Genshiken/Trivia


 * Ascended Fanon: "Nyaako" is now the official name for that Cat Smile girl.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Madarame is Viral in Otaku Mode. Also voices Madarame in Bleach as well.
 * And Kasukabe is Kagome.
 * Madarame's VA was Adult Link in Zelda: OOT. The funniest part is that Ogiue's VA played Navi.
 * Kousaka is Takashi "Ten-chan" Ayanokouji (and its appearance is quite similar!).
 * Domon Kasshu builds model kits in the same club with Guy Shishio, doujinshi fanatic and Gundam fan.
 * Mikuru Asahina is now an American Japanophile.
 * Portmanteau Series Nickname: "Genshiken" and "Kujiun".
 * Technology Marches On: 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.
 * Unintentional Period Piece: 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 Turn of the Millennium. The gap between the old guard and the new generation is 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.