Interesting articles on 2ch in English:
http://www.syberpunk.com/cgi-bin/index.pl?page=2ch
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2ch
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/getarticle.pl5?nc20030213mr.htm
http://www.ojr.org/japan/internet/1061505583.php
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/09/international/asia/09toky.html?ex=1399435200&en=c8bb27cc740761e0&ei=5007&partner=USERLAN