Genshiken (げんしけん) is a Japanese manga series by Shimoku Kio about a college club for otaku and their lifestyle. The title is a shortening of the club's official name, Gendai Shikaku Bunka Kenkyūkai (現代視覚文化研究会), or "The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture". The series has also been adapted into an anime directed by Tsutomu Mizushima. The manga originally ran in Kodansha's magazine Monthly Afternoon from April 2002 to May 2006, and has been reprinted in nine bound volumes.
Ogiue and Ohno cosplaying Pretty Menma and Cutie Tonko, main heroines of "Ramen Angel Pretty Menma"
Otaku is a Japanese word that describes people with consuming interests, particularly in anime, manga, video games, or computers. Its contemporary use originated with a 1983 essay by Akio Nakamori in Manga Burikko.
The Akihabara neighborhood of Tokyo, a popular gathering site for otaku
An otaku room after the 3.11 Earthquake
A Nissan March featuring Hinagiku Katsura from the manga series Hayate the Combat Butler
Girls und Panzer cosplayers take photos in the itasha exhibition area of the doujinshi convention.