Friday had a few events to offer. Unfortunately, for many local otaku, Friday was also a work day. Stan, Deb, and I were able to get off work at our usual time. Unfortunately, Stan and I ran into traffic on the 91 freeway to Anaheim. Though typical, it made us miss a few events on Friday. I wanted to check out the Masquerade Ball, but we were running late. Blue Rose Academy had a few interesting events going on, but by the time we arrived, the main hall was empty.

Stan, Deb, and I checked into the parking lot. There was not much of a crowd on Friday. It was practically empty by the time we arrived at 6:30PM. We went to registration to pick up our press badges. The staff was very friendly and handed us our press badges. I decided to peruse through the main hall on the first floor. The best way it can be described that the hall was made of a dealer's room, artist alley, main stage, a few lounges, autograph line, and a carnival midway. This only took about half of the hall.

I also explored the second floor. There were a handful of panel rooms. It seems that AM2 did not take up the entire convention center, but more of a fraction of it. There were plenty of nice places for cosplay photoshoots like the second floor patio and the palm tree groove outside of the of convention center.

Equestria LA

AM2 invited Equestria LA to take part in the convention. Equestria LA is a My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic convention located in Tustin, CA. This is the first event of it's kind in Southern California. About 90% of the audience was made of men in their 20s who are enamored by the show aimed at little girls. These bronies were quite interested in what Equestria LA has to offer and what was being planned for the November event. While I wanted to get to know more about the first year convention, I felt that some bronies were swarming the panelists with fanboy-ish questions that detered from those of us who wanted to know more about the con.

It should also be noted that this panel took place in Live Programming One where most guests of honor do their Q&A Focus panel. This was a really small room to host a guest.

Henshin Saving Japan

Right next door, Stan and Deb were hosting their Super Sentai and Tokusatsu panel. They wanted to do something different this year. Instead of doing a lecture on the toys and history of the genres, they played funny clips from various toku and sentai shows through the years. The audience even got a peak at the new Ahkibaranger series, a parody of the sentai genre if it were taken over by otaku. Much of the clips shown ranged from plain silly to the WTF. My personal favorite was the IXcise clip from the Kamen Rider series. Basically, it was an excercise routine done to Kamen Rider attack moves and power ups.

The nightlife of AM2 was there, but it was not as poppin' as other major conventions. Sure there was a dance, but it was pretty small and there was hardly anyone in there. While they did drop a few good house beats, the room was almost empty. By this time, most people either have left or wanted to hang out with friends. The Anaheim Convention Center had plenty of sofas to sit down and talk to friends with.

By the time it was 9PM, we decided to go grab food up a block from the convention center. I recalled there was an ice cream parlour up the street. The place was named Tiffy's. I have not ate there since Anime Expo 2004. I do remember the ice cream being memorable. I introduced my friends to this and we were delighted by this find. We highly reccomend Tiffy's as a convention dinner spot!

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