Bronx - Summon Night 4 (VG)
- Lydie Erlanger - Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance (VG)
- Misaki Ayuzawa - Kaichou wa Maid-sama (Drama CD)
- Misaki - Kaichou wa Maid-sama (Drama CD)
- Misasagi Inori - Memories Off (VG)
- Nancy Callahan - Sin City (Japanese dub)
- Natsumi Raimon - Inazuma Eleven 2 (VG)
- Natsumi Raimon - Inazuma Eleven 3 (VG)
- Natsumi Raimon - Inazuma Eleven Strikers (VG)
- Natsumi Raimon - Inazuma Eleven (VG)
- Ohatsu - Shin Onimusha: Dawn of Dreams (VG)
- Otoha Kijimiya - Hayate x Blade (Drama CD)
- Pai - .hack//G.U. (VG)
- Pi - .hack//Link (VG)
- Rahzel - Hatenkou Yuugi (Drama CD)
- Ridley Timberlake - Radiata Stories (VG)
- Riiko Izawa -Zettai Kareshi (Drama CD)
- Rimu Nanakaze - Inazuma Eleven Strikers (VG)
- Sakura - Goddess of Victory: Nikke (VG)
- Samantha Puckett in iCarly (Japanese dub)
- Seong Mi-na - Soul Calibur IV (VG)
- Seong Mi-na - Soul Calibur: Broken Destiny (VG)
- Snow White/Mary Margaret Blanchard - Once Upon a Time (Japanese dub)
- Tighanri - Genshin Impact (VG)
- Tsukishi Ootani - Inazuma Eleven Strikers (VG)
- Vent and Aile - Rockman ZX (VG)
- White Alien Ranger - Power Rangers in Space (TV series)
- Wilhelm - Breath of Fire 6 (VG)
- Will of the Book of Darkness - Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's Sound Stage 02 (Drama CD)
- Yuki Hirasaka - 7'scarlet (VG)

It’s spring of freshman year, and Kanji Sasahara has a difficult dilemma. Should he declare his love for manga and anime fandom by joining an otaku club, like he has always wanted to? Is he prepared to deal with the social stigma attached to being an otaku? Meanwhile, Saki Kasakabe has her own otaku conundrum. How can she turn her boyfriend, anime fanboy Makoto, into a normal guy? Kanji follow his heart as does Saki. When both Kanji and Makoto join Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Saki chases Makoto through the various activities of the club from cosplaying and comic conventions, to video gaming and anime model figures. Saki finds otaku to be more than she imagined, but not necessarily in a good way.
 
(Source: Kodansha USA)

The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, otherwise known as Genshiken, is now under the charge of a more confident Sasahara. Things have changed in between semesters, and the otaku club now has a new otaku-hating member named Ogiue. Sasahara's initial goal of starting a doujin circle and selling those fan-made magazines at the next Comic Festival becomes a reality, but reality is a cruel master... who apparently crossplays. Afterward, the club is abuzz with talk about Tanaka and Ohno's relationship, which takes a hesitant step forward. 
(Source: Media Blasters)

Yurie Kitagawa