Traveling Valentine only stopped by Tales of Anime for a little bit on Friday. We did not cosplay, we just showed up in professional corporate gear. Therfore, we looked liked international businessmen on an international bussiness meeting. It seemed everyone was still settling in and getting ready. We mainly showed up for press orientation so we can get our press access. Yet, our friends were already there to start off the weekend. We ran into Ebi-chan, Old Man Mike, and Mr. Wendell. The highlight of Friday included Tom headbutting Mr. Wendell. I got a lot of compliments on my jacket (really my Wai Lin jacket), and I told them they could get the same from Neiman Marcus. (just like how Tom gets his cosplay materials from Armani and Barney's New York)

Departure from LAX

Tales of Anime: Day One

Afterwards , we went back to Tom's office. We also went out to the (tiny) San Jose Japantown to check out Nikaku AniMart. To our fandom delight, we spotted a JoJo's Hair Salon in the middle of downtown San Jose. It should also be noted that there is a Hair DIO in Garden Grove. No wonder why Dio and JoJo don't get along, they have rival beauty salons. To finish off the night, we went to see Grindhouse at the Great Mall.

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