The newest issue of Monthly Afternoon has revealed that a new Genshiken anime is in the works. This calls for a celebration:
I’ll be honest: even with the serialization of Genshiken II (aka Nidaime aka Second Season), I never expected it to get another anime adaptation. I wished for it, of course, given that the anime never even resolved Ogiue’s arc, but I thought its time had passed, and the reception to the manga sequel has been mixed, with a number of fans both inside and outside of Japan feeling alienated by the new setting.
Of course, this development begs quite a few questions. First and foremost, will the new anime actually cover the remaining parts of the original Genshiken, or is it actually just an adaptation of the second series? Would it be half and half? Would they speed through the remaining parts of the first series in order to get to the new characters? How many episode will it be? For that matter, will it even be a TV series?
Second, who is going to animate this new version? The first Genshiken anime was by the now-defunct studio Palm, while the OVAs and Genshiken 2 were done by Studio ARMS. Responsible for Queen’s Blade and currently Maoyu: Maou Yuusha, ARMS brought a bit of a perverted slant to Genshiken, and given the presence of not only Hato but also a very aggressive Angela I could imagine them going hog wild, for better or worse. I don’t exactly have a dream studio I’d like to see work on it, but the resulting product could definitely be a tad unexpected depending on who gets it.
Third, what about voice actors? We have all of these new characters, with Hato especially presenting a challenge. Do you go the route of having one of the “masculine” female voice actors vary her voice, or do you find one of rare male voice actors who can successfully do a female voice? I would actually suggest Ishida Akira as Hato, if he weren’t already playing Kuchiki. As for the other characters, maybe they’ll go for a curveball, like Kugimiya Rie as Yajima. In any case, it’ll be good to hear Mizuhashi Kaori’s Ogiue again. Over the course of the anime, Mizuhashi’s conveyance of Ogiue’s blunt and awkward personality improved tremendously, and I’m wondering how it might have changed in the 4-5 years since she last played this blog’s favorite fujoshi.
There’s plenty to think about and anticipate, and I’m sure I’ll do even more when the next bit of info is out, so I’ll just conclude with the following words.
BANZAI!
OGIUE BANZAI!
OGIUE-KAICHOU BANZAI!!!
OGIUE MANIAX 
That’s great news indeed!
Personnaly I’m not a great fan of Genshiken II, but I still buy it.
And why can’t Akira do both roles? It would be interesting and a good chalenge doing kuchiki and Hato.
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It would be nice to see them resolve the sashahara and oguie relationship. They never got around to finishing that up in genshiken 2. I wonder if they will make that arc a short ova or work it into the plot of nidaime.
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GREAT NEWS!
I would love if they covered the Ogiue-Sasahara arc, but I think it’s more probable that they’ll make OVAs for that part and animate the Nidaime as a TV series.
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You always have such good news.
Between you and AnonSpore my Genshiken day is complete,
I have referenced your wonderful news on rec,arts.anime.misc.
Another reason to survive another few years.
bliss
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[screaming intensifies]
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3rd season will be quite a bit Hato-centric, should they follow the manga…
BTW: “can’t wait!!!!”
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Haha yes! Great news. I personally would like them to finish off what was left unfinished from the previous season…but I would be perfectly content with just an adaptation of Nidaime as well.
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Genshiken BANZAI!
Very pleased at this news, and I’m one who’s just happy that it’s coming rather than who might voice the new characters. I at least want them to cover Ogiue’s backstory, especially since in Nidaime we do go back to it, even if it’s just a little bit.
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YYYEEEEEEEEESSS! WOOOOO! HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY HAPPY HAPPY JOY JOY!
Ahem. *cough* I am pleased.
As to what they’ll adapt, as long as it’s well-made, faithful and not too far away from the source, I’m golden. I really want them to do Ogiue’s arc, though.
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I just hope it gets an English dub somewhere down the line…but yay anyway, this is good news.
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As long as it has subtitles I will be happy to read them.
I started on subtitled anime and reading subtitles and listening
to Japanese audio is the way I like it.
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OMFG! *SQUEEEEEE* I DON’T CARE THAT A SOUND LIEK A SCHOOL GIRL ATM I’M SO HAPPY ! I WAS SO Hoping for this!
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When I read the good news, I felt great. Yoooohoo xD Fundashi girls?
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