Touhou Project (English Wikipedia)

"1000万IDの巨大サイトも創作の連鎖反応を引き起こす音楽や映像で自由に表現" [The gigantic site of 10 million users sets off a chain reaction of creativity: The freedom of expression through music and video] (in Japanese). Weekly BCN. October 20, 2008. Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved July 10, 2009.

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ZUN (March 14, 2002). "幻想掲示板" [Gensо̄ Bulletin Board]. Archived from the original on April 3, 2002. Retrieved July 20, 2021. 実は霊異伝は制作は９５年だったので、実に７年ほど前です。 [In fact, Highly Responsive to Prayers was produced in '95; it's really more like seven years ago.]
"th01_09pmd.txt from 【 the Legend of KAGE 】". Team Shanghai Alice. Archived from the original on June 10, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
ZUN. "Archived post from ZUN's blog on 01 April 2005". 東方書譜. Archived from the original on April 10, 2005. Retrieved November 13, 2019.

books.google.com (Global: 3^rd place; English: 3^rd place)

Fujimoto, Yukari (2014). "2. Naruto as Cultural Crossroads". In Berndt, Jaqueline; Kümmerling-Meibauer, Bettina (eds.). Manga's Cultural Crossroads. Cambridge Eng. New York: Routledge. p. 188 note 27. ISBN 9781134102839. Archived from the original on December 8, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2016.

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"2007 11th Japan Media Arts Festival Open form" (in Japanese). Japan Media Arts Plaza, Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on February 15, 2012. Retrieved November 19, 2007.
"2007 Eleventh Japan Media Arts Festival Award-winning Works". Japan Media Arts Plaza, Agency for Cultural Affairs. Archived from the original on February 9, 2012. Retrieved February 29, 2008.

cbr.com (Global: 246^th place; English: 180^th place)

"10 Games That Influenced Other Developers (But Most People Haven't Played)". CBR. August 29, 2021. Archived from the original on July 13, 2022. Retrieved August 31, 2021.

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"What is the Comic Market? February 2008" (PDF) (in Japanese). Comiket. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 9, 2011. Retrieved August 4, 2008.
Kōichi Ichikawa (December 30, 2009). "The Comic Market Today and Overseas Participants" (PDF). Comic Market. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 2, 2011.

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コンプエース 2012年12月号 [Comp Ace December 2012 issue] (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.

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"Top Doujinshi Events Most Popular By The Numbers". Crunchyroll. November 1, 2013. Archived from the original on January 10, 2014. Retrieved February 28, 2014.
Dennison, Kara (August 9, 2019). "Fate Still Reigns Supreme as Comiket's Most Represented Title". Crunchyroll. Archived from the original on February 9, 2020. Retrieved March 15, 2021.

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Speranza, Nick (October 26, 2021). "Gaming the System: The most popular game you've never heard of thrives off of a respect for fanmade work". The Daily Free Press. Archived from the original on April 21, 2023. Retrieved November 12, 2021.

denfaminicogamer.jp (Global: 5,639^th place; English: low place)

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"『Undertale』トビー・フォックス×『東方』ZUN×Onion Games木村祥朗鼎談──自分が幸せでいられる道を進んだらこうなった──同人の魂、インディーの自由を大いに語る". 電ファミニコゲーマー – ゲームの面白い記事読んでみない？ (in Japanese). October 19, 2018. Archived from the original on October 19, 2018. Retrieved May 11, 2021.

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tohogairai.dengeki.com

"「東方外來韋編 Strange Creators of Outer World.」公式サイト" (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Archived from the original on October 3, 2015. Retrieved October 2, 2015.

exblog.jp (Global: 4,855^th place; English: low place)

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ZUN (May 14, 2007). "Touhou Bōgetsushō" (in Japanese). Archived from the original on March 30, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2007.

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巴哈姆特. "東方系列新作《東方虹龍洞》今日在 Steam 平台推出試玩版". 巴哈姆特電玩資訊站. Archived from the original on May 28, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2021.

gamer.ne.jp (Global: 7,436^th place; English: low place)

"「幻想戦略録 - The Touhou Empires -」に"ふもふもれいむ。"が参戦！「東方ふもふもぬいぐるみシリーズ」とのコラボが決定". Gamer (in Japanese). May 2, 2024. Archived from the original on August 16, 2024. Retrieved August 16, 2024.

gensokyo.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Solamarle (November 9, 2007). "Notes on ZUN's Genyou Denshou Lecture". Gensokyo.org. Archived from the original on August 19, 2009. Retrieved July 10, 2009.

guinnessworldrecords.com (Global: 550^th place; English: 453^rd place)

"Most prolific fan-made shooter series". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on April 24, 2013. Retrieved September 24, 2011.

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"(同人誌と図書館)ジャンルコード別サークル数一覧（C82～C88）と夏コミ告知" (in Japanese). Myrmecoleon (Researcher at the Meiji University Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library). August 6, 2015. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
"(同人誌と図書館)ジャンルコード別サークル数一覧（C85～C91）と冬コミ告知" (in Japanese). Myrmecoleon (Researcher at the Meiji University Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library). December 15, 2016. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
"(同人誌と図書館)ジャンルコード別サークル数一覧（～C81）と冬コミ告知" (in Japanese). Myrmecoleon (Researcher at the Meiji University Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library). December 27, 2011. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
"ジャンルコード別サークル数一覧（C91〜C97）と冬コミ告知" (in Japanese). Myrmecoleon (Researcher at the Meiji University Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library). December 19, 2019. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2022.

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"(同人誌と図書館)ジャンルコード別サークル数一覧（C82～C88）と夏コミ告知" (in Japanese). Myrmecoleon (Researcher at the Meiji University Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library). August 6, 2015. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
"(同人誌と図書館)ジャンルコード別サークル数一覧（C85～C91）と冬コミ告知" (in Japanese). Myrmecoleon (Researcher at the Meiji University Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library). December 15, 2016. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
"(同人誌と図書館)ジャンルコード別サークル数一覧（～C81）と冬コミ告知" (in Japanese). Myrmecoleon (Researcher at the Meiji University Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library). December 27, 2011. Archived from the original on December 30, 2016. Retrieved December 27, 2016.
"ジャンルコード別サークル数一覧（C91〜C97）と冬コミ告知" (in Japanese). Myrmecoleon (Researcher at the Meiji University Yoshihiro Yonezawa Memorial Library). December 19, 2019. Archived from the original on July 16, 2020. Retrieved September 14, 2022.

ichijinsha.co.jp (Global: 6,422^nd place; English: 9,289^th place)

"Touhou Bōgetsushō official website" (in Japanese). Ichijinsha. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved May 15, 2007.

itmedia.co.jp (Global: 624^th place; English: 4,149^th place)

ネット流行語大賞は｢あなたとは違うんです [Net Slang of the Year goes to 'I am different from you'] (in Japanese). ITmedia. December 2, 2008. Archived from the original on August 13, 2009. Retrieved July 10, 2009.

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"京都幻想剧团". Kyoto Fantasy Troupe. Archived from the original on June 20, 2017. Retrieved June 24, 2017.

maikaze.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"musoukakyo | 舞風-Maikaze" (in Japanese). Maikaze. Archived from the original on July 27, 2017. Retrieved July 8, 2017.

mynavi.jp (Global: 393^rd place; English: 5,045^th place)

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"生首キャラと棒読みの化学反応──ニコ動で流行る「ゆっくり」動画とは?". マイナビニュース (in Japanese). April 2, 2010. Retrieved April 26, 2025.

nikkei.com (Global: 211^th place; English: 915^th place)

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Ayase Hirashima; Eri Hatano (February 2, 2024). "今、本当に推されている「人」「作品」が分かる最旬"推し"新潮流". Nikkei Cross Trend (in Japanese). Archived from the original on February 22, 2024.
日経クロストレンド. "ドワンゴが見解ネット騒然の「ゆっくり茶番劇」騒動とは何か". 日経クロストレンド (in Japanese). Retrieved April 26, 2025.

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Gann, Patrick (August 29, 2012). "Favs of Comiket: Fruited Vagabond (Review)". Original Sound Version. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2012. Every six months, Comiket sweeps Japan, and a boatload of doujin music albums are released... You could easily spend $1000 there and still miss something cool. Especially if you're down with all things Touhou-related.

pcgamer.com (Global: 428^th place; English: 286^th place)

Uhl, Will (November 24, 2014). "The story of the Touhou sensation". PC Gamer. Archived from the original on August 8, 2021. Retrieved August 8, 2021.

playism-games.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Ramachandran, Nayan (May 1, 2015). "Touhou 14 Hits Playism on 5/7/2015". Playism. Archived from the original on May 5, 2015.

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Doujin Game Package Design Vol.01 (in Japanese). RebRank (a dōjin circle in Japan). 2013. p. 7. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.

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"博麗神社例大祭 in 台湾" (in Japanese). 博麗神社社務所. Archived from the original on December 26, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
"令和二年（第十七回）博麗神社例大祭、開催「中止」のお知らせ" (in Japanese). 博麗神社社務所. April 12, 2020. Archived from the original on May 13, 2020. Retrieved May 5, 2020.

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"Amusement Makers (old) official site". AOTAKA.jp. Archived from the original on January 4, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2019.

siliconera.com (Global: 1,187^th place; English: 718^th place)

"Valkyrie Profile, Star Ocean, And Tohou Crossover In Square Enix Arcade Game". Siliconera. September 27, 2012. Archived from the original on October 30, 2012. Retrieved November 13, 2012.
Lada, Jenni (November 13, 2020). "Review: Touhou Spell Bubble Pops". Siliconera. Archived from the original on July 13, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2021.

steampowered.com (Global: 1,340^th place; English: 1,460^th place)

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"ダブルスポイラー〜東方文花帖 on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
"妖精大戦争〜東方三月精 on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
"東方神霊廟〜 Ten Desires. on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
"東方輝針城〜 Double Dealing Character". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on July 19, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
"弾幕アマノジャク〜 Impossible Spell Card". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
"東方紺珠伝～ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
"東方憑依華～ Antinomy of Common Flowers. on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
"東方天空璋～ Hidden Star in Four Seasons. on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
"秘封ナイトメアダイアリー～ Violet Detector. on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
"東方鬼形獣〜 Wily Beast and Weakest Creature. on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
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"Black Market of Bulletphilia ~ 100th Black Market". Steam. August 14, 2022. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.

tasofro.net (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Tasogare Frontier's log" (in Japanese). July 23, 2009. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
"東方心綺楼～ Hopeless Masquerade" (in Japanese). Twilight Frontier. Archived from the original on October 31, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
"14.5th Touhou Project 東方深秘録～ Urban Legend in Limbo" (in Japanese). Twilight Frontier. Archived from the original on May 8, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
"Touhou Gouyoku Ibun Official Website". 東方剛欲異聞～水没した沈愁地獄. tasofro.net. Archived from the original on November 10, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.

touhou-project.news (Global: low place; English: low place)

"東方Project 第18弾東方虹龍洞〜 Unconnected Marketeers". touhou-project.news. Archived from the original on March 19, 2021. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
ZUN (July 22, 2022). "東方Project 第18.5弾バレットフィリア達の闇市場". 上海アリス幻樂団, 東方よもやま委員会. Archived from the original on July 22, 2022. Retrieved July 22, 2022.
"東方Project第20弾「東方錦上京〜 Fossilized Wonders.」". 東方Projectよもやまニュース (in Japanese).

touhougarakuta.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"『東方虹龍洞』完成版は、5月4日開催イベント「幻想神楽 5」にて頒布！博麗神社例大祭生放送、ZUNさん出演パート一部書き起こし". touhougarakuta.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2021.

twitter.com (Global: 23^rd place; English: 32^nd place)

ZUN (February 11, 2010). "ZUN's tweet regarding Lotus Land Story" (in Japanese). Twitter. Archived from the original on September 25, 2013. Retrieved February 11, 2010.
PLAYISM (August 10, 2014). "【新作まもなく配信開始】セール期間中となる8月13日より、『東方輝針城～ Double Dealing Character. 』をリリースしますよ。お楽しみにー。". @playismJP (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 8, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
"黄昏フロンティア on Twitter:【重要なお知らせ】(1/2)第十八回博麗神社例大祭で頒布を予定していた「東方剛欲異聞」ですが、開発上の都合により当日の頒布を断念する事となりました。このような成り行きとなった事、頒布実現を探って報告が遅くなってしまった事、重ね重ねお詫び申し上げます。". Twitter. Archived from the original on March 15, 2021.
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usgamer.net (Global: 2,202^nd place; English: 1,338^th place)

Davison, Pete (June 8, 2013). "Curtains for You: The History of Bullet Hell". US Gamer. Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
Davison, Pete (June 8, 2013). "Curtains for You: The History of Bullet Hell". US Gamer. Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2021.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Tomohiro, Katada (October 3, 2008). "ニコ動、2ちゃんねるで人気の｢東方Project｣って何だ?" [What is this Touhou Project popular on Nicovideo and 2ch?] (in Japanese). R25.jp. Archived from the original on July 29, 2013. Retrieved July 10, 2009.
Doujin Game Package Design Vol.01 (in Japanese). RebRank (a dōjin circle in Japan). 2013. p. 7. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved December 5, 2016.
Davison, Pete (June 8, 2013). "Curtains for You: The History of Bullet Hell". US Gamer. Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved July 20, 2021.
ZUN (March 14, 2002). "幻想掲示板" [Gensо̄ Bulletin Board]. Archived from the original on April 3, 2002. Retrieved July 20, 2021. 実は霊異伝は制作は９５年だったので、実に７年ほど前です。 [In fact, Highly Responsive to Prayers was produced in '95; it's really more like seven years ago.]
"th01_09pmd.txt from 【 the Legend of KAGE 】". Team Shanghai Alice. Archived from the original on June 10, 2019. Retrieved November 14, 2019.
"Amusement Makers (old) official site". AOTAKA.jp. Archived from the original on January 4, 2012. Retrieved November 11, 2019.
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ZUN. "Archived post from ZUN's blog on 01 April 2005". 東方書譜. Archived from the original on April 10, 2005. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
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"Tasogare Frontier's log" (in Japanese). July 23, 2009. Archived from the original on February 24, 2012. Retrieved July 23, 2009.
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"妖精大戦争〜東方三月精 on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on October 19, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
"東方神霊廟〜 Ten Desires. on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on August 5, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
"東方心綺楼～ Hopeless Masquerade" (in Japanese). Twilight Frontier. Archived from the original on October 31, 2012. Retrieved October 5, 2012.
PLAYISM (August 10, 2014). "【新作まもなく配信開始】セール期間中となる8月13日より、『東方輝針城～ Double Dealing Character. 』をリリースしますよ。お楽しみにー。". @playismJP (in Japanese). Archived from the original on October 8, 2018. Retrieved December 21, 2017.
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"弾幕アマノジャク〜 Impossible Spell Card". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on July 31, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
"14.5th Touhou Project 東方深秘録～ Urban Legend in Limbo" (in Japanese). Twilight Frontier. Archived from the original on May 8, 2015. Retrieved April 11, 2015.
"東方紺珠伝～ Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on April 4, 2019. Retrieved March 17, 2019.
"東方憑依華～ Antinomy of Common Flowers. on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on August 16, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
"東方天空璋～ Hidden Star in Four Seasons. on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on October 25, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
"秘封ナイトメアダイアリー～ Violet Detector. on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on July 30, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
"東方鬼形獣〜 Wily Beast and Weakest Creature. on Steam". store.steampowered.com. Archived from the original on October 24, 2019. Retrieved November 13, 2019.
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"『東方虹龍洞』完成版は、5月4日開催イベント「幻想神楽 5」にて頒布！博麗神社例大祭生放送、ZUNさん出演パート一部書き起こし". touhougarakuta.com. Archived from the original on March 23, 2021. Retrieved March 23, 2021.
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"Black Market of Bulletphilia ~ 100th Black Market". Steam. August 14, 2022. Archived from the original on August 14, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2022.
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コンプエース 2012年12月号 [Comp Ace December 2012 issue] (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Archived from the original on October 25, 2012. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
"Forbidden Scrollery, Vol. 1". Yen Press. Archived from the original on April 10, 2023. Retrieved April 10, 2023.
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Davison, Pete (June 8, 2013). "Curtains for You: The History of Bullet Hell". US Gamer. Archived from the original on October 9, 2018. Retrieved April 17, 2021.
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