One more link thread: Post links to homepages for the various image board memes.

http://nijiura-os.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ - The OS-tan page.
http://musu-waha.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ - Waha, Musu, Choia, and other classic 2chan memes.
http://www.medoilove.net/ - Medoi the maid.
http://kororinu.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ - The Coronu/Corinu/etc girls. Long-lived meme.

http://ildrag.at.infoseek.co.jp/ (our beloved Mogusa - always involved with other 2chan /q/ memes, his own works majorly focussing on, ahem, the Major)

http://red.ribbon.to/%7Eforestfutaba/ (I THINK these guys collect and archive whole futaba threads in the mht format)

http://dempa.2ch.net/tv/analog/index.html (Webcomic devoted to Mona & friends)

http://saizensenkun.hp.infoseek.co.jp/image.html (Saizensen-kun, the mysterious photographer)

http://kimishine.ddo.jp/ - RAVI meme page (spawned from sega's promotional flash for their new DS game)

http://www.geocities.jp/shi_mannz/maiyahi/ - Maiahi (Dragostea Din Tei) meme page

http://www.geocities.jp/gaijin_e3/ - Gaijin 4-koma, IGN editors at E3
http://shinjuku.cool.ne.jp/heika_love/ - 2chan misc? heika, OS-tan, etc.
http://www.otakubell.com/os-girls/ - translated OS-tan comics

>>7

lol gaijin

you sure they are from the IGN? AND NOT ANBU?

warota!

http://kazumi.jdyn.cc:9801/nijigen/
http://kazumi.plala.jp:9801/nijigen/

I think those two pages are just mirrors of each other. Anyhow, they are image boards somehow only concerned with collecting (a bit) of the various 2chan&co memes.

http://kajiwaha.hp.infoseek.co.jp/

Something pretty similiar to >>9

http://futabaoff.hp.infoseek.co.jp/

Has a lot of links to meme collection pages.

http://www.geocities.co.jp/AnimalPark-Pochi/9726/

A site that collects KUMA (aka "Pedobear") AA.

http://yy11.kakiko.com/kuma/

A KUMA AA BBS (wow, all caps).

I might want to mention that >>12 also has images, wallpapers and neat icons for your PC.

http://www.dfnt.net/t/photo/papercraft/index.shtml

Papercraft PDFs for creating 3D models of your favorite 2ch/2chan memes.

>>7

More gaijin:
http://dempa.s18.xrea.com/g4k/index3.html

99 flash animations of Mona, Giko & friends:
http://www.blogjam.com/mona/

The site/blog itself has some more interesting articles on 2ch culture:
http://www.blogjam.com/index.php?p=000948

Just search around!

A collection of pretty much every AA character from 2ch:
http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/maruheso/aadic/index.html

>>17
http://web.archive.org/web/20030408022138/http://www.geocities.co.jp/AnimeComic-Brush/5658/

>>17
>>18

A page with lotsa icons, wallpapers and other stuff for 2ch AA characters:
http://www7.plala.or.jp/mneko/2cher/index.html

The saga of Mr. Munday:
http://members.at.infoseek.co.jp/monday2ch/english.htm

Various manufacturers, sellers and collectors of OS-tan (and other NETA) figurines, if you're lucky you just might find a way to get your hand on one:

http://pinkco.net/neta/osfig.html
http://www.sekaiseifukudo.com/geru/gallery.html
http://www.ecodacs2.nerima.tokyo.jp/~yamano/hobby/wf04s/index.htm

A KUMA upload board & a KUMA flash clock:
http://f27.aaa.livedoor.jp/~kumaa/index.html

Collection of the ever-reoccuring Waha-pantyshot pics:
http://www47.tok2.com/home/anniversary63/nijiura/files/pantu.htm

OS-tan archive:

http://www.futaba-ostan.net/

Ohno is a meme:

http://kazumi.plala.jp:9801/nijigen/oono/hokan.htm

Blog about all things futaba with a LOT of links to other related sites:

http://futaba-info.sakura.ne.jp/a/

http://toshiakies.s55.xrea.com/index.html

A very detailed page in Japanese about the NEVADA incident:

http://www.uranus.dti.ne.jp/~yuugeki/nevada-top.htm

>>9 Apparently moved to http://kazumi386.org:9801/nijigen/

Some To Ri pages, because I just can't get enough of this:

http://kazumi386.org:9801/barrageshot/tori/tori01.htm - Original image, and tons of followups.
http://adelheit.hp.infoseek.co.jp/VS/t00.html - Some To Ri stuff on adelheit.
http://spark-eswl.hp.infoseek.co.jp/monya/tori/index.html - The To Ri T-shirt images. A　Bird!

And a bonus bump for this thread, so it is not forgotten.

http://nukedo.hp.infoseek.co.jp/

Ronald McDonald AA stuff.

Somebody translate that starter pic for me!

"お前が中に来い"?

I really have no idea. There's also another version too that says "お前ら表に出ろ", which seems to be the more popular version...

Some links for OS-tan stolen from wakachan.org

http://may.2chan.net/b/futaba.htm - Major Source (also: Lurk more on Futaba in general!)
http://img.2chan.net/b/futaba.htm - Major Source (also: Lurk more on Futaba in general!)
http://dat.2chan.net/b/futaba.htm - Major Source (also: Lurk more on Futaba in general!)
http://nijiura-os.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ - Image Archive Site (doesn't get updated anymore)
http://nijiura.com/os/ - Japanese Worksafe Image Board
http://nijibox.dynup.net/nijiura/os/index.htm - Japanese Porn Image Board
http://kazumi386.org:9801/ostan2/pic_uploader/ - Japanese Uploader
http://kazumi386.org:9801/ostan2/pic_uploader2/ - Japanese Uploader
http://www.sweetnote.com/board/ostan/hokan/ - Japanese Image Board
http://www.nijiura.com/osh/ - Japanese Image Archive Site
http://www.wakachan.org/os/wakaba.html - English Image Board
http://www.otakubell.com/os-girls/ - Translations into English
http://ostan.monkeysinabarrel.com/ - English Forum
http://www.os-tan.net/ - English Image Archive Site
http://img.shoujo-net.com/os/imgboard.htm - English Image Board
http://chocolate.wolflord.org/cm2/cmcho/cm2_photo.htm - Cosplay
http://www.OS-Tan.com/ - English Image Archive Site
http://s11.invisionfree.com/OS_Tan_Forums/ another english forum about os-tan
http://www.kawaiyume.net/ french os-tan website
http://www.atomix.vg/foros/showthread.php?t=72053&page=1&pp=15 - Mexican Forum (just a thread)
http://www.mtfn.net/gallery/index.asp - Avatar Gallery

More WAHA goodness:

http://nijibox.ohflip.com/waha/

http://futaba-info.sakura.ne.jp/cgi/dic/chara/ziten.cgi

Seems to be a database of all the neta characters, even the really esoteric ones.

>>37
That site also lists jargon and catchphrases if I am not mistaken...

Not so much a meme collection page but a centralized archive of VERY old 2channel threads:
http://makimo.to/2ch/index.html

For what it's worth, one of the first collection pages for a western meme:
http://orly.yi.org/scripts/iguaranteeit/

Some page devoted to collecting those whacky 2D NETA images from Futaba Channel's /16/:
http://nijineta.fc2web.com/

>>40
Another one for the same purpose, I guess:
http://idblue.homeip.net/

Collection page for "Longcat" (anyone remember the original Japanese name?):

http://longcat.zareste.com/

"Nobi~ru"

http://linear.mv.com/cgi-bin/j-e/jis/dosearch?sDict=on&H=PS&L=J&T=nobiru&WC=none

>>44
乙。

Various 4chan memes and generic macro sillyness:
http://orly.yi.org/macrochan/piles/

Nobi~ru
http://www.geocities.jp/my_souko/

Not really a collection page, but it's relevant, I think:

There's a character of a girl sometimes seen on Futaba Channel, staning next to sprouting bud, holding her index finger to her lips. It looks like it is drawn with crayons (only professional) and in the background of the many variations, there's always the pink on purple "ふたば☆ちゃんねる" logo.
These drawn pictures of the character look alot like some other woman who sometimes pop up on Futaba Channel, really oldtime stuff, that often say Futaba Channel.

See also:
http://img449.imageshack.us/my.php?image=futaba6qg.jpg

--Quote--
The character is the Administrator of Futaba Channel.

The woman is 東京カステラ(Tokyo-Castella), an net-idol.
The character is made from her, and she is taken as the administrator of Futaba Channel instead of the real administrator. It is not known that who the real administrator is.
I don't know why 東京カステラ is taken as the administrator of Futaba Channel, but there is no relation between her and Futaba Channel.

More information for 東京カステラ:
http://coolsummer.typepad.com/kotori/2004/06/post_2.html
--Unquote--

See also:
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%81%B5%E3%81%9F%E3%81%B0%E2%98%86%E3%81%A1%E3%82%83%E3%82%93%E3%81%AD%E3%82%8B#.E8.AC.8E.E3.81.AE.E7.AE.A1.E7.90.86.E4.BA.BA

Archive for the HUGE-boobed 巨乳ちゃん, one of many popular characters born in and dwelling on the Futaba Channel SQL oekaki board:
http://hontouka.hp.infoseek.co.jp/

Ai-chan (the Pencil Girl) Archive
http://www.geocities.jp/ein_drei_funf/ai-chan/index.html

> http://kazumi386.org:9801/barrageshot/tori/tori01.htm - Original image, and tons of followups.

There's more here:
http://kazumi386.org:9801/barrageshot/toriT/index.html

Follow from here:
http://kazumi386.org:9801/barrageshot/

Or here:
http://barrageshot.hp.infoseek.co.jp/index.html

For me:

http://kazumi386.org/~nijigen/

>>56 seems to have become password protected

Anyone know the required data or where to look it up?

>>62

The error page tells you what the login and password are. They are obviously doing this to lessen server load, so I am not sure explaining it directly here is a great idea.

>>62
>>63

I'm really sad now.

>>63
What about a hint? The automated translation of excite.co.jp isn't helping much... Something about romaji and windstill sea?

Say, what the heck is ")ry"? I see that combination of characters a lot.

>>67 wwwww

>>67 "etc."

3characters of "(ryaku)".
It means "omit".

http://encyclopediadramatica.com/

>>73
No.

age

Is there a site where memes, their origin, initial growth and later widespread usage is looked at in depth and it provides screencaps, preferably many, from different people as proof?

Not really, >>77.

>>77
See:
>>73

http://www.sexwithex.com

>>77
Not really.

All are more or less incomplete or suffer from other side-effects, most notably >>73 needs to be taken with a grain of salt if you are not actually familiar with the subject yourself, because the quality and depth of articles fluctuate a lot.

Wikichan used to be really well rounded, but the guy who ran it is an incompetent retard, and tl;dr it's gone now, but meanwhile he lifted everything resembling advice, stripped out all the imageboard culture references, and turned it into this ad-shoveling shithole: http://www.wellcultured.com/

I guess there's been an attempt to revive it lately at http://wikichan.net/ but it's woefully incomplete. (for example http://wikichan.net/7chan is entirely lacking in the long history behind the site's existence, some background on the admins, etc. that the old wikichan used to have)
With any luck and competent administration maybe that site could be restored to its former glory, it used to have a lot of great stuff, and it was largely void of the stupidity of ED.

There's also http://www.lurkmore.com/ but it's also woefully incomplete and appears to have been more or less abandoned. I don't know how worthwhile the content is, either.

http://knowyourmeme.com/

I'd be interested to know people's thoughts on this site

>>83
Seems to be missing the vast majority of old memes, and has incomplete or just plain wrong information for others. For example: http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lol-internet says it started on YTMND, which is absolutely wrong. The entry on desu doesn't even mention the DESU DESU DESU spamming, there's no Porkslope, no harbl, no Awesome Cougars, no Bix Nood... but there's pages and pages of stuff about Youtube, Facebook, and YTMND. I guess it's mostly the memes that either "leaked" from 4chan or started outside of imageboards.

>>84

Documenting memes is tricky because they naturally evolve as they spread. It's simply a question of when and where the person first discovered it. That, and they're ultimately unimportant, so there's very little interest in spending hours searching further except for the most dedicated of Internet Addicts.

Imagine if we're getting these things wrong in the digital age, how much misinformation must exist in the history books.