Before Pixiv, fan artists hosted their work on personal web galleries. Archives reveal thousands of hand-drawn, scanned, or early MS Paint illustrations of Goku, Vegeta, and custom fusion characters. These sites often included strict "No Unauthorized Reproduction" ( mu-dan tensai kinshi ) warnings and required visitors to answer trivia questions to enter hidden galleries containing doujinshi (fan-made comics). Web Rings and Link Banners
Preserving the Golden Era: Navigating the Dragon Ball Z Japanese Internet Archive dragon ball z japanese internet archive
