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1ch.tv

1ch.tv, formally 1channel TV (いっチャンネルティーヴィー, Itchanneru Tīvī), was a Japanese 'human-friendly' bulletin board that was set up on October 1, 2001, as Amezou's successor and 2channel's rival. The project was quickly abandoned, but somehow managed to last until May 2010.

History

“Hey, don't eat two beef bowls! Pay another 1000 yen! Idiot!”
– Kazuhiko Nishi1)2)3)

During the 1990s, the Japanese publishing company ASCII Corporation had been accumulating debt until CSK Holdings bought 45% of the company's shares in 1997, hoping that they would be a useful asset for Sega.4) For 2001, CSK Holdings founder Isao Okawa died on March 16, 2001,5) then ASCII Corporation co-founder Kazuhiko Nishi stepped down as the company was accumulating debt again.6)7)

For some reason, Nishi went egosurfing, found a 2channel thread on the news around July 10, 2001, and argued with the thread8) before denouncing 2channel as 'toilet graffiti' (便所の落書き).9) Nishi proceeded to invite everyone to the Shibuya headquarters on August 11, 2011, where he recalled the MSX's history10) before scolding Hiroyuki Nishimura for getting a second beef bowl.11)12)13)14)

2001–2001

“Do you use these kinds of expressions15) on a daily basis? We are not your slaves or subordinates.”
– Kōji “Nenkin” Shimizu16)

Nishi would announce a journalism-oriented rival to 2channel with registration fees, promises of rewards, and “Amezou” for added legitimacy.17)18) The website launched at “1ch.tv” on October 5, 2001, but it was quickly put in read-only mode until October 14, 2001 due to several exploits.19) When it reopened, confusion about the 'deletion criteria' led to head administrator, Kōji “Nenkin” Shimizu,20) leaving a brash statement.21)

The statement was quickly deleted, then “STAFF@NTW” commented on it, which then led to “STAFF@NTW” having his capcode revoked and board shut down.22) In response, a string of voluntary resignations would follow,23)24) which then caused “1ch.tv” to develop a heavy anti-2channel slant. During this, Nishi likely bailed, presumably busy with the Unison Capital deal,25) and “Amezou” sorta vanished.26)

In the end, 1ch.tv was left with former Amezou staff, Kōji Shimuzu and Iota Fujimi,27) along with some college student named Kensuke Furukawa. Then on December 3, 2001, the website became inaccessible, then users found out you could actually download the entire website, meaning that IPs were leaked28) and the staff board was readable. A brief Flash animation, Ioter Wall, was made with what they could find.

2002–2010

“It wasn't me who made it.”
– Kazuhiko Nishi29)

Afterwards, 1ch.tv moved servers on February 27, 2002, saw more resignations,30) then decided to switch to PHP around July 11, 2002. To make the Amezou connection clear, “1ch.tv” migrates to “amezo.jp” in 2005, then Nishi allegedly denies making “1ch.tv” in 2006.31) Surprisingly, the website still had activity in 2009,32) but it eventually died sometime between March 28, 201033) and May 2010.

List of Boards

  • Society
    • Society General [2, 7]
    • Market Discussion [2, 8]
    • Economy [2, 9]
  • Gundam
    • Tomino Gundam [31, 79]
  • Gundam SD
    • Seed Main [29, 56]
    • Seed 3A [29, 82]
    • Seed Heresy [29, 83]
    • Seed 2A [29, 80]
    • Seed 1A [29, 84]
  • Hobbies
    • Hobbies General [4, 23]
    • Movies [4, 25]
    • Music [4, 30]
    • Sports [4, 32]
    • History Discussion [4, 45]
  • Anime & Manga
    • Manga & Anime [25, 28]
    • Games [25, 29]
    • Text Art [25, 54]
    • Manga & Anime 2 [25, 88]
    • Robots [25, 89]
  • Life
    • Foreign Countries [3, 17]
    • Life Wisdom [3, 19]
    • Tedium Diary [3, 43]
  • Electricity
    • Killing Time [1, 1]
    • MSX [1, 3]
    • PC [1, 87]
    • Net Software [1, 90]
  • Net
    • Amezou Chat [8, 34]
    • Net Crimes [8, 35]
  • Management & Requests
    • Deletion Request, etc. [6, 37]
  • Dormancy
    • Mac [30, 2]
    • UNIX [30, 5]
    • Books & Magazines [30, 31]
    • Kazuhiko Nishi [30, 33]
    • Motor [30, 38]
    • Exchange Discussion [30, 72]

Ioter Wall

Ioter Wall is a short MAD Flash animation that was shared to 2channel around December 8, 2001. It's a very simple animation that borrows the Beatmania IIDX song, "Outer Wall" by Shinji Hosoe, and uses leaked audio of Iota Fujimi. Within hours, the animation has since been commemorated as the default name of /net/, which continues to be “Nameless @ GoGoGoGo!” (名無しさん@ゴーゴーゴーゴー!).

Notes

  • At the time, tripcodes were 8-characters long and '#kami would bring ◆AhoNiShI, which can be read as 'aho nishi' (アホ西, lit. “stupid nishi”), so users joked that God was calling Nishi an idiot. This no longer works as tripcodes are now 10-characters long, bringing you ◆yGAhoNiShI.

   ∧  ∧
  /∂⌒∂
  (( ┃ ┃ ))   / ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄ ̄
  彡 ー ミ  < Ameneko, nya♪ Pleased to meet nya♪
  ( つ ⊂)   \_______________
  ◯(⌒Y⌒)
1) , 11)
"西和彦スレッドPart12" (August 11, 2001). 2channel /venture/.
4)
"Ascii to join CSK group" (December 25, 1997). The Japan Times.
7)
Nishi would later publish a 2011 book, Father of Ventures: Isao Okawa (ベンチャーの父 大川功), where he claims that he actually stepped down out of respect for Okawa, contrary to the media reporting that he wanted to take responsibility for the company's insolvency.
8)
"アスキーの西氏が取締役を退任" (June 10, 2001). 2channel /venture/.
9)
"アスキーの西氏が取締役を退任Part10" (July 27, 2001). 2channel /venture/.
13)
"牛丼オフ会". Chiyu 12-sai.
15)
This was a reply to “Why don't you immediately delete the illegal posts?” (何故不正な書きこみがあっても早急に削除しないのだ?) with the underlined portion allegedly sounding like a 'demand' to Shimizu.
19)
Basically, the IPs were leaked and everyone could mess with the HTML tags.
20)
“Kōji Shimuzu” (清水康司), also known as “Nenkin(Pension)” (年金) and “1ch.tv Hakkounin(Issuer)” (1ch.tv発行人), was the former Amezou staff member that went on to work with 1ch.tv and likely contacted “Amezou”.
23)
"1ch.tvへ真剣に文句を言うスレッド" (October 10, 2001). D-W-B /suren/.
29) , 31)
ノート:西和彦/sub1 (November 20, 2006). Wikipedia.
30)
"さよなら 1ch.tv" (April 7, 2002). The Battle Watcher ANNEX.
32)
"ネット -> Net犯罪" (February 21, 2009). 1ch.tv.
33)
"category.php" (March 28, 2010). 1ch.tv.
34)
The book is roughly titled The History Textbook of the Japanese Internet That Doesn't Appear in Textbooks (教科書には載らないニッポンのインターネットの歴史教科書), published by Baruboa in May 2005.
1ch_tv.txt · Last modified: 2025-04-07 18:14:24 by namelessrumia