Replaced the IRC client on the /irc/ board. Old mibbit one was kinda shit and it's ads were cancer.
Random bans by tohno - 8th Sep 2018
So due to a small bug there seems to be an issue with random bans being handed out to people who have done nothing wrong. I'll try to fix this, and in the mean time If you've been affected by one of these random bans please let us know.
chrome and spam bot errors by Tohno - 23rd May 2018
So it seems a recent update to Google chrome is causing people who use it to get a spam bot error when trying to post on TC. I've got some ideas what might be causing this, so please bear with me as we try to fix it.
/fb/ and /vn/ by Tohno - 1st Apr 2018
Bringing back /fb/ and /vn/. Seems like no one talks much about VNs on the videogame board after all.
/fb/ has been disabled. by Tohno - 30th Dec 2017
For many years people have been trying to convince me to delete the board. Out of respect for the people who use this site I had always refused. I've been on many sites where the admins were control freaks who ignored or mocked the wishes of it's users and I never wanted that to be the case here, but now I finally see why they do it. People will just complain endlessly when listened to, then they'll complain about how I carry out their wishes. They say jump then complain I'm not jumping high enough, while others complain about me jumping in the first place. Even when I do exactly what they want they'll dig up excuses to complain some more. All the while they do absolutely nothing to contribute to this site, and blame me for it dying. Well I'm tired of it. I tried giving you people everything that you wanted but it was never enough and you spat on me for doing it. /fb/ has been taken away until further notice and any meta discussion found else wear on the site will be removed. If you have any issues with the site and wish to discuss them, take it to our /irc/ channel.
axed a few boards by Tohno - 24th Dec 2017
In an attempted to trim down our excessive amount of boards a few changes have been made.
/vn/ content will now go in /vg/. /mt/ content will go into /navi/. /日本/ has been removed, It's content shouldn't need more than a single thread on /ot/, /$/ likewise can be a single thread on /ot/. /txt/ will be removed as no one used it anyway. /lh/ will return to being a hidden board.
tat by tohno - 4th Jun 2017
Made /tat/'s post not show on the front page since apparently it's been flooding it.
Flags by tohno - 30th May 2017
Fixed the flag counter thingy from our front page, and only took me half a decade to do so!
420 by tohno - 4th May 2017
I decided to have a poll to see if what we should do with the /420/ board, since it seems to be a source of controversy.
http://www.poll-maker.com/poll1057463x43F899bA-44
You've got till the 17th to cast your vote.
TC give away by tohno - 9th Apr 2017
I've decided to give away a prize to a randomly selected winner once a month. For details please see this thread. http://tohno-chan.com/fig/res/3228.html
Thanks again to A.F. by tohno - 9th Mar 2017
Yet another thanks to A.F.
I'm still concerned about these donations, but I can only assume you have enough to spare if you're able to keep making them. The idea of taking money from neets/hikimori has never really sat well with me, but I guess it's not like anyone's forcing anyone to donate. So with that said, thank you again. We'll get that dream house someday for sure.
Another big thanks to AF by tohno - 26th Feb 2017
Thanks again to A.F. for another generous donation. I truly appreciate it, but please don't go breaking the bank on my accord. I understand many if not most users of this site are probably not in the best financial situation so it does concern me to think I might be taking from someone who doesn't have much to give. Although I suppose if you're donating anything in the first place that means it's something you can spare, so again thank you very much.
I'd also like to note that I have no problems with paying the server costs as it stands, so don't feel as if you 'need' to donate. That said, thanks again and may Haruhi bless you and your waifu.
Big thanks to AF by tohno - 9th Feb 2017
A huge thank you going out to A.F. for your generous donation. Might not be enough for that dream house but it certainly helps. Thanks.
Rules by tohno - 1st Feb 2017
Tried updating the site rules a bit. They haven't changed much but I thought I'd reword them a little and add some explanations to each one to hopefully clarify things. If there's any problems with them or things you don't understand feel free to let me know.
ReCaptcha by tohno - 31st Jan 2017
Thanks to the efforts of DSG we now have a proper capcha system working on some of our boards. It will be placed on any boards where spam becomes a problem.
At the time of posting this it will effect /ns/ /pic/ /ma/ and /fig/.
TC 3.0 by tohno - 29th Jan 2017
With a lot of help from some very nice people on our IRC channel we were able to get lynxchan(what might be our new image board engine) working on a new server. Unfortunately after having the chance to mess around with it, it seems it'll not only be a lot of work getting it up to snuff but because maintaining it would require Linux programming skills I don't have, it doesn't seem like it would be wise to use it in the long run. After all those who helped me get it up and running might not always be around, as the case has proven with those who took charge of programming for TC up till now. I may not be much of a programmer but I do have at least 'some' handle on kusabaX (our current image board engine). That said I'll continue exploring and learning more about lynxchan before making any final decision as to weather or not to switch over to it. Note that if we do move to lynxchan, we'd most likely only take a handful of threads with us if that, and we'd probably also nuke some unnecessary boards, change urls, and so on. I'll be sure to keep you guys as up to date as things go on. For more feel free to bug Tohno_ on our IRC channel (#tohno-chan @ rizon.net).
Captcha by tohno - 29th Jan 2017
Gonna be placing a Captcha on any boards for the time being that fall victim to the spam. Still trying to figure out how to get the up to date version working for that matter.
Few changes by tohno - 26th Jan 2017
I went and (finally) set us up with Let's Encrypt and with cloudflare.
Unfortunately they did not seem to effect the spam we've been getting and may cause some issues across the site. If you have any please report them.
As such I'm currently working on also interrogating recaptcha to replace our horribly outdated captcha system. At the time of posting this I realize it's an outdated version of recaptcha , important thing was to get it up and working. I'll try to get the single click current version working soon.
If all else fails we might end up ditching kusabax and going with a new host/server and new board engine (lynxchan). I've spent the last couple days trying to get it set up, but it's a fair bit more complicated than kusabax was to install so no promises.
locked boards by tohno - 5th Jan 2017
Spam has picked up again recently as some of you may have noticed. Unfortunately we don't have many active mods anymore. I and the still active mods try really hard to keep the site clean of spam but with the need for sleep and simply not being able to watch the site every waking hour we can't always get to it right away. Because of the specific nature of the spam it's not something we can just leave sitting around. As such posting on some boards will occasionally be disabled until we get more mods or find a better solution of dealing with the spam. For now /ns/ is the only board that has been disabled, since that was the one that got the majority of the spam.
I'm sure some of you are annoyed by this, and rightfully so. I'm sorry for the inconvenience.
If anyone would like to volunteer to be a mod, the best and fastest way to contact me would be over irc, name & server: Tohno_ / rizon.net. you can also email me at Tohno@tohno-chan.com, or try to contact me on steam, id is "tohnomimw"
banned by tohno - 22nd Aug 2016
Finnaly got around to fixing our ban page a bit. Here's hoping none of you will ever have to see it though.
Oh and I removed capcha across the site since it didn't stop the spam, it helped a little so we're gonna leave it on /ns/, which got spammed the most.
A few possibly useful tips:
To post an embedded video, paste only the code at the end of the url into the Media ID field.
Example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GgF99qTtHpE&feature=related
Embedded video posts can not be combined with pics or .mp3s. If you try to post those with an embedded video, only the video will show up.
Youtube deletes videos all the time, primarily that of anime previews (copyrights bs) so it's not really recommended that you make threads using these ( only a recomendacion, not a rule or anything like that. ) and no, images and embedded videos can not be edited after posting, at this time.
Most site errors can be easily fixed by hitting the back button, refreshing the page.
Links
Our IRC channel:
#tohno-chan on irc.rizon.net.
If you do not have an IRC client, you can still join by heading over to our /irc/ board. http://tohno-chan.com/irc/
There is no official tohno-chan facebook, twitter, or reddit page and never will be. If you come across one it's not supported or created by us in any way shape or form.
Credits
I'd like to extend a special thanks to a few guys that really helped out around here.
To Popo for giving me the push I needed to break away from the old site, and who helped in finding our current host, and with setting things up.
To Hamish who's helping a lot in the development of our site, and who is responsible for our recent posts table on the front page and our url posting system.
To Ayu-Ayu for proffreeding thi's mess.
To our mods who do an awesome job of keeping this place nice and clean.
And to everyone else who has stuck with us for whatever reason all this time. You are what keeps the site going, because after all, without all the users, this site would be nothing.
Frequently asked questions.
Q: Will you ever force Anonymous?
A: No, shut up.
Q: How does I become a mod?
A: If you would like to be a moderator for the site, message "Tohno_" via IRC on Rizon.
Q: What's the significance of the site logo thing?
A: It's an envelope, commonly used in japan for giving gifts of money. Tohno Minagi, would hand out rice tickets in these envelopes.
Q: What's the deal with "Ford Driver"?
A: It's what we call normalfags.
Q: "are you gonna send us to dubai tohno?"
A: Yes.
Q: Can you add X theme/style to the site?
A: Yeah sure, why not?
Q: How can I contact the site staff or admin?
A: Quickest way to do this is on the IRC channel, there's usually two or three mods there at any given time. You can also message "tohno" on rizon.net.
Q: Are you guys serious about the waifu thing?
A: Yes, stop asking that.
Q: How does post edit work?
A: Copy the text from the post you want to edit, click the "edit" button, paste into comment area, edit it, then hit reply.
Q: Why is tohno-chan so slow?
A: Because shut up.
Q: Do you collect, save, or sell user data?
A: No.
Q: How does this site make money?
A: It doesn't.
Q: Who or what is this "Haruhi"?
A: The almighty lord and savior of this world.
Q: Why did my post get deleted?
A: Because it sucked.
Q: How do I donate money to help with the site's server costs?
A: You know damn well you'd never ask that.
Q: What is love?
A: Baby don't hurt me.
Q: Where do I go to make a request for a feature?
A: Try /fb/, oh wait...
Q: Someone posted something I don't like, what should I do?
A: Whine and complain, call the person a normalfag, or report the post.
Q: Is this where the party's at?
A: No, it's the next website over.
Q: I don't agree with someone's opinion, what do I do?
A: Tell them they don't belong on this site in the most condescending way possible.
Q: Do tripcodes here work the same as on 4chan?
A: Unsecured trips should work the same, secure trips would use a different algorithm (kinda impossible to use the same one they got) so the trip would come out different.
other stuff
Rules
Tohno-chan is an anime-themed image board for NEETs, hikikomori, (true) otaku, and other social outcasts. Please take this into consideration when posting.
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The following rules apply to all parts of this website and our affiliate IRC channel:
01) Uploading, posting, discussing, requesting, or linking to anything that violates local or United States law.
- Just covering our ass with this one, really.
02) Advertising and/or spamming.
- By Advertising we refer to unsolicited links and/or referrals to any and all unwelcome content, unless it is directly related to the subject of the board it is posted on.
- Spamming refers to repeatedly and continuously posting large amounts of the same content.
03) Ban evasion.
- When we place a ban it's probably for a damn good reason, avoiding it will not be tolerated.
04) Posting or linking to 3D (real) pornography, Guro, or pictures of 3D (real) people.
- By 3D (real) pornography, we refer to pornographic videos and/or images depicting any and all real world humans regardless of age. This may also include life-like computer renderings of humans as well. Crazy as it might sound, we here do not much care for the sight of other human beings, especially in pornographic depictions. It makes many here uncomfortable to say the least.
- Posting landscapes, scenery, animals, and inanimate objects are fine though.
- By Guro we refer to material depicting extreme violence, torture, and/or mutilation.
05) My Little Pony (MLP) or anything related to the related to 'furry' fandom, pornographic or not. (No Horo is not furry, stfu)
- We are not bronies, or furries, please take that stuff somewhere else.
- Exemptions may be made on /mai/ for some of what may be considered furry waifus on case by case situations. However, please refrain from posting images of Western media.
06) Excessive blogging, especially about your or anyone else's sex life.
- By blogging we refer to the act of talking about one's self or your normal daily life. This is typical behavior to a degree, but by excessive we mean repeatedly making long winded posts (150+ words), or large amounts of these style of posts in a short time span. If it's a personal story or situation that other people may find interesting then that is acceptable.
- An exemption to this rule applies to /so/, as the board deals heavily in personal issues.
07) /b/ Shit.
- This refers to the moronic meme spouting shitposting type of behavior you would find on the infamous /b/ boards of other imageboards.
- Examples of shitposting includes "GET" threads, which are threads/posts created solely to point out having multiple instances of the same number in your post (such as having post no.5555). greentexting, which is the style of posting which uses a > at the start of every sentence, rather than using them for quotes as they're intended, as well as making said sentences in malformed bullet point styles. Example: >MFW OP is a fag >thinks I'm not fappin to his waifu >saged, reported, and called the cops
- There is also reaction images, which can help set the mood/emotion the poster is trying to convey, but in excess can be obnoxious, especially when used without any accompanying text.
- Over all, Shitposting here will be defined as posts failing to be constructive, informative, or entertaining in any form. These posts are typically pointless and/or offensive. To elaborate, a joke might not be considered a shitpost, but a rude and/or out of context comment might be.
- Posts with only 1-2 words without media attachment may also be considered shit posts, unless necessary for the thread/post.
08) Narutard shit.
- This primarily relates to the the /an/ board. "Narutard shit" refers to the entry levels of anime fandom that deal in conventions, anime clubs, obsessive fixations of select mainstream anime (such as naruto or dragonball), the belief that dubs are not complete garbage, and all things related to funimation.
(9) Being a baka.
_ C Cirno 2 no moar
10) Disrespectful behavior on /mai/.
- /mai/ is a place for love and compassion. If you have a problem with someone's waifu, keep it to yourself or post about it on a different but still relevant board.
- This includes but is not limited to name calling, insulting, making fun of, or trash talking someone's waifu or the poster.
11) Excessive flaming, trolling, or harassing other users.
- This refers to behavior that involves deliberately attacking or insulting other users. While TC is not an SJW hug box (outside of /mai/), going out of your way to upset/bother people is not cool and will not be tolerated.
- Note that if someone disagrees with you or finds your posts offensive without you purposefully trying to upset or offend them, that is entirely their problem and is not in violation of this rule.
12) Announcing you or another poster is female or drawing attention to this matter.
- We DO NOT have a ban on women here, and this would be impossible to enforce even if we did. What we are not allowing here is openly stating or implying that you're female.
- People on sites like these tend to loose their shit and turn into mindless idiots when women show up. It also aggravates and upsets many of those in our user base.
13) Drug discussion outside of /420/
- This deals with any and all discussion related to illegal narcotics or controlled substances as well as sharing links on where to buy/acquire them.
- Discussion related to these substances is strictly to be kept on http://tohno-chan.com/420
- However, even on /420/ any discussion related to the sale or purchasing of illegal drugs is still forbidden (see rule 1).
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The following are rules, but are not as severe infractions. Many of these are just as much for your own good as for the site, something like friendly advice. These actions may likely result in your post or media being deleted, and repeated infractions may result in a warning or ban, length of which to be determined by a moderator. Many of these are only clarifying what the above rules would apply to.
Ex.01) Emoticons. E.g. :-) and xD.
- They're obnoxious >.>
Ex.02) Political, religious, or gender discussion outside of /tat/.
- Generally it just pisses people off, starts fights, and never leads to anything good. Best to avoid these topics. However they are free to be discussed on /tat/ so long as the rest of the site rules are abided by.
Ex.03) Announcing that you're from 4chan.
- People here really don't much like 4chan or people from it, so best kept to yourself on that one.
Ex.04) Creating threads that already exist.
- Because the flow of traffic on TC is so slow, we prefer not to have multiple threads dealing in the same subject. A thread for anime xyz isn't likely to get many posts anyway, so the last thing we need are tons of empty threads about it.
- Just look for a thread related to what you're looking to talk about and post in that instead.
Ex.05) Encouraging others to commit suicide.
- This should be self explanatory. Telling people to kill themselves isn't cool. See rules 1 and 11.
Ex.06) Misusing or abusing spoilers.
- This mainly involves trying to hide rule breaking content by using spoiler tags, or using spoiler tags needlessly (to hide text that isn't a spoiler).
Ex.07) Meta-posts and complaining about the community's views/opinions outside of /fb/.
- If you've got a problem with TC or it's userbase, take it to /fb/. That's what /fb/ is for.
Ex.08) Mentioning your family and or loved ones.
- Many if not most of us here are bitter losers who have no one. We don't want to hear about your wife/girlfriend/friends/kids. so don't post about it. Brothers, sisters, parents and other such unavoidable relatives are fine however (within reason; see rule 6).
Ex.09) Moronic behavior in general.
- Typos and misspellings are one thing, but try to avoid memes, what you'd like to do with your genitals, and senseless vulgarity. See rules 7 through 11.
Ex.10) Western media.
- This site is built primarily around japanese media, as such it's generally best to avoid bringing up too much western media. Exceptions can be made for western games on /vg/.
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Those that cannot follow the rules shown on this page will be dealt with by our moderators as they they see fit. Don't be surprised if your post gets deleted. Minor infractions may likely result in a warning. Major infractions or multiple warnings will result in a ban with the duration depending on the situation and the judgement of the moderator carrying out the ban.
supporters
Here you can find a list of our currently supported donation platforms/methods. Bellow that, are some generious people who help keep us going!
patreon.com/tohno
ko-fi.com/tohno
Shinden9 - via patreon
赤いアオカケス - via patreon
Cedar - via patreon
Vexed - via patreon
Boards
Here you can find a brief description of each board.
Most are pretty self explanatory, but many people, especially those new here, might not be sure about what goes where.
/an/ - Anime
This is the anime board.
All things anime related, both new and old are welcome here.
/ma/ - Manga
Although primarily meant and used for manga, this board can also be used for general literature.
/mai/ - Waifu
If you wish to analyze the concept of falling in love with a two dimensional representation of a human female, or simply dump some pics of your waifu, this board is one to make what you will of it.
Just remember to please respect each others loved ones.
/foe/ - Touhou
Any and all things touhou related go here. That means stuff more appropriate for others boards, though every now and then is alright.
/vg/ - Video Games
Home to the more popular and interactive media known as games.
Console, PC, or hand-held, it's all good.
/mp3/ - Music
This board is for the discussing and posting of music and other forms of audio.
/vn/ - Visual Novels
This board is not only for Japan's interactive novels and dating sims, but also for Japanese games that don't quite fit in /vg/.
/mt/ - the academy
This is a place were people can discuss Literature, science, math, astronomy, history, etc.
A kind of... all-purpose intellectual pursuits board.
/cr/ - Creativity
Let your creative juices flow on this board. Write something, draw something, or maybe even build something; the key word here is creativity.
/so/ - Ronery
Feeling sad? Feeling lonely? Feeling hopeless, lost, pathetic, unloved, unappreciated, uncared for, neglected, or confused?
Feeling ronery?
/ot/ - Off Topic
Want to make a thread but don't think it fits on any of the other boards? Well this is the place.
If this board were a category it would be "other".
/txt/ - text
It's a umm.. text board, for like, text, and stuff. ...yeah I dunno.
/日本/ - 日本語
This board is meant to be used for japanese learning and pracice.
Be warned that any posts made in any language other than japanese on this board will be deleted.
/pic/ - dump
This is a place for posting large abouts of images, be it wall papers or fan art.
As some might ask, This board differs from /ns/ in that, that board is primarily for pornographic images, where as this board is primarily meant to be work safe.
/fig/ - Collectibles
This board as you might have guessed is mainly for figures and dolls and such, but it's also for other merchandise and items,
pretty much anything sold that is based animation, game, vn or manga,
but this is not to say original items and western toys aren't also welcomed.
/navi/ - science & technology
For all thhings technology, From computers to programing it can be found here.
/ddl/ - Data
Here you can upload files or post links to files hosted off-site for sharing with others.
/fb/ - Feedback
Here you can leave suggestions or ask questions regarding the site itself and even just discuss things related to the site.
We're very interested in what you think of the site and what you think might make it better for you the users.
