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17 Responses to “There May Just Genshiken Hope After All…”  

1. 1 DiGiKerot 57 comments May 28th, 2006 at 5:01 am

   I think they probably shift waaaaaay more Kujian merchandise then Genshiken stuff, ergo a new Kujian series is more likely. I wouldn’t be surprised if there was a Genshiken OAV series released at the same time, though.

2. 2 SaiyaJedi 1 comment May 28th, 2006 at 6:16 am

   Ogiue wasn’t introduced yet in the Genshiken anime, was she? If so, her presence in that image would hint strongly at the possibility for a second season.

3. 3 T_T||| 780 comments May 28th, 2006 at 9:22 am

   Sounds like a Season 2 to me.

4. 4 tj_han 1440 comments May 28th, 2006 at 2:06 pm

   Not true! Genshiken shifts more merchandise than Kujian for sure. Look at the number of Kanako and Saki figurines. I’m sure Genshiken is more popular than Kujian, so this is very fishy.

5. 5 DiGiKerot 57 comments May 28th, 2006 at 3:57 pm

   I did look at how many figures there have been, and the numbre of Ritsuko figures is in the same kind of range as the number of Saki or Kanako figures (though how do you count the Saki-Ritsuko cosplay figure? :P).When you take other characters into account the total number of KujiAn figures is about level with Genshiken. With the large number of female characters KujiAn is far more untapped in terms of merchandising potential as well, particularly if theu redo all the character designs.

6. 6 tj_han 1440 comments May 28th, 2006 at 4:04 pm

   So very true. There are approx 5 Ritsuko figurines, 1 Vicechair, 1 Izumi. Add to that 1 Kujian trading set.

   For Genshiken, 2 of Saki, 3 of Kanako and 2 trading sets I think.

   But really, if the Kujian anime shows, it’ll probably spawn more figurines. I would think, however, that Genshiken DVD sales would top it.

   That said, if Kujian follows the OVA pattern, it’ll be great and I’ll prefer it to Genshiken since we are getting manga.

   But if it’s a negima harem shit crap load of bull, then heads will roll.

7. 7 DiGiKerot 57 comments May 28th, 2006 at 4:35 pm

   The Genshiken trading sets are kind of confusing, though - if they are the ones I’m thinking of, then they used some of the same figures in both. Theres been two KujiAn TF series as well (one Palm Character set, and one from Yamato).

   With them having already having a series of Genshiken and KujiAn on DVD I’m sure the producers have a good idea of the comparitive sales figures, even if they are scewed by the fact that Genshiken aired on TV as well. I really don’t think they’d be doing this if they didn’t think they could make more money out of it than Genshiken.

8. 8 tj_han 1440 comments May 28th, 2006 at 4:41 pm

   What if, the whole thing is one big hoax?

   Remember how in season 1 they aired the Kujian OP first? And everyone thought they were watching the wrong show? Maybe they’ll pull a similar trick and make everyone think its Kujian but after the OP it switches to Genshiken 2 with the characters inside complaining about how the new character designs for Kujian suck.

9. 9 kacpy 31 comments May 28th, 2006 at 10:12 pm

   Hmm… that updated picture on the genshiken site has the new Kujian in the tely… hmmmm

10. 10 Os 60 comments May 29th, 2006 at 5:24 am

    So… in short… I can put the Linkin Park away?.. for now?

11. 11 Tsubaki 518 comments May 29th, 2006 at 5:27 am

    I hope both gets released.

    Genshiken’s like the holy bible man.

12. 12 kwok 51 comments May 30th, 2006 at 9:53 pm

    Genshiken isn’t really the holy bible. NHK ni Youkoso! is the Bible and Koran and Diamond Sutra and the Dead Sea Scrolls rolled into one.

13. 13 T_T||| 780 comments May 30th, 2006 at 11:53 pm

    Genshiken’s for the believer. NHK is for the extremist. I read both though. Madarame is a great teacher and Yamazaki is like a mana-spamming powerful priest.

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