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dub3's pixel tribute to Aozora Bunko in 1997: a Boom-era digital library
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1997 page

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Aozora Bunko (1997)

Last updated: see below.

Cost
1 RAM
Power
2
Rarity
Common
Family
Institutions
Era
Boom (1995 to 1998)

What it does

No ability.

No ability, just Power. Sometimes that's all a homepage needs.

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

Institutions cards protect your side, and come back strong when you're losing.

The site, in 1997

A Japanese digital library of several thousand works, mostly out of copyright, with some that authors choose to give away.

The name means Blue Sky Library. It has compiled and published its catalogue since 1997, and since 2006 has also spoken up to protect free access to e-books.

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

The Establishment: Governments, universities, libraries and archives. Very official.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 1997 page.

Put it on your site

Run Aozora Bunko, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1997. Paste this into your page:

Aozora Bunko is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 1997, then plays a short scene. Want Aozora Bunko in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.