Raspberry Heaven (RH) was the anime-themed Direct Connect hub that split from the Something Awful Direct Connect Hub.¹⁾ The name is sometimes mentioned for its role in 4chan's history, but its importance has been extremely exaggerated by some historians.

There has been endless amounts of historical revisionism around 4chan and Raspberry Heaven, but 4chan founder Christopher Poole states that Raspberry Heaven had “like 20-40 active members” and only pulled moderators from this community in the first two years, then states that 4chan wasn't a “secret club” for anime and notes that it mostly drew in people that had zero connection to Something Awful.²⁾

Most of the confusion stems from revisionists elevating Something Awful's importance,³⁾⁴⁾ with the narrative that 4chan was allegedly made for Something Awful users that were banned for pedophilia and shitposting. However, this narrative largely eschews Something Awful's 4chan thread,⁵⁾ and misconstrues the 2005 bans for not4chan as its origin story when it happens years later.⁶⁾⁷⁾

• 'Raspberry Heaven' (ラズベリー天国) is derived from the ending theme for Azumanga Daioh, and they used to house 50×50⁸⁾ and 100×100⁹⁾ avatars until it was accidentally deleted.¹⁰⁾ They would later switch to a Haruhi Suzumiya theme after the 2006 trends¹¹⁾ before finally going offline.
• Honestly, this didn't warrant its own article, but the internet trend of weird teenagers picking up ancient names and pretending to be forerunners has forced my hand on the mattter.
• They still have an active IRC channel, which is not that hard to find, but I'm sure you can find it yourself.
• How has nobody archived their wiki properly in the decade it was up? What the fuck?¹²⁾

• Raspberry Heaven [Archive] - The front page of Raspberry Heaven, archived March 18, 2022.
• Christmas Card Time - A yearly tradition.