Really? You're just now seeing this for the first time? I guess you'd have to be an Olde Timey Member from the early days or earliest of days to remember half of the stuff from back then. Having the AnimeForum Wiki still running would be really helpful right now for this.
Time for some learnin', kiddoes.
1) AnimeGlobe.com is still AnimeGlobe.com, not AnimeForum.com. The early attempts of a forum started on AnimeGlobe, but growth and need forced the making of AnimeForum in 2004 which allowed AnimeGlobe to stick to News, Reviews, and the like while AnimeForum housed the forum. This migration was also the cause for a lot of senior members and staff to have their join dates changed to some month and date in 2004, save for the few that could remember their join dates off-hand (or severely complained enough about it).
2) The group of sites is older than that, starting with TuxedoMask.com, TuxedoMask.com/chat, and Moonie Mail back in circa 1998~1999.
3) Yes Kaitou Ace has been on these sites since their inception. He's the site(s) owner since the beginning, with exception to at least one co-owner that I know of (Princess Minako), so it makes sense that he's been on here so long.
4) Chii-chan is indeed a forum bot, one of the best forum bots ever built. She was sidelined many many winters ago for reasons not told to myself. Presumably an issue with upgrading from vB3 to vB4.
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