Publisher’s Weekly scored an interview with mangaka SHIMOKU Kio, the creator of Genshiken. Its a pretty good interview (too bad Shimoku-sensei’s question wasn’t answered back for the publication) so if you were a fan of the manga or wonder what Shimoku-sensei’s thoughts are about otaku, I encourage you to read the article. Update (30-Oct-2016): The
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Genshiken Manga Volume 9
December 3rd, 2007 
AstroNerdBoy Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture, Volume 9 Summary (mild spoilers): Ohno’s friends Sue and Angela have arrived from America for their second trip to attend the Winter ComiFes as well as to take in some Japanese culture. Ogiue learns that Sue may not be as ignorant of Japanese as they
Genshiken OVA Ep. 03
July 30th, 2007 AstroNerdBoy Genshiken OVA Ep. 03 SPOILER Summary: Genshiken are meeting and Ogiue-san and Ohno-san are arguing over cosplaying for the club’s event at the school festival. Ohno-san tries to convince Ogiue-san to cosplay at the event, but she finds the whole thing repulsive and embarrassing. Sometime later Saki, Madarame, Tanaka, Kugayama, Kuchiki, & Sasahara are in
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Genshiken Volume 8 *SPOILERS*
April 5th, 2007 AstroNerdBoy Genshiken Volume 8 *SPOILERS* Amazon recently shipped me Genshiken Volume 8, which I finally got to read on Tuesday night. I have to say that this is may be the best manga yet in terms of character development and story, though as one might expect, the humor levels go down as a result. Summary Genshiken
What I’m Watching 11 (Two Genshiken OVA episodes and one Pumpkin Scissors)
March 28th, 2007 AstroNerdBoy As an aside, I had planned to keep the “What I’m Watching” entries to a paragraph summary and some thoughts. However, sometimes that’s easier said than done, so it will be a 2-3 paragraph summary with thoughts. Having said that… Genshiken OAV 1 (Ep. 13) Its the time of year for new kids to join
