
Name: Burton, Angela (アンジェラ・バートン)
Alias: N/A
Relationship Status: Single
Origin: Genshiken: The Society for the Study of Modern Visual Culture
Information:
Angela Burton is an anime and manga fan hailing from Boston, Massachusetts who befriended a Japanese student named Ohno Kanako while the latter was living in the United States. Though Ohno eventually had to return to Japan, Angela would come to visit Japan on more than one occasion, along with their good friend Susanna Hopkins. While they were partly interested in reuniting with Ohno, their main task was attending the largest doujin event of the year, Comic Festival. Initially, the flaxen-haired Angela startled the members of Ohno’s club with her strong, outgoing personality and her attractive and athletic figure, but would soon become a valued friend and an otaku comrade-in-arms.
Angela has a talent for sports, allowing her to physically endure the wear and exhaustion of an all-day doujin event far better than most. Her favorite shows include General Frog and Gungal Bleed, and she also possesses a strong fetish for glasses-wearing characters, though she does not actually wear glasses herself.
Fujoshi Level:
Angela Burton is unusually athletically fit for a fujoshi, which allows her to accomplish more, but what really sets her apart is her personality, specifically her openness as a fan. Perhaps due to her American upbringing (combined with the corrupting influence of anime), Angela can easily declare her fetishes in public and describe them in explicit detail. Angela’s tastes are also more diverse than most fujoshi, as she describes herself as being interested in both “male-oriented” and “female-oriented” doujinshi.

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September 22, 2009 at 11:31 am
2DT
She visits on more than one occasion? AND has a talent for sports? You learn something new every day.
September 22, 2009 at 11:48 am
Alex
She’s from Boston? How did I not know this?? Just moved up 5 spots in my favorite characters list.
September 22, 2009 at 8:25 pm
schneider
So hot
September 23, 2009 at 7:09 pm
rikchik
You kind of have to infer that Angela and Susie are from Boston – they’re friends of Ohno’s from the states, and she says she lived in Boston.
September 23, 2009 at 7:34 pm
sdshamshel
There’s also a drama CD where Angela talks about how Ikebukuro is “busier than Boston.” It’s not a part of the manga but…
http://www.tindeck.com/listen/iflg
September 23, 2009 at 8:59 pm
rikchik
That clip is hilarious. Thanks for sharing it.
I momentarily thought “I won’t be able to understand it, it’ll be in Japanese.” Oh wait.
April 12, 2010 at 7:55 pm
dororo
I havent been able to find genshiken 2 dubbed beyond ep.8. Did they just stop or am I not looking in the right places?
January 28, 2011 at 1:11 pm
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