Blog entries from Trinketo

4Chan Founder Speaks on TED Talks

Theodore Mak — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 12:08:03 +0100

Christopher Poole also known as moot, is the founder of the highly successful English image board 4chan based off of the Japanese image board, 2chan. 4chan is probably best known by anime fans or otakus as a place for discussing anime and manga related topics. Poole has recently appeared on the prestigious TED Talks giving a brief lecture introduction on 4chan and some of its relevance on how it has affected the American culture. Poole appeared to have avoided any mention of any anime ...

Private Email Compromised

Theodore Mak — Sat, 10 Apr 2010 21:46:17 +0100

My private email address was hacked earlier this morning around 9:40 AM PST leading to all sorts of spam emails sent to friends, business contacts, and affiliates. I have already notified all affected parties. Please do not click on the link within the email!

I have taken steps in order to prevent further problems, and am in the processing of creating a new account. I apologize for the in...

Gallery Migrations and Maintenance

Theodore Mak — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 02:13:32 +0100

The main gallery is undergoing maintenance. We are also in the process of migrating the gallery into a new one.

Sakura-Con 2010 Reports Coming

Theodore Mak — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 01:17:37 +0100

Our first year at Sakura-Con and what a convention it was! The staff is currently slaving away offloading and editing images, videos, compiling articles, transcribing panels, and working on interviews. We'll have the full report hopefully ready soon sometime early next week! Stay tuned!

Sakura Wars Review Corrections

Theodore Mak — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 06:42:15 +0100

Thank you to the readers who pointed out that the game does in fact have a fast forward feature which is unlocked after a first play through. A few typos and layout issues with the Sakura Wars Review has also been corrected.

Winter Holiday Contest Ending Soon!

Theodore Mak — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 03:25:43 +0100

Just as a reminder, there's approximately 3 1/2 hours left before our Winter Holiday Giveaway comes to a close! If you haven't entered yet, ENTER NOW!!!

Hatsune Miku on Google Chrome Commercial

Theodore Mak — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 02:08:19 +0100

While working on the site and watching my routine television shows on the internet video site Hulu, a commercial featuring the different themes of Google's internet browser Chrome popped up. The commercial flashed through around 50 themes including the popular voice synthesizer idol character, Hatsune Miku. Chrome users can download this theme from Chrome's theme homepage here...

Day 1: Akihabara Impressions (Japan Trip 2009)

Theodore Mak — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:20:23 +0100

Continuing from my previous post, we headed off to Akihabara main street after stopping by Yodobashi. We visited the Taito Game Station and pleasantly impressed how the arcade business is still booming in Japan. First floor is mostly filled with UFO catchers, while the upper floors are devoted to games. As a quick note, mos...

K-ON! Live Action Ending

Theodore Mak — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:40:54 +0100

An adult adaptation of K-ON! was release recently by TMA titled Keion!, and oddly enough they recreated the ending credit sequence for the series and at least 15 minutes of other scenes from the series. Check out the videos inside.

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A short one minute clip of Nana Mizuki performing live at Animelo 2009 popped up online. It looks like some type of promotional video. I'll let you know when I find out more information. Don't forget, we're still waiting for approval to publish our pictures of Animelo and we have a lot of Nana!

Animelo Summer Live 2009 Photos and Report Pending

Theodore Mak — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:12:29 +0100

Just as a heads up, we took thousands of photos of Animelo and we have sent some of them off for approval from the artists' respective companies. We'll have them uploaded as soon as we get them back. We'll have our official coverage report as well as survival guide soon!

Japan Trip 2009 - Last Day

Theodore Mak — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 14:23:34 +0100

Wow, it's been quite a while since my last post and will probably be my last here in Tokyo. A lot has happened after August 17. The staff took a break and headed off to Kyoto and Osaka on the bullet train for a break. We ended up in 2 Madarake stores in Osaka, as well as visited their Super Potato, and Volks' store there. Came back to Tokyo on the 20th and went to see Tokyo Tower as well as the Odaiba Gundam. The 22nd was the first day of Animelo, and it was simply amazing. When the ligh...

Comiket Day 3 and Beyond - The War Has Only Begun...

Theodore Mak — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 14:38:52 +0100

I apologizing for not updating sooner, the staff was completely exhausted after day 3 of Comiket, and then immediately training for over an hour to Chofu in Tokyo for a press event. Essentially, Dwango, the parent company of Japan's largest video site, Nico Nico Douga, invited roughly close to about 100 of their premium members to a Billy Herrington event.
Goodsmile Company was also there to announce a few new Figmas of Billy. We'll have the full coverage report later with plenty of pho...

Comiket Day 2.0 - You Can (Not) Advance

Theodore Mak — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 14:09:52 +0100

Due to the general poor health of the staff after day 1 ( yes we got owned pretty badly) we decided not to attend day 2 and rest. The trip is quite gruelsome, and we have many pictures to show you later.

We ended up heading back to Ikebukuro around Sunshine City area and watched the Evangelion 2.0: You Can (not) Advance movie. The movie was simply amazing, and rekindled the Evangelion fanboy inside me. A quick summary without any spoilers, the movie is VERY different from the original...

Comiket 76 Day 1 - Nightmare

Theodore Mak — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 13:45:41 +0100

As much as I would like to mention briefly about our first step into Akihabara (which we live like 15 minutes away by foot) and Ikebukuro, I don't think either experience has left a lasting impression as much as Comic Market (Comiket). From everything I've read, seen, and heard about Comiket, nothing could have prepared me for it. It is absolute insanity with the sheer number of people. I didn't go in blind, quite the contrary! I had done all my research on the circles ahead of time using the...

Japan Trip Day 0

Theodore Mak — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 20:25:48 +0100

Woke up after arriving at Narita airport and met with a colleague from Seattle who flew in 10 minutes earlier. Apart from us, we brought along a staff writer, a photographer, and an editor. Spent roughly an hour at the airport exchanging money, working out how to make international calls, and of course figuring out how to get to our hotel with Japan's rail system.

Ride was roughly a little over an hour on the Keisei Line, and a brief transfer at Aoto arriving at Asakusabashi. Saw a rat...

Japan Trip 2009

Theodore Mak — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:01:30 +0100

With almost exactly a week left before venturing off to Japan for 2 weeks, there is still a lot of preparation work left to do! Currently still mapping out the booths we will be visiting at Comiket 76. With roughly 30,000 circles (artist groups) including big name artists and mangakas, it's a big headache. Originally we had about 8 members who were joining us to Japan, and as of last month, the fellowship dwindled to 4. Luckily, an associate of ours from SakuraCon will be coming with us, and ...

Unsavable Blog Entries Fixed

Theodore Mak — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:59:11 +0100

Just as an update, there was a slight error with the blog preventing people from saving their posts. That has been corrected.

BoA SF Concert Update

Theodore Mak — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:48:51 +0100

Odd way to start my first blog here at t-ono.net, but the BoA concert was awesome! I did feel sorry for a lot of the fans, I believe the event was originally scheduled around 4-4:30PM but due to complications her performance didn't start until around 5:15PM or so. We were outside her tent for most of the time as she was ready to go. Unfortunately due to the usual mix up that a lot of event organizers end up having, our request for an interview with BoA did not go through but we did get in tou...