History Platform / Pixiv

Originally Pixiv was intended exclusively for Japanese use, requiring non-speakers to make use of various guides to register. It is now configured to allow registrations in the English, Spanish, French, Russian, Thai, and Chinese languages, as well as registering via a Website/{{Facebook}} account. Tags and image descriptions are still almost always in Japanese, but the ability to search a lot of tags in Romaji and get a redirection to their Japanese equivalents has been eventually added.

* OriginalCharacter: [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%82%AA%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B8%E3%83%8A%E3%83%AB Here]]. (SturgeonsLaw applies.)
** "Original Character, Don't Steal": {{Defied}} with the tag "It's OK to draw him/her/it yourself": [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E6%8F%8F%E3%81%84%E3%81%A6%E3%82%82%E3%81%84%E3%81%84%E3%81%AE%E3%82%88 Here]]. (SturgeonsLaw applies.)

* AnthropomorphicRepresentation: [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag&word=%E6%93%AC%E4%BA%BA%E5%8C%96 here.]] May or may not overlap with the tag below.

* ''VideoGame/{{Metroid}}'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%83%A1%E3%83%88%E3%83%AD%E3%82%A4%E3%83%89 Here]].

* ''Anime/LegendOfGalacticHeroes'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E9%8A%80%E6%B2%B3%E8%8B%B1%E9%9B%84%E4%BC%9D%E8%AA%AC Here]]

* {{Kitsune}}:
** Pixiv Fox Land: [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%80%90%E3%81%B4%E3%81%8F%E3%82%AD%E3%83%84%E3%83%8D%E3%80%91 Here]].

* GlassesGirl: [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E7%9C%BC%E9%8F%A1 Here]].

* RapunzelHair: [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%83%AD%E3%83%B3%E3%82%B0%E3%83%98%E3%82%A2%E3%83%BC Here]].

* PantyShot: [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%83%91%E3%83%B3%E3%83%84 Here]].

* MismatchedEyes: [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%82%AA%E3%83%83%E3%83%89%E3%82%A2%E3%82%A4 Here]].

* ''[[VideoGame/EarthBound EarthBound/MOTHER2]]'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=MOTHER2 Here]] and [[http://www.pixiv.net/tags.php?tag=%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B6%E3%83%BC2 Here]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Tamagotchi}}'': [[https://www.pixiv.net/en/tags/たまごっち Here]].

* ''VideoGame/DanballSenki'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E6%88%A6%E6%A9%9F Here]].

* ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'': [[https://www.pixiv.net/en/tags/%E3%83%9B%E3%83%AD%E3%83%A9%E3%82%A4%E3%83%96 Here]].

* ''SherlockHolmes'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%82%B7%E3%83%A3%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AD%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%9B%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%82%BA Here.]] With abundant amount of HoYay.

[[http://www.pixiv.net/ Pixiv]] is a Japanese online community for artists, not unlike the Western world's Website/DeviantArt. Launched in September 2007. Pixiv aims to provide a place for artists to exhibit their illustrations and get feedback via a rating system and user comments. Works are organized in an extensive tag structure which forms the backbone of the website. However, tagging is notoriously haphazard on Pixiv (quite unlike the ImageBooru sites, where standardized tagging tends to be enforced by the moderators), so finding images often relies on trial and error (and knowing [[AlternateCharacterReading every possible way the name in question can be written in kanji, katakana and/or hiragana]], [[SerialEscalation including any possible abbreviations]], [[LongList as well as English spellings that may be in common usage in Japan]], [[MindScrew and even mixes of English and Japanese text]]). One main reason for this problem is that Pixiv only allows ten tags, including the artist's own, so artists usually are either clever (combining multiple tags into one since the search goes for all matches or making [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments very funny, sometimes nonsensical ones]]) or what could be described as "[[ItsAllAboutMe narcissistic]]" (anyone can edit tags, but ''one'' tag implies the artist wants others/watchers to add them, and this is really bad practice), the latter being ''very'' prominent. Thankfully, not only are there generally agreed-on tags by the community, but the "partial tag" search option makes it easy to find all submitted works related to that tag even if you're only typing part of (for example) a character's name, since you get combined results.

* ''{{Franchise/Jewelpet}}'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%82%B8%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AB%E3%83%9A%E3%83%83%E3%83%88 Here]].

* ''Franchise/PrettyCure'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A5%E3%82%A2 Here]].

* [[{{WebAnimation}} Ugoira]]: [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%81%86%E3%81%94%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9&type=ugoira Here]]. Predictably, the ability to finally upload animations has become popular very quickly.

In case that doesn't sound like anything special to you, consider that the majority of {{Anime}} and {{Manga}} fan arts in the [[ImageBooru 'boorus]] and the [[ImageBoards 'chans]] are taken from Pixiv, most of the time without permission from the artists. It's also an easy way to gauge a work's popularity in Japan; for instance, ''Franchise/TouhouProject'', ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]], ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' and ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'' [[http://www.pixiv.net/tags.php are all on the first page of tags.]]

* ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E8%89%A6%E9%9A%8A%E3%81%93%E3%82%8C%E3%81%8F%E3%81%97%E3%82%87%E3%82%93 Here]] and [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E8%89%A6%E3%81%93%E3%82%8C here]].

* ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%83%89%E3%83%A9%E3%81%88%E3%82%82%E3%82%93 Here]].

* ''LightNovel/{{Free}}'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E8%85%90ree! This tag is the only tag that is series-exclusive...]] however, it's also SlashFic only. Non-slashers will have to use character tags:

* ''Manga/{{Kannagi}}'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%81%8B%E3%82%93%E3%81%AA%E3%81%8E Here]].

* ''LightNovel/Free!'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E8%85%90ree! This tag is the only tag that is series-exclusive...]] however, it's also SlashFic only. Non-slashers will have to use character tags:

[[http://www.pixiv.net/ Pixiv]] is a Japanese online community for artists, not unlike the Western world's Website/DeviantArt. Launched in September 2007. Pixiv aims to provide a place for artists to exhibit their illustrations and get feedback via a rating system and user comments. Works are organized in an extensive tag structure which forms the backbone of the website. However, tagging is notoriously haphazard on Pixiv (quite unlike the ImageBooru sites, where standardized tagging tends to be enforced by the moderators), so finding images often relies on trial and error (and knowing [[AlternateCharacterReading every possible way the name in question can be written in kanji, katakana and/or hiragana]], [[SerialEscalation including any possible abbreviations]], [[LongList as well as English spellings that may be in common usage in Japan]], [[MindScrew and even mixes of English and Japanese text]]). One main reason for this problem is that Pixiv only allows ten tags, including the artist's own, so artists usually are either clever (combining multiple tags into one since the search goes for all matches or making [[SugarWiki/FunnyMoments very funny, sometimes nonsensical ones]]) or what could be described as "[[ItsAllAboutMe narcissistic]]" (anyone can edit tags, but ''one'' tag implies the artist wants others/watchers to add them, and this is really bad practice), the latter being ''very'' prominent.

* ''Anime/FushigiboshiNoFutagohime'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag&word=%E3%81%B5%E3%81%97%E3%81%8E%E6%98%9F%E3%81%AE%E2%98%86%E3%81%B5%E3%81%9F%E3%81%94%E5%A7%AB Here]].

In case that doesn't sound like anything special to you, consider that the majority of {{Anime}} and {{Manga}} fan arts in the [[ImageBooru 'boorus]] and the [[ImageBoards 'chans]] are taken from Pixiv, most of the time without permission from the artists. It's also an easy way to gauge a work's popularity in Japan; for instance, ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'', ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'', [[Music/{{Vocaloid}} Hatsune Miku]], ''VideoGame/InazumaEleven'', ''VideoGame/FireEmblem'' and ''VideoGame/KantaiCollection'' [[http://www.pixiv.net/tags.php are all on the first page of tags.]]

* ''VideoGame/{{Touhou}}'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E6%9D%B1%E6%96%B9 Here]]. (Over 1,500,000 images, the single most popular tag on Pixiv.)

** [[Memes/{{Touhou}} Take it easy!]]: [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%82%86%E3%81%A3%E3%81%8F%E3%82%8A Here]].

* ''Webcomic/AxisPowersHetalia'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%83%98%E3%82%BF%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2 Here]]. (Over 350,000 images.)

* ''Manga/KatekyoHitmanReborn'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%83%AA%E3%83%9C%E3%83%BC%E3%83%B3 Here]].
* [[{{Anime/KikisDeliveryService}} Kiki's Delivery Service]]: [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E9%AD%94%E5%A5%B3%E3%81%AE%E5%AE%85%E6%80%A5%E4%BE%BF Here]].

* ''LightNovel/MariaSamaGaMiteru'': [[http://www.pixiv.net/search.php?s_mode=s_tag_full&word=%E3%83%9E%E3%83%AA%E3%82%A2%E6%A7%98%E3%81%8C%E3%81%BF%E3%81%A6%E3%82%8B Here]].