Finally got around to watching the first season of Genshiken and the three episodes of Kujibiki Unbalance that are also included on the DVDs. While I watched the first season way after I watched the second season (it wasn't available on DVD at the time) I don't feel bad about doing that as they are seperate stories. The second season had a strong plot line (the making and selling of a dojinshi) while the first season more along the lines of flowed freely without any main goal in mind or real plot. Both where very funny as they explored the lives of a few otaku friends in their daily routines.
If you want a good slice of life show to watch that is full of laughs and good times then Genshiken is definitely a show you will enjoy. There isn't any thing to not like about the first season as any fan of anime and even the non fans will find something to relate to, enjoy and even laugh at even it it's at their own expense. That's what makes this show so great it laughs at its self and yet at the same time gives you a touching story of how a group of people come together and form a deep bond of friendship even to the point that the non-otaku even enjoys hanging out with the people even if she protests to much about liking it. If you haven't seen it yet I'd highly suggest renting this from netflix sitting down and laughing your butt off, heck it beats a lot of the crap that is on TV now anyways. Now I just need to get the Kujibiki Unblanced DVDs from netflix as well to watch the three OVAs of Genshiken as well now. Once I do that I'll also review the three extra episodes of Kujibiki Unbalanced that were included with the Genshiken DVDs.
If you want a good slice of life show to watch that is full of laughs and good times then Genshiken is definitely a show you will enjoy. There isn't any thing to not like about the first season as any fan of anime and even the non fans will find something to relate to, enjoy and even laugh at even it it's at their own expense. That's what makes this show so great it laughs at its self and yet at the same time gives you a touching story of how a group of people come together and form a deep bond of friendship even to the point that the non-otaku even enjoys hanging out with the people even if she protests to much about liking it. If you haven't seen it yet I'd highly suggest renting this from netflix sitting down and laughing your butt off, heck it beats a lot of the crap that is on TV now anyways. Now I just need to get the Kujibiki Unblanced DVDs from netflix as well to watch the three OVAs of Genshiken as well now. Once I do that I'll also review the three extra episodes of Kujibiki Unbalanced that were included with the Genshiken DVDs.
Interesting thing about the show and it's fanservice. You would think that a show about guy otakus would have a TON of ecchi fanservice in it. However, in reality the show had very little fanservice but wholy hell you go looking on image boards for Genshiken pictures and wow it's just crazy. Ecchi goodness every where you looked, which made it hard to find a nice clean suitable image to post.
