A pixelated 48x48 animated buddy icon featuring a character in motion on the left and text elements on the right, displayed as a contact sheet with two frames.

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A pixelated 48x48 animated buddy icon featuring a character in motion on the left and text elements on the right, displayed as a contact sheet with two frames.

A pixelated 48x48 animated buddy icon featuring a character in motion on the left and text elements on the right, displayed as a contact sheet with two frames. Animated 48×48 GIF…

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Animation

  • frame 0: character in forward motion pose
  • frame 1: same character with slightly different limb positioning indicating movement

Animation Summary

Two-frame animation showing a pixelated character in mid-action with slight limb position changes between frames, paired with static text elements on the right side of the contact sheet.

Composition

  • left frame action figure
  • right frame text block
  • 2-frame contact sheet layout

Dense Caption

The image shows a 48x48 pixel buddy icon presented as a 2-frame contact sheet (left-to-right layout). On the left frame, there is a pixelated figure of a character in mid-action pose: the body is angled dynamically with one arm extended forward and the other bent back, legs positioned for movement. The character wears dark blue and gray clothing with light accents, suggesting a tactical or military outfit. The right frame displays text elements on a black background: 'Anime IM' appears at the top in white pixelated font, while 'COM' is visible below it in smaller white pixelated letters. Both frames exhibit dithering artifacts typical of low-resolution animation and have transparent backgrounds indicated by gray pixels around edges. The character's pose shows slight motion blur effects consistent with a running or leaping action across the two sampled frames.

Description

A pixelated 48x48 animated buddy icon featuring a character in motion on the left and text elements on the right, displayed as a contact sheet with two frames.

Fandoms

  • anime fandom | basis metadata-compatible | 0.7 | 'Anime IM' text suggests anime-related context

Identity Hypotheses

  • Metal Gear Solid character | basis both | 0.6 | tactical outfit and action pose match game's aesthetic

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • character identity cannot be confirmed as specific Metal Gear Solid character due to low resolution
  • exact game title or version not visible on icon itself

Metadata Only Entities

  • Metal Gear Solid
  • AOL Icons
  • AIM Icons

Metadata Supported By Image

  • character's tactical outfit resembles military gear from action games
  • text elements match 'Anime IM' branding mentioned in source hints

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • anime im pixel art buddy icon
  • metal gear solid style character running
  • tactical outfit anime im contact sheet

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet contains two sampled frames (indices 0 and 1)
  • total source animation frame count is unknown but appears to be at least 2
  • image size is 512x256 pixels showing the contact sheet layout
  • transparent background indicated by gray pixels around edges

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon-style animation
  • no visible nudity or explicit content

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • source hints suggest 'Metal Gear Solid' character reference with 'Anime IM' branding and 'AOL Icons' context

Style

  • dithering effect

Visible Text

  • Anime IM
  • COM

Visually Supported Entities

  • anime-style pixel art
  • tactical military gear
  • Anime IM text branding

Wordwall

  • pixelated character
  • running pose
  • dark blue tactical outfit
  • gray accents
  • white background
  • black text background
  • Anime IM text
  • COM text
  • dithering artifacts
  • transparent background
  • motion blur effect
  • 48x48 pixel icon
  • contact sheet layout
  • left frame action
  • right frame text
  • tactical gear
  • mid-action stance
  • pixelated font
  • character movement
  • low-resolution animation

Source & archive date

Added to archive
July 11, 2026

AnimeIM Anime AIM Buddy Icons

Source title
Metal Gear Solid Buddy Icons - AIM Icons - Anime Icons - AOL Icons
Category
buddy icons / metal gear solid / metal gear solid buddy icons aim icons anime icons aol icons
Era
Early-to-Mid-2000s Anime Fan Portal
Observed
July 11, 2026 at 05:18 UTC
Technical archive details
Format
GIF
Dimensions
48×48 pixels
File size
3.5 KB
Motion
Animated (2 frames)
Added to archive
July 11, 2026
Relative path
icons/cc/ccab677262c91231182a0e2582ec4b8ee0a21bd28311fb55e253565640a5c6b6.gif
Media type
image/gif
Scanner metadata
v1
Animation inspected
July 11, 2026 at 05:18 UTC
Archive ID
ccab677262c91231
SHA-256
ccab677262c91231182a0e2582ec4b8ee0a21bd28311fb55e253565640a5c6b6
Content-safety assessments (3)
openaiomni-moderation-latestnarrow
Assessed
July 26, 2026 at 12:43 UTC
Run
1191
Input
image+text
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-4;static-256;animated-cell-256;gray192;nearest;png
Overall label
not-flagged
Overall score
0.071612

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagviolence0.071612falseviolence/graphic0.002391falsesexual0.000894falseself-harm0.000472falseself-harm/intent0.000213falseharassment0.000032falseillicit0.000032falseharassment/threatening0.000017falseillicit/violent0.000017falsesexual/minors0.000010falsehate0.000004falseself-harm/instructions0.000004falsehate/threatening0.000001false
onnxOwenElliott/image-safety-classifier-sbroad
Assessed
July 23, 2026 at 06:27 UTC
Run
106
Input
image
Preprocessing
four-even-frames;flatten-rgb192;stretch-224;triangle;nchw-rgb-u8
Overall label
sfw
Overall score
0.182918

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flagonnx/sfw0.921985onnx/unsafe0.182918onnx/nsfw0.120086onnx/nsfl0.062832
legacy-enrichmentqwen3-vl:30blegacy-import
Assessed
July 18, 2026 at 16:15 UTC
Run
32
Input
image
Preprocessing
contact-sheet-smart
Overall label
safe
Overall score
0.950000

OpenAI category scores

CategoryScoreProvider flaglegacy/manual-review0.000000falselegacy/nsfw0.000000false
Enrichment records (1)
wordwall-v1qwen3-vl:30bcontact-sheet-smartok

A pixelated 48x48 animated buddy icon featuring a character in motion on the left and text elements on the right, displayed as a contact sheet with two frames.

Reviewed
July 18, 2026 at 16:15 UTC
Run
32
Version
v3
Elapsed
84,169 ms
Tokens
prompt 3,004, response 1,052

Review tags

  • pixelated character (subject, 0.95)
  • anime im text (text, 0.95)
  • running pose (action, 0.90)
  • transparent background (composition, 0.90)
  • low resolution animation (style, 0.90)
  • com text (text, 0.90)
  • dark blue tactical outfit (clothing, 0.85)
  • contact sheet layout (composition, 0.85)
  • dithering artifacts (rendering, 0.85)

Actions

  • running pose
  • leaping motion

Animation

  • frame 0: character in forward motion pose
  • frame 1: same character with slightly different limb positioning indicating movement

Animation Summary

Two-frame animation showing a pixelated character in mid-action with slight limb position changes between frames, paired with static text elements on the right side of the contact sheet.

Colors

  • dark blue
  • gray
  • white
  • black

Composition

  • left frame action figure
  • right frame text block
  • 2-frame contact sheet layout

Dense Caption

The image shows a 48x48 pixel buddy icon presented as a 2-frame contact sheet (left-to-right layout). On the left frame, there is a pixelated figure of a character in mid-action pose: the body is angled dynamically with one arm extended forward and the other bent back, legs positioned for movement. The character wears dark blue and gray clothing with light accents, suggesting a tactical or military outfit. The right frame displays text elements on a black background: 'Anime IM' appears at the top in white pixelated font, while 'COM' is visible below it in smaller white pixelated letters. Both frames exhibit dithering artifacts typical of low-resolution animation and have transparent backgrounds indicated by gray pixels around edges. The character's pose shows slight motion blur effects consistent with a running or leaping action across the two sampled frames.

Description

A pixelated 48x48 animated buddy icon featuring a character in motion on the left and text elements on the right, displayed as a contact sheet with two frames.

Fandoms

  • anime fandom | basis metadata-compatible | 0.7 | 'Anime IM' text suggests anime-related context

Identity Hypotheses

  • Metal Gear Solid character | basis both | 0.6 | tactical outfit and action pose match game's aesthetic

Metadata Not Confirmed By Image

  • character identity cannot be confirmed as specific Metal Gear Solid character due to low resolution
  • exact game title or version not visible on icon itself

Metadata Only Entities

  • Metal Gear Solid
  • AOL Icons
  • AIM Icons

Metadata Supported By Image

  • character's tactical outfit resembles military gear from action games
  • text elements match 'Anime IM' branding mentioned in source hints

Mood

  • dynamic
  • action-oriented

Non Redundant Search Phrases

  • anime im pixel art buddy icon
  • metal gear solid style character running
  • tactical outfit anime im contact sheet

Objects

  • text elements
  • black background panel

Preprocessing Notes

  • contact sheet contains two sampled frames (indices 0 and 1)
  • total source animation frame count is unknown but appears to be at least 2
  • image size is 512x256 pixels showing the contact sheet layout
  • transparent background indicated by gray pixels around edges

Safety Notes

  • non-explicit cartoon-style animation
  • no visible nudity or explicit content

Source Metadata Interpretation

  • source hints suggest 'Metal Gear Solid' character reference with 'Anime IM' branding and 'AOL Icons' context

Style

  • pixel art
  • low-resolution animation
  • dithering effect

Subjects

  • pixelated character in tactical outfit

Visible Text

  • Anime IM
  • COM

Visually Supported Entities

  • anime-style pixel art
  • tactical military gear
  • Anime IM text branding

Wordwall

  • pixelated character
  • running pose
  • dark blue tactical outfit
  • gray accents
  • white background
  • black text background
  • Anime IM text
  • COM text
  • dithering artifacts
  • transparent background
  • motion blur effect
  • 48x48 pixel icon
  • contact sheet layout
  • left frame action
  • right frame text
  • tactical gear
  • mid-action stance
  • pixelated font
  • character movement
  • low-resolution animation
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Full source records (1)

AnimeIM Anime AIM Buddy Icons (animeim-anime-aim-buddy-icons)

Kind
static-gallery
Era
Early-to-Mid-2000s Anime Fan Portal
Type
live categorized AIM icon portal
Category
buddy icons / metal gear solid / metal gear solid buddy icons aim icons anime icons aol icons
Title
Metal Gear Solid Buddy Icons - AIM Icons - Anime Icons - AOL Icons
Alt
metal gear solid snake 5 040907 gif
Observed
July 11, 2026 at 05:18 UTC
Rights
fan-curated anime character imagery; research/reference only by default
Slice
large alphabetized anime fan portal with series-level category labels, useful for a genre-specific AIM-era cross-section