Past Updates - Page 1

Sunday, 5/11/03

- Well, the end is finally here. I only have one exam left, and in 10 days, I graduate college! Time to venture off into the real world! scary stuff. This is so weird... I started this site in high school, and I figured I'd stop working on it by the time I hit college. Now I'm *done* with college, and I'm still working on this thing. Old habits die hard. Here's hoping I can continue working on this site in the years to come. OK, enough of this sentimental crap, and on with the updates!

- First up, a new language has been added to Trunks Around The World! Now, you can hear Trunks sound all manly in Italian, yahoo! This section has gotten so huge (56 sounds so far) that I've redesigned it so that each language is on it's own page. Hope this is now easier to go through!

- 10 new images have been posted to page 4 of the Fan Art section. Enjoy!

- Thanks to fellow anime music video maker and ToT fan SQ, a nifty and dirty sounding WAV file has been posted in The Sexuality of Trunks. it's basically a mixing of a bunch of really eeeevil sounding Trunks quotes. If enough of these get made, it may become it's own section! Check it out.

- Must see X2 again... love my merry mutants! Must see Matrix Reloaded. AHH! Much money spent in movie theaters!

Saturday, 4/26/03

- Today, I've got 13 new Fan arts added to page 4 of the Fan Art section. Sorry for the small update, but this is all I can manage this weekend. What with the Skate and Surf Fest this weekend, finals, and graduation coming up, I'm glad I can do this much. :) However, I plan on working on... a brand new site! Expect to see it in the coming months.

Friday, 4/18/03

- I'm at a loss for writing any witty banter for this update. So howsabout I just hop right to it? Today, I've got a new Anime Music Video for you all! It's a fun comedy video, and is in fact a remake of my Cowboy Bebop from 2001, "These Girls Are Crazy - 2003 Remake"! This version now sports better timing, video quality, lip synching, and cheesy special effects (err... mostly Photoshop work, but whatever). I hope you'll take the time out to view this video. I'm quite pleased with the result. You can read the full description of the video here.

Sunday, 4/13/03

- Crunch time for me in school is quickly approaching. Despite the fact I'm *this* close to getting my degree, I still have tons of b.s. school work to do. And in typical Meri tradition, I avoid this work by doing ToT stuff instead. :) The big update of the day is 50 new images up in the Trunks Screencaps section. These new 'caps are from a very important episode (episode 124, in fact), in which Trunks has a flashback to his past/future, and "Ki - Mind Power" plays in the background. Check 'em out!

- With the re-opening of ToT Fan Art, I'm pleased to announce that there are 7 *gorgeous* new Fan Arts posted on Page 4. Give them a looksie, they're awesome!

- I've added a Trunks patch I managed to find to the Operators Are Standing By page.

Tuesday, 4/8/03

- After much searching and scraping around for old images, I finally managed to put the fan-favorite Fan Art section back on the site! Huzzah! A few of the images have been lost over the years, but there are 315 fan arts to look at, regardless. :) I know a few people have been asking about the return of this section, so now it's back up, hopefully just the way you remember it. That said, I'm now open to receiving fan art submissions. Rules are on the main Fan Art page, and this has been added to the FAQ under "Submission Questions." Have fun! Quick shout out to Kim and Danielle, you guys were great in Gypsy the other day! I might even make that Feature Film as you suggested, heh.

Saturday, 4/5/03

- Got a quickie update for y'all today, with 39 new images posted in the Trunks Screencaps section. Today's screencaps cover Trunks' appearances in episodes 121, 122, 123. Whatta fast update! But, hopefully you'll find a pic you like (especially the funny ones in ep. 123, heh).

Wednesday, 4/2/03

- Got the ToT back up to normal after yesterday's silly April Fool's trick. In case you missed it, or are just interested, I have moved the "Temple O' Zoro!" permanently on the site, and can be found in ToT April Fool's Day Archive.

- Believe it or not, even MORE images (36, to be exact) have been added to Trunks Screencaps, this time from episodes 118, 119, and 120. God, I am friggin' insane. Still, I'm that much closer to making DVD screencaps of long-haired Mirai Trunks. :D

Tuesday, 4/1/03

- In case you didn't realize the date, today's April 1st, April Fools Day! Hence, the "Temple O' Zoro" main page gag. So, what's the reasoning behind it, you ask? Well, I'm currently way into the anime "One Piece" at the moment, and I think the resident swordsman of that series, Zoro, is wicked spiffy. Then it occured to me "hey, a swordsman in a series that FUNi's eventually going to put out? The coincidences are uncanny! Ah, time to make a fake 'cashing-in' site!" So that's the joke! But is it? Who knows, maybe I really WILL make a "Temple O' Zoro" some day. :)

So in the spirit of the day, I've decided to make a new section in the Misc. area called ToT April Fool's Day Archive featuring all my old site gags over the years. Check it out!

Lesson of the day: beware of DBZ site tricks today! And have fun!

Sunday, 3/30/03

- Wow, I just can't get enough of making images! Well, when it's all for a goal, I tend to go a little nuts. My project to replace all the ToT's old VHS-made screencaps with DVD-ripped, high quality ones is going very well. Today, I've taken 53 Trunks Screencaps of Mirai Trunks from episode 116 and episode 117. Soon enough, I'll be at long-haired Mirai Trunks! Just 7 more episodes to go till I get there... Enjoy!

Friday, 3/28/03

- Greetings, salutations, and happy Friday! I'm gonna kick off this weekend with a buttload of eye-popping (OK, not really) new Trunks content! First and most important, I've added 63 new Trunks Screencaps of Mirai Trunks from episode 107. As I've said before, these are DVD-ripped screenies, so they look like the hotness! Enjoy! Next screencaps to come: the return of Mirai Trunks.

- Next update is a quick addition to the Weird Trunks Products: Operators are Standing By section. Items included are sleazy bootleg products and a cute plushie!

- Some new recordings have been added in DBZ Voice Messages!

- Finally, I did a bit of work in the Links sections. Some new ones have been added, so please check out these quality sites!

- Don't forget to check out my new Anime Music Video, "Sweet Soul Brother" to the show Kare Kano!

Monday, 3/24/03

- Ahh, back to school am I. Sadness ensues! Over spring break, I completed 3 new music videos. One of them is a remake of one from 2001, which will be posted soon. The next is a secret project that won't debut 'till summer. The third, I'm posting today! It's a short video that's a part of the "Jet Set Radio" Anime Music Video Project. In this project, the soundtrack from the video games "Jet Set Radio" and "Jet Set Radio Future" were used, and each AMV creator recieved his or her own track to make a music video. So, my track is a fun video called "Sweet Soul Brother" using the anime "Kareshi Kanojo no Jijyo" (Kare Kano) aka: "His and Her Circumstances." For the ladies, it's filled with cute boy goodness. Wow, what a departure from all my recent music videos. :) You can download the new music video on the Anime Music Videos page. To view the full description for this video, please click here. Hope you enjoy it! You can download the full "Jet Set Radio" project from this site. Oh yeah, and VegettoEX had a track on this project as well. ^_^

Saturday, 3/15/03

- Yeah, I be on Spring Break starting now! I must say, it's muchly needed. My last semester of college is proving to be quite a doozy, but 's all good. I still manage to find time to do site stuff, heh (actually, I work on the site, when I'm putting off other would I *should* be doing, but you didn't hear me say that). Today, I've got 46 new Trunks Screencaps for ya, this time from episode 106. Hope you like 'em! Don't forget all the goodies from my last update, as well! Oh yeah, I also modified the look of the main page navigation slightly based on having used the layout in action for a few days. The menu is now in the middle of the table, and the sub-navigation menu now pops up on the side. There is also a little tab on the bottom of the table for helpful info links, such as the FAQ, Site Map, and Contact info.

Wednesday, 3/12/03

- Ah, my first major content on the new server! How exciting! Let me tell you, this update is quite a doozy. I've made enough stuff to make one's head spin! Hope you have fun looking at it all.

- The main update of the day is 114 new Trunks Screencaps! Yes, the section is back online! As you can see, it's not as big as the screencaps section on the former site (401 now compared to 700+ before). This is because I have started this section from scratch. I deleted all my old crappy fansub and VHS screencaps (with the expection of "Trunks from the Playdia Game," since those are rare), and I have begun replacing them ALL (and them some!) with DVD ripped/captured images. Dat's right, nothing but the best for you Trunks fans out there! The more high quality eye-candy, the better. So, what's new, you ask? Well, the DVD for the last episodes of Dragonball Z came out today. This disc features the last appearance of Chibi Trunks, and the first appearance of Teenage Chibi Trunks (wow, ain't that a contradiction in terms). Anywho, that said, I simply had to buy the DVD the day it came out (being yesterday). As a result, a butt-load of new DVD-ripped Trunks Screencaps are now up! You can find some of Chibi Trunks (episode 273), and of Teenage Chibi Trunks (episodes 274, 275, 276). In addition, starting from the very beginning, I have put up DVD screencaps of Mirai Trunks' first appearance (episodes 104 and 105). From this point on, I will be going in order of episode numbers and replacing all the Trunks Screencaps with DVD-version images. That's the big project I've got set up for myself.

- And speaking of the new DBZ DVD that came out today (Kid Buu - "A New Beginning"), there was an interesting ad in the Extras portion of the DVD. It featured a little preview for DBGT, coming out in April. And I must say, it's pretty silly, and downright insulting to old fans. I've encoded a small MPEG file of the ad, as well as scanned pics of the DVD's crappy insert. You can find them all hosted on Daizenshuu EX.

- But wait, I'm not done! Got more ToT content up for viewing! Trunks Doujinshi has at least a dozen new images added in the Misc. Trunks Doujinshi page. Whoa, more Trunks pics today!? I'm nuts!

- On the information front, the Trunks Episode Guide has been updated to contain the FUNimation episode numbers, in addition to the old Japanese episode numbers.

- In the Humor section, I've updated Rejected DBZ Movie Titles to reflect the new titles for the FUNi releases of movies 4-7. Most of the Japanese titles have also been corrected.

Sunday, 3/9/03

- Greetings, and welcome to the all-new Temple O' Trunks at it's own kick-ass domain name, www.templeotrunks.com! Since March 2003 marks the 5-year anniversary of the ToT, I wanted to do something special by completely redesigning the site, as you can see. The site's also now at it's own easy-to-remember URL, so that's pretty special. I hope you'll enjoy the ride, now that you're here!

So, what's different about the site now, do you ask? Well, first of all, some old goodies are now back. For example, the English Trunks Sounds are now ALL back up. In addition, nearly all dead links have been removed, giving you a more satisfying romp through the site. Furthermore, all old items that used to be on the main page have now been moved in to the all new Misc. section. And, most obviously, the site is now easier to navigate (I hope)! If you get lost, please check the Site Map.

However, just because the Tot is all new and spiffy doesn't mean I'm done. Alas, this move is taking place during an insanely busy time during my life. I have lots of school work and music video work to do while I'm working on the site. As a result, a few sections of the Tot are not up yet, but will be in the coming weeks. Trunks Screencaps, Trunks Wallpapers and Fan Art are still under construction. Fortunately, I hope to have them all back up very soon.

But fear not! I have some mad crazy fun stuff planned for the future of the Tot, in addition to putting up the aforementioned sections. I plan on making tons of new content and sections, so stay tuned. Also, the Trunks Screencaps section will get a total overhaul, featuring nothing but DVD-ripped images (hence it being down right now, since I'm still working on it). Don't miss out on all the goodness!

As the leading site on Trunks on the web, I welcome you to the site! I hope you find stuff here to keep you busy and put a smile on your face. I'd like to say thanks to Daizenshuu EX and Toriyama World for all of your help through the site move.

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