User:Dizzykat/Bishibooru

Introduction
Bishibooru is the first and original all-male image sharing site commonly referred to as a 'Booru.' You can browse through the images at a booru by searching through tags, ratings, or randomly. There are many other boorus and Gelbooru is one of the most popular ones. Usually these sites are centered around a certain theme, such a sexy anime girls. Bishibooru's theme is Males: Original Characters; Anime, Comic Book, Video Game Characters; Anthro and much more!

Inspiration
Bishibooru was launched on June 13th, 2010. It is maintained and administrated by one sole person, dizzykat. Dizzykat is an avid comic and anime fan and saw a lack of websites dedicated to male characters, gay or otherwise. She decided to take a stand and change this. She came up with the name 'Bishi' which is short for Bishōnen, and 'Booru' since all boorus use this in their title. Dizzykat had no experience in creating or designing websites, so she contracted some local help to create the site and about a month later, the site was up!

Software
Bishibooru is currently running on Shimmie. Originally, it was going to run on the Danbooru software, but the coding had too many errors in it.

Fanbase & Reception
Since opening in June 2010, Bishibooru has grown nicely nearing 2,000 registered members. Users must be registered to post and there are many dedicated members that post including: Rokuro, Six, Wintergreenink, Smugleaf pw0pj2DE, and RandomAnon. They are a tight nit group and dizzykat tries to keep in contact with all the members through the Bishibooru Forum or Bishibooru's Facebook Page. Reception has been very positive from both males and females. Many people have posted about Bishibooru in their blogs or other profiles.

Fees
Bishibooru is completely free of charge. There are no ads-dizzykat supports the domain completely out-of-pocket.

Bishibooru Boys
Along with most boorus, there is a counter filled with cute cat girls. Since images of females are not allowed, dizzykat is currently in the works of creating her own counter boys: An Angel, A Devil, A Werewolf, A Vampire, A Merman, A Slime Boy, A Fairy, A Bunny Boy, A Cat Boy, and An Elf, each complete with their own personalities! They will also serve as the site's mascots as well. These are still a work in process and will be updated as soon as they are released. Once released, fans are encouraged to create their own artwork of the Bishibooru Boys.

Merchandise
So far there is no official merchandise yet, which would support the costs of maintaining the site. There are plans in the works for shirts, bags, sketch books, and other small collectible memorabilia featuring the Bishibooru Boys.