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For the Japanese textboard called 5channel, see 2channel.

5chan was an English 'bulletin board', requiring a HentaiKey account, that roughly ran from January 2004 to October 24, 2004. The website mainly focused on sharing images, mostly pornographic in nature, and notably had an affiliation with HentaiKey and HentaiGroup.1)

History

The website was founded by “BarnacleEd” (later “NekoEd”) at the “5chan.net” domain around January 2004, but much of its early history was lost as it required a HentaiKey account2) and their robots.txt prevented archiving.3) However, we can confirm they used “Haikyo” when its boards were disabled on February 9, 2004.4) Aside from that, 5chan allegedly shut down after warring with 4chan and Raspberry Heaven.5)

On February 29, 2004, the website would be revived under “Zabadab” and used “Raku-You”.6) Its new server was set up in June 14, 2004,7) conveniently before 4chan closed over PayPal issues,8)9)10) and their news page was overhauled to match the forums on June 24, 2004.11)12) During 4chan's two month shutdown, 5chan wiped their database around July 5, 2004 as they planned to overhaul the code.

“[04:06] <Zabadab> i reported his paypal like 2 weeks ago tho”13)

Eventually, 5chan went after IIchan and their PayPal account,14)15)16) so people retaliated by crashing 5chan around August 6, 2004.17) Later that month, the website showed GoDaddy's coming soon page, then it redirected users to a status page at HentaiPalm on August 27, 2004.18) 5chan did return with an open beta on September 17, 2004,19)20) but shut down on October 24, 2004 as “Zabadab” stepped down.21)

List of Boards

  • Anime
    • Anime - Clean [ac]
    • Anime - Ecchi [ae]
    • Anime - Hentai [ah]
    • Manga/Doujinshi [mandou]
    • Cute [cu]
  • Alt. Hentai
    • Alt. Hentai - Hermaphrodite [ahh]
    • Alt. Hentai - Tentacles [aht]
    • Alt. Hentai - Bestiality [althbe]
    • Alt. Hentai - Feet [althfe]
    • Alt. Hentai - Bondage [althbo]
    • Alt. Hentai - Piss [ahpi]
    • Alt. Hentai - Other [aho]
  • GIFs
    • Animated GIFs - Hentai [gif]
    • Animated GIFs - Clean [gifc]
  • Guro
    • Guro - Blood/Death [gurbde]
    • Guro - Defacation [gurdef]
  • Furries and Animalgirls
    • Furries - Clean [furcle]
    • Furries - Hentai [fs]
    • Furries - Yaoi [fy]
    • Furries - Yuri [furyuri]
    • Animalgirls - Clean [anc]
    • Animalgirls - Hentai [anh]
  • Lolicon
    • Lolicon - Clean [lc]
    • Lolicon - Hentai [lh]
  • Yaoi and Yuri
    • Yaoi - Shota-con [ys]
    • Yaoi - Adults [ya]
    • Yuri - Normal [yn]
    • Yuri - Lolicon [yl]
  • Real Chicks and Cosplay
    • Real Chicks [rc]
    • Cosplay [cp]
  • Torrents, Flash, ZIPs
    • Torrents [tor]
    • Flash and ZIPs [flashzips]
  • Oekakis
    • Oekaki - Clean [oekc]
    • Oekaki - Hentai [oekh]
    • Oekaki - Random [oekr]
  • Other Stuff
    • Random [rnd]
    • Wallpapers [wp]
    • Mecha/Guns/Vehicles [meguve]
    • Toons [to]
    • Straight Shotacon [ssh]
    • Board for Testing Stuff [test]

Notes

  • 5chan was not anonymous. They borrowed the imageboard look, but every post would show your username and a user ID with 13 characters. There was also a forum, despite it being redundant.
  • Following the retaliatory DDoS attacks on August 6, 2004, the website thought it would shut down for good and suggested Renchan as an alternative, despite its lolicon focus.22)23)

See also

  • Fchan - The spiritual successor to 5chan's furry community.
  • IIchan - During 4chan's two month shutdown, most of those users ended up here.
  • 5chan [Archive] - The front page of 5chan, archived October 23, 2004.
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1)
For record-keeping purposes, “TheRowan” ran “HentaiKey.com” and “Numbus” ran “HentaiGroup.com”.
2)
"5chan ::Image Board::" (February 4, 2004). 5chan.
3)
"robots.txt" (February 4, 2004). 5chan.
4)
The images and pages under “http://www.5chan.net/haikyo/” can be viewed here.
5)
This information was in the "4chan.net - English 2chan.net!" thread on Something Awful, but it's been edited out since then. The version with this detail can be read on world4ch's /vip/ archive: here.
6) , 7)
"Raku-You: Welcome to 5chan!" (June 22, 2004). 5chan.
8)
"DING DONG, 4CHAN IS DEAD" (June 20, 2004). 4chan.
9)
"4chan". Everything Shii Knows.
10)
"It was not the GNAA who killed 4chan (I quite like them actually), or really the moronic users, it was a man named Chris, who goes by the name TheRowan and runs a business that shuts you down if you fail to play along." (July 14, 2004). Something Awful.
11)
"Updates" (June 24, 2004). 5chan.
12)
"5chan Raku-You: Welcome to 5chan!" (July 2, 2004). 5chan.
13) , 16)
"Zabadab took credit for closing Thock's paypal account on #5chan." (August 6, 2004). Something Awful.
14)
"I took 'em down, he actually sent me a PDF detailing the actual legal papers. i :monocle: 'd right there." (August 5, 2004). Something Awful.
15)
"his just gets better and better. :/" (August 5, 2004). Something Awful.
17)
"Holy shit, 5chan is gone! Woot! Karma in action." (August 6, 2004). Something Awful.
18)
"HentaiPalm.com - document" (August 13, 2004). HentaiPalm.
19)
"5chan" (September 19, 2004). 5chan.
20)
"5chan is back." (September 17, 2004). Something Awful.
21)
"HentaiGroup.com - Home" (October 27, 2004). HentaiGroup.
22)
"What more remains to be said?" (August 6, 2004). Something Awful.
23)
"All new peoples from 5chan" (August 6, 2004). Renchan.
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