New Anime of Genshiken Announced [Updated Apr 23rd]

by dtshyk
Jan 23, 2013 1:10 AM | 80 Comments

According to Afternoon magazine, a new anime of Genshiken was announced. Serialization of manga Genshiken was resumed as "Genshiken Nidaime" from 2010.

Source: Scan of Afternoon

Update from Apr 23rd:

The anime, to be named "Genshiken Nidaime", will be a TV series to air in the Summer 2013 season.

The studio and many of the staff have changed.
Studio: Production I.G
Director: Mizushima Tsutomu (who directed Genshiken OVA)
Series Composition: Yokote Michiko (who also did the Series Composition for season 1 and 2)
Character Design: Taniguchi Junichirou

Source: Scan of Afternoon

Genshiken Nidaime on MAL

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hpulley said:
OVA mentioned yet? Manga volume 15 this December comes with a DVD episode, amazon listing:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4063584623
Same cast and staff looks like, Production IG.

Problem is the Amazon listing does not say it is an OVA although it lists some staff and cast names... Would like to see a firm confirmation first before starting a thread on this...

Aug 21, 2013 9:54 PM by symbv

OVA mentioned yet? Manga volume 15 this December comes with a DVD episode, amazon listing:
http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4063584623

Same cast and staff looks like, Production IG.

Aug 21, 2013 3:53 PM by hpulley

bakaboy said:
Sounds like a lot of the voice actor cast got replaced?

as sad as i am to hear that majority of the VA's aren't going to reprise their roles, the replacements (for lack of a better term) are actually quite promising; such as Kanako being voiced by Yukana (Testarossa, C.C., Kazehana, and Nanasaki, Ai) and Saki being voiced by Satou, Rina (Tanamachi, Kaoru and Misaka, Mikoto).

it's still very unfortunate, but i'm very much looking forward to seeing what the new VA's bring to the table due to a few being veterans.

Jun 30, 2013 9:28 PM by Peekaboo58

Oh wow. Some great news once in a while.

Jun 27, 2013 3:20 AM by RoyLeer

I have waited so long for this...

Jun 26, 2013 8:52 PM by ShojoSamurai

Since it seems pretty much everyone was re-casted, I gotta say I feel bad for the original voice actors. Although its been quite a few yrs since they wrapped on the original recordings, not being able to come back to do a role must feel somewhat disappointing/discouraging for them (least I would be if I was a VA)

Jun 3, 2013 11:15 PM by bakaboy

ED, according to the official site, is "Aoku Yurete Iru (アオくユレている)" by Nozomu Yamamoto, Sumire Uesaka, Yumi Uchiyama, Ai Kakuma

Jun 3, 2013 4:04 AM by tsubasalover

GodotCoffee said:

NicTac said:

Are you serious? Does that really happen?

Haven't really read on too much to know. But I've read enough to say that things are getting weird in Genshiken. Its completely possible for things to turn out that way.

Jun 2, 2013 7:46 AM by NicTac

NicTac said:

Are you serious? Does that really happen?

Jun 1, 2013 3:47 PM by GodotCoffee

Uesaka Sumire as Yoshitake Rika and she will also sing the OP !! Now after the Muromi-san OP I have high expectation of her second single ;-)

Jun 1, 2013 1:55 AM by symbv

Ale1212 said:

ravagestorm said:
So are they going to skip Ogiue's arc?

Yeah, the author itself said so but it's such a shame...

Yeah I just read it a while ago in chapter 87. I blame the producer. They really want to cash-in in the Fujoshi boom. The author better pair Madarame with Angela because I can't take a lot of BL and fujoshi stuff.

Jun 1, 2013 1:13 AM by ravagestorm

Dem character designs:
http://yaraon.blog109.fc2.com/blog-entry-16590.html#more

And more cast members:
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interest/2013-06-01/jun-fukuyama-mamiko-noto-join-genshiken/2nd-season-cast

I can't wait~

May 31, 2013 9:24 PM by Stark700

bakaboy said:

Ale1212 said:

ravagestorm said:
So are they going to skip Ogiue's arc?

Yeah, the author itself said so but it's such a shame...

Aaaaand I am now disappoint...

Fuck, I was afraid that would happen. I really hoped they would just have continued where they left off... Ogiue's arc was really enjoyable in my opinion and it's a shame it's skipped. I really wanted to see it animated...

May 29, 2013 1:25 AM by Vikopaulum

Ale1212 said:

ravagestorm said:
So are they going to skip Ogiue's arc?

Yeah, the author itself said so but it's such a shame...

Wow that really is a bummer.

I'm going to be really lost watching this one. Jokes flying past me left and right. At least that's how it was when I tried reading Nidaime. Hopefully I'll get the jokes better when they air the anime.

Maybe they'll even put some teensy weensy Madarame x Saki moments. I at least have those to look forward to.

May 27, 2013 3:18 AM by NicTac

Hell yeah!
But i love how genshiken, first started out majorities were guys, and now it's females.

May 25, 2013 2:41 PM by Lilyanna

amayih said:
R17? O_o
Just notice that Kenshiken 2 also is R17! why? Not that I want to argue, I'm curious because I didn't remember any R17 materials!

If I were to guess it would probably be the yaoi episode, that was fairly explicit IIRC.

May 25, 2013 2:38 PM by GodotCoffee

Ale1212 said:

ravagestorm said:
So are they going to skip Ogiue's arc?

Yeah, the author itself said so but it's such a shame...

Aaaaand I am now disappoint...

May 25, 2013 12:57 AM by bakaboy

ravagestorm said:
So are they going to skip Ogiue's arc?

Yeah, the author itself said so but it's such a shame...

May 25, 2013 12:21 AM by Ale1212

So are they going to skip Ogiue's arc?

May 24, 2013 3:16 AM by ravagestorm