Entries in the "History" category

55 Fiction Read

 55 Fiction, created by Sara on 12/18/2004 in Otaku Anthology, would become one of the mosty wildly successful threads in a forum whose offerings often languished, unnoticed.  The basic idea of 55 Fiction, was for members to write a story in 55 words or fewer.  The challenge of the premise, was that each offering had to be a […]

Adam’s Angels Read

Adam’s Angels were founded in November of 2001. Back when the boards were young, BabyGirl (AKA Jenna) a “Super Moderator of General Otaku” had noticed a picture of Lady Macaiodh (AKA Deborah) in a thread about members’ pictures and together they formed a team of two beautiful women called “Adam’s Angels”. Both were fans of Adam, creator […]

AE Boards Read

AE Boards were an offshoot of the once-popular anime website, Anime Explosion, created in 2002 by OtakuBoards Anime Lounge moderator, Kevin aka “Rick Hunter” contributed to theOtaku.com by submitting anime reviews to add as supplements to the site’s hubs. In return, theOtaku.com would link to Anime Explosion in hopes of attracting new visitors. Unfortunately, the arrangement between […]

Big Poppa Hump and the Hump Wars Read

The inmates ran the asylum when Big Poppa Hump and his Buddy Christ avatar spread calamity across the forums.  The early part of OtakuBoards history is often characterized by long periods of unchecked back-and-forth flaming, known as “wars.”  “The Hump Wars” became one of the more famous examples of these incidents.  “The Hump Wars” began in May 2001 when a […]

Fight Club Read

The first rule of Sephiroth’s fight club is, you do not talk about fight club. The second rule of Sephiroth’s fight club is, you do NOT talk about fight club. The third rule of Sephiroth’s fight club is, no shoes, no shirts, girls are an exception with shirts. The fourth rule of Sephiroth’s fight club, […]

IM_GENGAR Read

IM_GENGAR was the first member of OtakuBoards to reach a post count of 1000.

masterfork Read

masterfork only looks like a serial killer when in reality he is covered in slime and eats infants. masterfork was the first member to earn a custom title. The strange title read “IT TO SCARE BABIES.” This title came from a comment Adam had made when he met him in New York City. Adam made […]

Otaku Idol 2: Who Wants to Become an Event Master? Read

                                                               “Otaku Idol 2: Who wants to become an Event Master?” otherwise known as simply “Otaku Idol 2,” is the 2006 follow-up to 2003’s writing competition, Otaku Idol, won by Lady Asphyxia.  Shortly after winning the first Otaku Idol, Lady Asphyxia went on to become the moderator for Otaku Anthology.  Therefore, it was only appropriate that Otaku Idol […]

OtakuBot Read

OtakuBot was a mascot for the OtakuBoards Community created in August 2002 by Generic NPC #3 and James. This was the first, and most noteworthy of a series of failed projects coinciding with a site-wide initiative then known only as “My Otaku,” (this My Otaku had no relation to the current myOtaku companion site.) The […]

Otakupedia Read

Otakupedia is an encyclopedia that attempts to chronicle the vast history of Otakuboards. As such, it is awesome. While the desire to create a repository of Otakuboards lore has existed for years (as early as v2), it was Charles who finally got around to making one. It started as a simple thread in Otaku Lounge, […]

Pokemon Read

Not only was it one of the earliest forums on the boards, the Pokemon forum was also the most popular game-specific forum. While discussion of the anime was allowed, it was very rarely present. Originally, the forum suffered from a lack of direction; the main draw of Pokemon was the one-on-one battles, and those were […]

Role-Playing On OtakuBoards Read

Role playing games on Otakuboards have been a concrete, popular hobby for many members over the years.  The amount of threads in Adventure Square waxes and wanes continually but activity never seems to cease completely. To role play effectively in the earlier days of the boards, all one needed was a keyboard and fingers.  Older role plays were usually silly, […]

Secret General Discussion Read

Sometime during V2, Otakuboards experienced a technical failure that rendered General Discussion (as Otaku Lounge used to be called) inaccessible. Over a year’s worth of posts were seemingly lost. The staff eventually decided to simply replace the lost forum with a brand new one, and OtakuBoards survived the momentary crisis. Many users bookmarked GD directly, […]

Secret OB Mod Forum-Clarity Read

The Secret OB Mod Forum, codenamed Clarity, was a separate message board created by Clurr in September of 2006, inspired by a satirical conversation between the Mods and higher powers. It was promised to be kept a secret from every member who was not a regular Moderator. The board was generally more successful than Clurr […]

Site History Read

OtakuBoards initially began as the “theOtaku.com: Forums” and it was contained in a folder under theOtaku. It was powered by Ultimate Bulletin Board (UBB). In early 2001, the site moved to theOtaku Forums v2, which was renamed “OtakuBoards” and given its own domain. Version 2 continued to use UBB, although it was modified in the […]

The Newbie Lounge Read

The Newbie Lounge existed until November 2002, when in was shot down in a ball of flames largely at the behest of Charles, who was at that point the moderator of the Sony forum. It was a forum dedicated to Introduction Threads, and had been in place since v2. Posts in the forum did not […]

The OtakuBoards Survivor Series Read

OtakuBoards Survivors were three competitive RPGs created by Sage/Sandy. Their common factor was that they were all based on the widely popular reality-tv-series “Survivor”. The RPGs were all quite popular during their time, and the popularity grew with each new game. The three games shared the same basic mechanics: the chosen players were divided into […]

The Spriting Forum Read

Spriting is basically the term used for creating (and adjusting) videogame sprites. The most popular sprites to adjust were very likely the sprites from the Megaman series. The adjustments mostly vary from just simply recolouring the sprites’ original colours, to almost completely customizing the sprite. The original idea for a forum, dedicated to spriting came […]

thimoc Read

thimoc was one of the most notable early members of the boards. Having joined during the early months of V1, he quickly made a name for himself with his offbeat (and often nonsensical) humor. After IM_GENGAR had left the board, thimoc found himself with no competition for top poster and subsequently hit nearly every posting […]

Those Who Have Served: OtakuBoards Staff Timeline Read

The following OtakuBoards staff timeline has been compiled based on the Internet Archive, private message dates, and accounts remaining in the staff forum.  Some dates (especially earlier ones) when traces could not be documented in the staff forum, are approximate dates.  Some forums have changed their names and positions over the years.  Here is a […]