Genshiken

Recently watched Genshiken and really enjoyed it. (Haven’t seen Comic Party or Otaku no Video.) Production looked good for a TV, but the script was great. Don’t know how close it was to the manga. A few big laughs each episode, based more on character and human situations than slapstick, which is a nice change. Character relationships and situations really felt real.
I actually recognised the Big Sight convention building! (It turned into a mecha in Nurse Witch Komugi, and had its own theme song.)

I was expecting the otaku interests to be a bit broader – the characters are mainly into doujinshi, watching Kujibiki Unbalance (fictional anime show), with a bit of cosplay and model building. In one of the extras on the DVD you can see a crowd of otaku bopping to a “live” performance of the KU theme song at a convention, so I guess that’s an aspect I’m glad they didn’t cover.

The 3 KU episodes are an extra worth watching, particularly the middle “re-cap” episode, which parodies a whole bunch of stuff.

This should be a favourite of every otaku, and any fan of character-based comedy.