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I'm copy/pasting this from a thread I made on another forum back in 2016; let me know me if there's any errors.
About
This is a very simple list of resources and stuff I've gathered over time, and decided to slap together for your benefit.
I'm mainly focusing on things that usually apply to those who roleplay in settings more detached from realism, as well as roleplays set in Japan or fictional places based on Japan.
In addition, I have other general resources, such as image editing tools + tutorials, Unicode character lists, generators, music (for ✧i n s p i r a t i o n✧ [and shameless promotion of my musical taste]), and maybe some other stuff. I don't know.
This is very bare bones, and I'm not going to be very fancy.
Actual Content
Anime-Related Resources
Character Image Resources
Are you tired of scrolling through pinterest, tumblr, and other places, trying to find a good image or character claim? Tire no more, I have just the sources for you.
Please read information to the right, just in case.
Image Databases - Find Images, Usually by Tags or Such
Character Databases - Find Characters According to Appearance
Series/Game Databases
For finding series or games, in case you need inspiration or something.
Informational Stuff About Japan (WIP)
Wikipedia - Index of Japan-related articles
Other Sites - Tokyo International Communication Committee
If any of my links break site rules, please inform me, as I did not intend to do so.
About
This is a very simple list of resources and stuff I've gathered over time, and decided to slap together for your benefit.
I'm mainly focusing on things that usually apply to those who roleplay in settings more detached from realism, as well as roleplays set in Japan or fictional places based on Japan.
In addition, I have other general resources, such as image editing tools + tutorials, Unicode character lists, generators, music (for ✧i n s p i r a t i o n✧ [and shameless promotion of my musical taste]), and maybe some other stuff. I don't know.
This is very bare bones, and I'm not going to be very fancy.
Actual Content
Anime-Related Resources
Character Image Resources
Are you tired of scrolling through pinterest, tumblr, and other places, trying to find a good image or character claim? Tire no more, I have just the sources for you.
Please read information to the right, just in case.
Image Databases - Find Images, Usually by Tags or Such
Safebooru - Contains mostly "Safe" images, though some more "mature" ones can slip through the cracks, and images can be somewhat inappropriate. Simply put, this site is pretty much one of the ultimate resources for anime images, though mostly contains art by Eastern artists, usually specifically Japanese artists. Uses tags to search, with spaces used to separate tags, and underscores used to represent spaces within tags; you can filter out tags by adding a minus (-) in front of them; uses * as a wildcard. Most images are tagged by things that appear in the image, such as green_hair, animal_ears, specific artists/characters/copyrights (including "original" for works that aren't fanart; note that Japanese name order is used for Japanese names, copyrights generally use the romaji of Japanese titles, and some tags contain punctuation), number of characters (solo for images with only one character; multiple_girls, and 1girl to 6+girls for female characters [replace "girl" with "boy" for males {note that characters are generally tagged by sex, not gender}]). A link to the full list of tags can be found when browsing, on a navigation bar below the site logo. Other useful tags: tagme, no_humans, copyright_request (for images with unknown copyrights; you can replace copyright with character or artist for unknown characters or artists), female, male, androgynous (applies to both androgynous characters, and androgynous-looking characters), otoko_no_ko (feminine/androgynous-looking males, usually wearing feminine clothing), reverse_trap (masculine/androgynous-looking females), crossdressing, eyes_closed, blood, guro (gore), yuri (FxF), yaoi (MxM). You can also filter images featuring female characters for breast size, with breasts for general, small_breasts for small ones, with the same applying to large and other sizes. For your eye and mental safety, you may want to filter out "huge" and "gigantic", because holy crap.
Zerochan - Similar, but more popular, and contains more art by Western artists. You can use spaces in the tags, and the search will suggest things. You can search with multiple tags, but make sure that you spell them correctly. Has a different tagging system than safebooru, and you can look through the Meta Tags to find tags you might want to use. Notable in that you can't embed full-sized images offsite. Note: Safer than Safebooru, as all "Ecchi" images are hidden unless you sign in (and aren't really that bad, anyway). This can be inconvenient, as taggers sometimes tag anything that shows even a hint of cleavage with "Ecchi", as well as guys with open shirts. Does not apply to all, but it'd be easier to just get an account.
Zerochan - Similar, but more popular, and contains more art by Western artists. You can use spaces in the tags, and the search will suggest things. You can search with multiple tags, but make sure that you spell them correctly. Has a different tagging system than safebooru, and you can look through the Meta Tags to find tags you might want to use. Notable in that you can't embed full-sized images offsite. Note: Safer than Safebooru, as all "Ecchi" images are hidden unless you sign in (and aren't really that bad, anyway). This can be inconvenient, as taggers sometimes tag anything that shows even a hint of cleavage with "Ecchi", as well as guys with open shirts. Does not apply to all, but it'd be easier to just get an account.
Character Databases - Find Characters According to Appearance
Anime Characters Database (Search) - A pretty good site for finding characters from anime, manga, and other media. You can search by official or visual traits, including age. Notice: Recently, they've began including characters from western media, and there is no way to filter them out, to my knowledge.
Visual Novel Database - Browse Characters (Trait Index) - A good site for finding characters from visual novels. Does not have image previews, so you have to click to see what the character looks like. Good for finding exact colors, specific body types, and characters that wear certain types of clothing. Note: Images are (mostly) safe (to my knowledge), but text (specifically the Trait index and search filter) is not.
Visual Novel Database - Browse Characters (Trait Index) - A good site for finding characters from visual novels. Does not have image previews, so you have to click to see what the character looks like. Good for finding exact colors, specific body types, and characters that wear certain types of clothing. Note: Images are (mostly) safe (to my knowledge), but text (specifically the Trait index and search filter) is not.
Series/Game Databases
For finding series or games, in case you need inspiration or something.
MyAnimeList - A database of anime and manga. You can search by genre and content rating, but you can only search one rating at a time, and can only include or exclude all genres selected. Site also indexes hentai (pornographic anime and manga), but images are censored.
Baka-Updates Manga (Genre Search) - Manga database, also contains doujinshi, artbooks, manhua, manhwa, and novels. You can use categories/tags to further find stuff. Search by genre, with options to only search series that are either licensed or unlicensed, as well as manga that have no releases or at least one release. You need to click the links to see the cover images (you have to be logged in to view hentai-related images as well). Only downside is that you can't exclude one-shots and only show manga with at least one release at the same time.
Visual Novel Database - Find visual novels, with lots of filters. You need to click the links to see the images. Contains NSFW images, but they are hidden behind a filter. Tags can also be NSFW.
Baka-Updates Manga (Genre Search) - Manga database, also contains doujinshi, artbooks, manhua, manhwa, and novels. You can use categories/tags to further find stuff. Search by genre, with options to only search series that are either licensed or unlicensed, as well as manga that have no releases or at least one release. You need to click the links to see the cover images (you have to be logged in to view hentai-related images as well). Only downside is that you can't exclude one-shots and only show manga with at least one release at the same time.
Visual Novel Database - Find visual novels, with lots of filters. You need to click the links to see the images. Contains NSFW images, but they are hidden behind a filter. Tags can also be NSFW.
Informational Stuff About Japan (WIP)
Wikipedia - Index of Japan-related articles
Other Sites - Tokyo International Communication Committee
If any of my links break site rules, please inform me, as I did not intend to do so.
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