This frequently leads to confusion as it is unclear if the term is intended to mean Futaba Channel or 2channel, and sometimes it even refers to both, as if they were a single website. Non-Japanese Internet users sometimes refer to Futaba Channel as 2chan, due to the URL of the site. Such items are mainly produced by Japanese dōjin artists and groups. Several characters that appear on Futaba Channel have appeared in the real world in the form of various real-life goods, such as figures, dolls or images printed on pillows. The Futaba script was open source (last updated in 2005) and its ancestors are used to run many Japanese and English imageboards.įutaba has spawned a number of visual gags and characters, some of which have spread to western internet culture such as the OS-tans meme. Futaba is powered by a custom script based on GazouBBS ( gazou.php, from 画像, gazō, meaning 'image'). There are also two places to upload general non-image files. Concept įutaba Channel consists of about 60 imageboards (three of which are oekaki boards) and about 40 textboards, with topics ranging from daily personal problems to food, sports, ramen, and pornography. This would later become inspiration for the English-language imageboard 4chan website, which was based on Futaba.

It started as a textboard but eventually added imageboards based on the GazouBBS software. Futaba users affectionately call them 'Kunlinin-san'.įutaba Channel was set up on August 30, 2001, as a refuge for 2channel users when 2channel was in danger of shutting down. Futaba administrators don't have an online handle and have never appeared publicly.

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