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dub3's pixel tribute to Anime Web Turnpike in 1995: a Boom-era search engine
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1995 page

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Anime Web Turnpike (1995)

A road map to the anime fan web, with more than 40,000 fan sites filed by subject.

Cost
2 RAM
Power
5
Rarity
Common
Family
Search
Era
Boom (1995 to 1998)

What it does

On reveal: Draw 1 card.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 2 RAM to play and brings 5 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Search cards grow with the friends in their lane, and some draw you cards.

The site, in 1995

A web directory of links to anime and manga websites, where users added their own sites to its categories, with forums, a chat room and a magazine.

Jay Fubler Harvey founded it in August 1995, and it grew to well over 40,000 links. The Anime Broadcasting Network bought it in 2000, and it appeared in the 2003 documentary Otaku Unite!

In 1995: Founded in August, and named that year among 101 internet sites to visit.

Boom era, 1995 to 1998. Netscape, frames, hit counters and animated envelopes. Everyone had a homepage, and every homepage was under construction.

Under Construction: Homepages, fan shrines and the GIFs that decorated them.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1995 page.

Put it on your site

Run Anime Web Turnpike, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1995. Paste this into your page:

Anime Web Turnpike is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1995, then plays a short scene. Want Anime Web Turnpike in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.