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Genshiken 2 (TV)

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Alternative title:
The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture 2
げんしけん２ (Japanese)
現視研2 (Chinese (Taiwan))
현시연 2 (Korean)
Genres: comedy, drama, romance
Themes: otaku
Plot Summary: The members of Genshiken are accepted as participants in the upcoming ComiFes, and Sasahara must adjust to his new role as club president. Meanwhile, Ogiue continues to struggle to fit in to her new surroundings.
User Ratings: 1294 ratings have been given [details]
 Masterpiece: 110 votes (sub:95, dub:10, raw:1, others:4
2 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Portuguese subtitled
)
 Excellent: 441 votes (sub:387, dub:34, raw:3, ?:2, others:15
9 Spanish subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Portuguese subtitled
1 Polish subtitled
)
 Very good: 397 votes (sub:345, dub:38, ?:1, others:13
4 Spanish subtitled
4 Portuguese subtitled
3 Russian subtitled
1 Chinese Mandarin subtitled
1 German subtitled
)
 Good: 221 votes (sub:180, dub:29, ?:2, raw:1, others:9
6 Spanish subtitled
1 French subtitled
1 Italian subtitled
1 Korean subtitled
)
 Decent: 80 votes (sub:70, dub:7, others:3
1 Spanish subtitled
1 Russian dubbed
1 Russian subtitled
)
 So-so: 28 votes (sub:24, dub:2, others:2
1 Russian subtitled
1 Spanish subtitled
)
 Not really good: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Weak: 6 votes (sub:6)
 Bad: 2 votes (sub:2)
 Awful: 1 vote (sub:1)
 Worst ever: 2 votes (sub:2)
Seen in part or in whole by 2287 users, rank: #496 (of 10090)
Median rating: Very good
Arithmetic mean: 8.083 (Very good), std. dev.: 1.292, rank: #512 (of 10250)
Weighted mean: 8.047 (Very good), rank: #509 (of 10250) (seen all: 8.07 / seen some: 7.71 / won't finish: 4.30)
Bayesian estimate: 8.041 (Very good), rank: #345 (of 7728)
Running time: 24 minutes per episode
Number of episodes: 12
Episode titles: We have 12
Vintage: 2007-10-09 to 2007-12-25
Release dates: We have 6
Opening Theme:
"disarm dreamer" by Aki Misato
Ending Theme:
#1: "Clubhouse Sandwich (クラブハウスサンド)" by Yuumao (eps 1,2,4-6,8,10-12)
#2: "Ai (あい)" by Saori Atsumi (ep 3)
#3: "Biidama (びいだま)" by Saori Atsumi (ep 7)
#4: "Clubhouse Sandwich (クラブハウスサンド) Instrumental Version" by Yuumao (ep 9)
Official website:
Genshiken 2 @ Kids Station (Japanese)
TV Anime Genshiken Official Site (Japanese)
Trivia: We have 13
Reviews:
Genshiken 2 DVD 3 (Feb 23, 2010)
Genshiken 2 DVD 1 (Sep 2, 2009)
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DVD (Region 1)
    Genshiken - Complete Collection [Seasons 1-2 + OVA] (DVD 1-7) 2011-03-01 (from $17.00)
    Genshiken 2 - Full Circle + Artbox (DVD 1) delayed/cancelled
    Genshiken 2 - Full Circle (DVD 1) 2009-08-25 (from $8.99)
    Genshiken 2 - Dress for Success (DVD 2) 2009-10-27 (from $6.00)
    Genshiken 2 - Anta Baka + Artbox (DVD 3) delayed/cancelled
    Genshiken 2 - Anta Baka (DVD 3) 2009-12-29 (from $5.93)
    Genshiken 2 - Designer Artbox + T-Shirt (DVD N/A) 2010-03-16
    Genshiken 2 - Premium Box + T-Shirt (DVD 1-3) 2010-03-16
    Genshiken 2 - Premium Collection (DVD 1-3) 2010-04-13
    Genshiken 2 - Complete Collection [Litebox] (DVD 1-3) 2010-09-07 (from $11.95)

Japanese staff
Japanese companies
Director: Kinji Yoshimoto
Series Composition: Michiko Yokote
Script:
Michiko Yokote (10 episodes
eps 1-3, 5-9, 11-12
)
Shimoku Kio (eps 4, 10)
Storyboard:
Kinji Yoshimoto (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 5, 8, 12
)
Kotaroh Mita (eps 3, 6-7)
Shigenori Kageyama (eps 4, 9, 11)
Tomoko Iwasaki (ep 10)
Episode Director:
Akira Iwanaga (eps 1, 6)
Chikayo Nakamura (ep 9)
Kinji Yoshimoto (ep 12)
Masayuki Matsumoto (eps 2, 8)
Tomoko Iwasaki (eps 4, 10)
Yoshitaka Fujimoto (eps 3, 5, 7, 11)
Music:
Masaya Koike (4-EVER)
Shun Okazaki (4-EVER)
Original creator: Shimoku Kio
Character Design: Yoshiaki Yanagida
Chief Animation Director:
Takayuki Noguchi
Yoshiaki Yanagida
Yukiko Ishibashi
Animation Director:
Chang Hwan Park (ep 3)
Ichirō Ogawa (eps 4, 10)
Ik Hyun Eum (ep 12)
Jin Won Seo (ep 7)
Kenji Hattori (ep 9)
Manabu Kurihara (ep 9)
Rin-Sin (BL sequence; ep 5)
Satoshi Urushihara (OP)
Sun An Jung (eps 2, 5, 8)
Takayuki Noguchi (ep 12)
Tomoko Shimizu (ep 9)
Tsutomu Miyazawa (eps 1, 6, 11)
Yukiko Ishibashi (ep 12)
Sound Director: Jin Aketagawa
Director of Photography: Kazuhiro Sasaki

Editing: Jun Takuma
Theme Song Arrangement: Tomoki Kikuya (ED)
Theme Song Composition:
Katsuhiko Kurosu (ED)
Yuumao (ED)
Theme Song Lyrics:
Aki Hara (OP)
Yuumao (ED)
Theme Song Performance:
Aki Misato (OP)
Saori Atsumi (ED2 & 3)
Yuumao (ED)
3d: VENET Digital (ep 3)
Animation Production: Arms
Animation Production Collaboration: Ajiado
Backgrounds: Studio Easter (eps 1-12)
Backgrounds Assistance:
Ani Village (eps 4-12)
Kusanagi (ep 2) 
Team's Art (eps 3, 6)
White Map (ep 2)
Broadcaster:
Aichi Television Broadcasting (2007-10-09)
Chiba Television (2007-10-09)
Kids Station (2007-10-12)
Sun TV (2007-10-11)
Television Kanagawa (2007-10-10)
Television Saitama Co., Ltd. (2007-10-09)
In-Between Animation:
Anime Roman (ep 11)
FAI (ep 7)
Frontline (eps 5-6, 11)
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd. (eps 10, 12)
Phoenix Animation (ep 8)
R.I.C (eps 7, 10, 12)
Sung San Production (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 8-10, 12
)
Tokyo Animation Center (11)
VENET (5 episodes
eps 1-2, 9-10, 12
)
Key Animation:
Anime R (ep 1)
Anime Roman (ep 5)
Bee Train (eps 3, 7)
Dōga Kōbō (ep 12)
Nakamura Production (ep 10)
Tokyo Animation Center (eps 5, 11)
Wao World (ep 5)
Music Production: Lantis
Paint:
FAI (ep 3)
Frontline (eps 5, 11)
Hangzhou Flying Dragon Cartoon Co., Ltd. (eps 10, 12)
office fuu (ep 11)
R.I.C (eps 7, 10, 12)
Studio Targe (ep 11)
Sung San Production (7 episodes
eps 1-2, 4, 8-10, 12
)
VENET (eps 1-2)
Photography: Asahi Production (eps 1-12)
Production:
GENCO
Kids Station
Media Factory
Showgate
Studio Palm
Toranoana Inc.
Production Cooperation: VENET (eps 3-12)
Recording Studio: Procen Studio
Sound Effects: Sound Box
Sound Production: Magic Capsule
Video Editing: Data Art
Japanese cast
Kaori Mizuhashi as Chika Ogiue
Takanori Ohyama as Kanji Sasahara

Akira Ishida as Manabu "Kucchi" Kuchiki
Ayako Kawasumi as Kanako Ohno
Nobuyuki Hiyama as Harunobu Madarame
Satsuki Yukino as Saki Kasukabe
Tomokazu Seki as Soichiro Tanaka

Airi Sakuno as Female game character (ep 9)
Ami Koshimizu as Ritsuko Kübel Kettenkrad (ep 2)
Aya Endō as Nakajima (ep 11)
Daisuke Ono as Chairman (ep 7)
Eiji Yanagisawa as Takayanagi
Eiko Yonezawa as hall announcer (eps 3, 11)
Eri Nakao as
female interviewer (ep 12)
Katou (ep 6)
woman B (ep 8)
Fujiko Takimoto as Chihiro Enomoto (ep 2)
Hiroshi Iida as
Comifes man B (ep 3)
male interviewer (ep 8)
thief (ep 8)
Hitomi Harada as Cutie Tonko (ep 4)
Jun Konno as Kaoru (ep 9)
Kana Hirano as club member A (ep 6)
Kaori Akashi as Woman A (ep 8)
Kengo Manaka as examiner (ep 9)
Kenji Nomura as Mitsunori Kugayama
Kenji Takahashi as Man B (ep 6)
Kensuke Tamura as interviewer A (ep 9)
Kōji Ishii as Haraguchi
Kumiko Nishihara as Renko Kamishakuji (ep 2)
Mitsuki Saiga as Makoto Kohsaka
Miwa Kitahara as Menma (ep 9)
Momoko Saito as Asada aka Nyaako
Reiko Takagi as Yabusaki
Saeko Chiba as Ritsuko Kübel Kettenkrad (ep 7)
Sanae Kobayashi as Yurie Kitagawa (ep 7)
Seirō Ogino as interviewer B (ep 9)
Shintarō Asanuma as Neko Kazamatsuri (ep 1)
Shun Yokokawa as hall announcer (ep 3)
Susumu Chiba as Ryuuji Onodera (ep 12)
Takashi Oohara as Sai Bouzu (ep 1)
Tsubasa Yonaga as Man A (ep 6)
Yoichi Masukawa as Comifes man A (ep 3)
Yuka Iguchi as Shigeta (ep 11)
Yukana as Kasumi Kisaragi (ep 2)
Yuki Kaida as Angela Burton
Yūko Gotō as
Kaoruko Yamada (ep 2)
Susanna Hopkins
Yuuka Nakatsukasa as perfume lady (ep 6)
English cast
English staff
Director: Joe Digiorgi
Art Director: Merideth Mulroney
Translation: Duane Johnson
Executive producer: John Sirabella

Acquisition Liaison:
Megumi Kikuraku
Yoko Hayama
DVD Authoring: Dave Beinlich
Editing: Derek Lieu
Mixing: Joe Digiorgi
Otaku Consultant: Bill Rogers (eps 5-12)
Post-Production Manager: Christian Moran
Production Supervision:
Clark Cheng
Richard York
Sean Molyneaux
Recording: Joe Digiorgi
Script Adaptation:
Bill Timoney (eps 5-12)
Georgette Timoney (eps 5-8)
Tom Wayland (eps 1-4)
Subtitling: Robby Huang
Michael Perreca as Kanji Sasahara
Michele Knotz as Chika Oguie

Bill Rogers as Soichiro Tanaka
Bill Timoney as Harunobu Madarame
Carol Jacobanis as Saki Kasukabe
Rachael Lillis as Kanaka Ohno

Angora Deb as Renko Kamishakujii
Anna Morrow as Ritsuko Kübel Kettenkrad
Dana Halsted as Yurie Kitagawa (ep 7)
Ed Paul as Manabu Kuchiki
Kenneth Robert Marlo as Makoto Kosaka
Lisa Ortiz as Kaoruko Yamada (ep 2)
Melissa Hope as Yabusaki
Michael Alston Baley as Haraguchi
Rachael Lillis as Kasumi Kasaragi
Rebecca Soler as Angela Burton
Rich McNanna as Chihiro Enomoto
Rome Elliot as Mitsunori Kugayama
Tom Wayland as Takayanagi
Tommy Sedgwick as Ryuji Onodera (ep 12)
William Hirsh as Takayanagi 

Christian Ruppenthal
Dan Green
Jessica Calvello
Joe Digiorgi
Melissa Hope
Mike Pollock
Paracleto Kaborka
Rebecca Soler
Tom Wayland
English companies
ADR Production: Headline Sound Studios
Licensed by: Media Blasters
Chinese (Taiwan) staff
Chinese (Taiwan) companies
(none)
Chinese (Taiwan) cast
(none)

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