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lStealtherl:
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=rel&aid=1783

So that box contains first season + 3 OVAs Kujibiki Unbalance. The most likely reason why they are bundled together is that Kujibiki Unbalanced was released after Genshiken, before the Genshiken OVAs. As for further American releases I don't know.

Zalis116:
The Genshiken OVAs (eps 13-15) were included as bonuses with the R1 release of the 2006 Kujibiki Unbalance TV series, much like the Kujibiki Unbalance OVAs were included with Genshiken TV Season 1. You can find the boxed set here, or the cheaper version here. I believe the Japanese DVD release did the same thing and included the Genshiken OVAs with the Kujiun TV DVDs. Genshiken 2 just recently started its R1 release.

Waxxdemon:

--- Quote from: kenshin-dono on November 22, 2009, 03:09:42 AM ---so unbalanced is something totally different and separate then. Why the hell does the american release come with 3 episodes of it instead of the OAV?

so does the American release just not have the OAV's at all? and what about season 2.

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Here is how it worked...(pretty much what Zalis116 said but a little more detailed)

The first Genshiken series, had a running gag about an anime called Kujibiki Unbalance, so with the DVD release there were 3 gag episodes of the Kujibiki "series" that pretty much just made fun of common anime tropes.

The for reasons I can't fathom, the studio actually made an anime called  Kujibiki Unbalance which ran in between Genshiken season 1 and Genshiken season 2. However, this KujiUn is almost completely unrelated to the 3 episode OVA with totally different character designs and story... However when this was released on DVD it came with 3 episodes of Genshiken OVA, that follow directly from when Season 1 ended. Then you have Season 2 of Genshiken..  So to follow the Manga story arc, the OVA episodes are right between the two seasons..

The original KujiUn OVA are somewhat entertaining if you follow the running gag from the Season 1 series...  I didn't care for the KujiUn series myself, but the Genshiken OVA episodes are great (from the KUjiUN DVD's). And are pretty essential to the continuity between Genshiken season 1 and 2 (plot development and character introductions).  Oddly enough the running KujiUN gag is in season 2 of Genshiken also... but all of a sudden the are watching stuff from the actual KujiUn series now...  Its all sorta strange.

kenshin-dono:
tnx guys. *sigh* looks like the only way to get the 3 oavs is to buy the crappy unbalance series, which i have no intention of doing. F it, if they wanna release it in such a stupid way i wont bother buying it, i'll just d.load the thing.

tnx for sorting it all out

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