Genshiken

[Dracil]

Aka the "Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture" which is about the club of the same name originally founded to bridge anime, manga, and games.

The people are actually portrayed realistically. I especially like Saki, because she's the one who doesn't fit in, and is only there because her boyfriend's in it (which is especially funny because I was trying to get a friend to watch this last night, and she said she'd only watch anime if the guy she liked watches it ). The setting is also in college, which I can relate better being a recent graduate and still living around campus.

I really like how they also faithfully reproduce the real games shown in the anime (yay, Guilty Gear! )

And for those who've been in the scene long enough, you can catch a lot of the references as well. For the rest of you, learn what real otakus in Japan are like.

For the traditional gamers, it's to otaku as Knights of the Dinner Table is to gamers.

Opening can be found here

Official site - http://www.genshiken.info/

 

[Lucent]

Watched the opening. From your description and the little bit of video, I think it looks very promising. I'll have to check it out.

 

[anon5354]

Is quite funny, though I think Otaku no video was funnier...probably becuase the idea was more original back then.

 

[Dracil]

I've not seen Otaku no Video, but considering it's from the 80s, this might be more easily relatable for current people interested in the culture, as it has evolved somewhat. e.g., I'm pretty sure moe did not exist back then. It actually also references Otaku no Video.