History Trivia / Genshiken

* StudioHop: ''Genshiken'' was initially produced by Palm Studio before switching to Ajiado for the OVA, Creator/ARMSCorporation for ''Genshiken 2'' and Creator/ProductionIG for ''Second Generation.

* NamesTheSame: Do not confuse this series' Madarame with ''another'' hot-blooded Madarame from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. They were also voiced by the same actor at the time, Creator/NobuyukiHiyama.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The series is a snapshot of the Japanese ''otaku'' subculture as it was at the time it was first published / aired. The references are contemporary, and it notably deals with the ''{{Moe}}'' boom and (to an extent) the "mainstreaming" of otakudom around the middle of the TurnOfTheMillennium. The gap between the old guard and the new generation is [[http://ogiuemaniax.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/the-appearing-and-disappearing-wave-of-generational-change-in-genshiken-ii-volume-1genshiken-volume-10/ increasingly evident]] in ''Nidaime'', where the idea of "otaku" has gone from something of an internalized, somewhat shameful identity to a (relatively) unstigmatized descriptor of someone who enjoys his or her hobbies with a shameless, fiery passion. Likewise, Kousaka playing ''Guilty Gear X'', or at least one of the games in that subseries, specifically puts the series somewhere between 2000 and 2006.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The series is a snapshot of the Japanese ''otaku'' subculture as it was at the time it was first published / aired. The references are contemporary, and it notably deals with the ''{{Moe}}'' boom and (to an extent) the "mainstreaming" of otakudom around the middle of the TurnOfTheMillennium. The gap between the old guard and the new generation is [[http://ogiuemaniax.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/the-appearing-and-disappearing-wave-of-generational-change-in-genshiken-ii-volume-1genshiken-volume-10/ increasingly evident]] in ''Nidaime'', where the idea of "otaku" has gone from something of an internalized, somewhat shameful identity to a (relatively) unstigmatized descriptor of someone who enjoys his or her hobbies with a shameless, fiery passion.

* UnintentionalPeriodPiece: The series is a snapshot of the Japanese ''otaku'' subculture as it was at the time it was first published / aired. The references are contemporary, and it notably deals with the ''{{Moe}}'' boom and (to an extent) the "mainstreaming" of otakudom around the middle of the TurnOfTheMillennium. The gap between the old guard and the new generation is [[http://ogiuemaniax.wordpress.com/2011/06/24/the-appearing-and-disappearing-wave-of-generational-change-in-genshiken-ii-volume-1genshiken-volume-10/ increasingly evident]] in ''Nidaime'', where the idea of "otaku" has gone from something of an internalized, somewhat shameful identity to a (relatively) unstigmatized descriptor of someone who enjoys his or her hobbies with a shameless, fiery passion.

* NamestheSame: Do not confuse this series' Madarame with ''another'' hot-blooded Madarame from ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''. They were also voiced by the same actor at the time, Creator/NobuyukiHiyama.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Madarame is [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Viral]] in Otaku Mode. Also voices [[NamesTheSame Madarame]] in Bleach as well.
** And Kasukabe is [[Manga/InuYasha Kagome]].
** Madarame's VA was Adult Link in Zelda: OOT. The funniest part is that Ogiue's VA played Navi.
** Kousaka is [[Manga/PitaTen Takashi "Ten-chan" Ayanokouji]] (and its appearance is quite similar!).
** [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon Kasshu]] builds model kits in the same club with [[Anime/GaoGaiGar Guy Shishio]], doujinshi fanatic and Gundam fan.
** Mikuru Asahina is now an American Japanophile.

* TechnologyMarchesOn: In one chapter, Madarame looks up a PC catalog and marvels at the 200 GB sizes of American hard-drives. The chapter was released in 2002, so that sort of size was high end at the time. Currently, 200 GB hard-drives pale in comparison to the now more standard 1 TB models.

* PortmanteauSeriesNickname: "Genshiken" and "Kujiun".

** [[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam Domon Kasshu]] builds model kits in the same club with [[GaoGaiGar Guy Shishio]], doujinshi fanatic and Gundam fan.

* NeverTrustATitle: ''Genshiken: Second Season'' is actually the ''third'' televised season, after ''Genshiken 2''. The Japanese title actually literally translates as "Second ''Generation''", which is more apt (dealing as it does with the Main/GenerationGap between the old- and new guard of Main/{{Otaku}}).

** Kousaka is [[{{Pita-Ten}} Takashi "Ten-chan" Ayanokouji]] (and its appearance is quite similar!).

* HeyItsThatVoice: Madarame is [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann Viral]] in Otaku Mode. Also voices [[NamesTheSame Madarame]] in Bleach as well.
** And Kasukabe is [[InuYasha Kagome]].

** [[GGundam Domon Kasshu]] builds model kits in the same club with [[GaoGaiGar Guy Shishio]], doujinshi fanatic and Gundam fan.

** Mikuru Asahina is now an American Japanophile.