Welcome To The AnimeNfo IRC Home Page

This page serves as the home page for AnimeNfo's IRC service on the AnimeNfo network. For those who don't know what IRC is, IRC stands for (I)nternet (R)elay (C)hat, a text-based chat application that allows people from all over the world to communicate with one another, just like using MSN Messenger. Depending on what you use IRC for, life can be pretty easy or very difficult, however most people just use it to chat, nothing more.

Before connecting to IRC, please read the Rules And Guidelines section. Click the "IRC Rules" icon in the menu.

AnimeNfo offers an easy way to get onto IRC and chat with fellow users on the #animenfo channel (a channel is the same thing as a chat room, except its called a channel in IRC :P). To use this feature, click on the "Go Chat" link in the menu. Beware that it is a Java-based client, so you need to install the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) offered by Sun Microsystems.

However, AnimeNfo IRC staff recommends that you should get an "real" IRC client (a client is a program that lets you connect to an IRC server/network and lets you use IRC. The Java IRC applet is an example of a client). A popular client for Windows is mIRC, which is pretty good, and probably the best for Windows right now. If you run Linux or another *NIX operating system (this include any BSD operating systems [FreeBSD as an example] and UNIX operating systems) other popular clients are Irssi (runs in a console) or XChat for X.org/XFree86.

I have written an IRC guide for beginners. It might seem quite lengthy, but it gives instructions for both Irssi and mIRC clients. It also includes a command reference and other goodies. To view the guide, click the "IRC Guide" graphic link in the menu. Of course, if you've used IRC before, the guide is not for you, but it does have some useful information at the end of the document (such as using NickServ and other IRC commands). However, here are the details for connecting to AnimeNfo and joining the channel:

Server Comand:	/server irc.animenfo.com
Changing Nicks:	/nick "your nickname"
Joining The Channel:	/join #animenfo

I would appreciate any comments/questions/concerns about this site or the IRC guide. If you wish, you can e-mail me at ota@animenfo.com and I'll try to look at your message and, if possible, reply back to you as soon as I can.

Have fun!
Isao Ota