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The AcFun Dànmù Shìpín(Video) Wǎng(Network) (AcFun弹幕视频网), also called AcFun or 'A Site' (A站, A Zhàn), is a Chinese video-sharing website that was launched on June 6, 2007. They initially catered to the ACG subculture, thus the name meant 'Anime, Comics, and Fun' in the past.

Website slogan

Original text English translated
认真你就输了 Rènzhēn nǐ jiù shū le If you're serious, you've already lost!
认真你就输啦 Rènzhēn nǐ jiù shū la
中国宅文化基地 Zhōngguó zhái wénhuà jīdì China's home cultural base.
天下漫友是一家 Tiānxià mànyǒu shì yījiā Under heaven, manga friends are family.
AC在，爱一直在 AC-zài, ài yīzhí zài Here at AC, love is always here.

Notes

  • The website mascot is an orange-haired girl with two buns named 'AC-niáng' (AC娘), also known as 'Tǔniū' (土妞) or 'Ā-chán' (阿婵), and she has since become a Virtual YouTuber in 2019.1)
  • From 2011 to 2015, AcFun used to have an imageboard at AC Nimingban, but cut ties with the project, then the PRC would pass a cybersecurity law which would make its return extremely unlikely.
  • In 2013, AcFun launched a live streaming service, that was modeled after Niconico Namahōsō,2) but their ownership decided to split the service off into Dòuyú (闘魚) in 2014 as it enticed investors who saw Twitch's success and wanted to bring an equivalent to the Chinese market.3)
    • Then in 2019, AcFun relaunched its live streaming service, completely separate from Douyu.
  • During the 2010s, AcFun used to have 'better' anime since Bilibili would pass on new anime that would become popular,4) but the playing field was eventually leveled in favor of Bilibili in 2021.5)

See also

  • Bilibili - For the 'B Site' to the A Site.
  • AcFun - The front page of AcFun.
  • AcFun on Moegirl Encyclopedia [ZH]
  • AcFun on Pixiv Encyclopedia [JA]
  • AcFun on Niconico Encyclopedia [JA]
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1)
"#5 初次登场就像初恋一样不可能完美" (November 18, 2019). AcFun.
2)
The service was originally named 'shēngfàngsòng' (生放送), the Chinese reading of 'namahōsō' (生放送), which is the Japanese term for 'live broadcast' or 'livestream'.
3)
"How Douyu won the live-streaming war to become China’s Twitch" (July 19, 2019). South China Morning Post.
4)
For example, Bilibili would pass on SSSS.Gridman and Zombie Land Saga in 2018, then you had the Rent-A-Girlfriend situation where they didn't pick up the anime for the manga they had rights to.
5)
You can find a list of anime that AcFun had legally acquired, which isn't much, but the list just completely stops after 2021 since Bilibili was now able to review the anime that they had an opportunity to pick up.
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