AAlib is a libary to render images as (monospace) text characters, so graphical applications can be viewed in a console. Needless to say it's fun, rather than useful.
Many Linux video players can use the library, and there even a version of Quake linked against it.
An example of AAlib in action (as you can see, the effect works quite well with big Anime eyes):
lib/main.php:944: Notice: PageInfo: Cannot find action page