Danbooru is one of the oldest and most popular image boorus in the anime industry. It boasts an extensive database of millions of pictures categorized in different tags. Whether its traditional or hand-drawn art, cosplay images, manga panels, or screenshots from shows and movies, Danbooru has it all.
Starting on personal websites and forums of Japanese origin as early as 2008, Danbooru has become one of the go-to sources online for anime fans seeking to source art for their fandom projects. After 12 years on the platform, users can now access a collection stretching across numerous galleries consisting of billions of uploads accumulated over time.
For those wondering how to find exactly what they’re looking for among billions of uploads, Danbooru offers powerful search bar with advanced filtering options as well as its own sorting algorithm which helps to narrow down search results quickly. After entering a query phrase into a Search field results can be additionally filtered depending on date added, color study, series title, content safety rating and type.
Unlike other conventional picture databases such as Flickr or Getty Images that contain general photographs from daily life and celebrities alike, Danbooru specializes exclusively in anime material and related genres like doujin manga or original illustrations. Its database also allows searching by specific characteristics like characters with blonde hair or brown eyes wearing various clothes such as school uniforms or kimonos captured in different poses or emotions including happiness, anger and surprise about how peculiar situations may be solved by protagonists.
As someone looking after adorable characters drawing lost in thought expressions? Or after your own chibi OC doing a handstand pose? Whoever searches for anime artwork is sure to find something to boost his mood on Danbooru! Spend hours browsing exciting fanart easily divided between thousands of tags — from “Sasuke” to “Chibis” — just waiting there for you! Don’t miss out on this outstanding resource!