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BAAU: a collective group of artists located in California’s San Francisco Bay Area, devoted to the personal and professional growth of those within our community.

Joining BAAU: is as easy as attending a meet. We are a pretty easy-going bunch of people. Skill level doesn’t matter; just a passion, a passing interest, or even a mere curiosity for art is enough for us. Find out about the next meet at the BAAU forum: http://baau.org/forum/

At BAAU meets: we hang out, draw, chat, play video games, whatever there is to do depending on the surroundings. Sometimes we work on comics, have tutorials, or just eat a bunch of fast food in a crowded noisy mall.

Website: http://baau.org

RSS Feed: http://feeds.bayanime.com/baau

This post was submitted by Elenzia Thompson.

Cal Animage Alpha is UC Berkeley’s anime club. They hold anime showings every Monday from 7-10 pm, and gaming events every Thursday at 7:30pm that run throughout the school year. These events are free and open to the public.

For a $10 fee you can become a CAA member and acquire various benefits such as library access, entitlement to their weekly newsletter, entry into raffles (6th and 13th week), and pizza during their anime marathon at the end of the year.

Website: www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~animage/

The Japan Exchange Society was founded in 2004 in order to bring together native Japanese people and others interested in Japanese language and culture. Through shared experiences, members learn to understand and appreciate each other to build lasting friendships.

Meetings and Activities

The Japan Exchange Society meets in Cupertino and San Mateo several times each month. In addition, we organize events for members to socialize and have fun. Past events include bowling, hiking, laser tag, beach bonfires, sake tasting, sporting events, and many more!

How to Join

Attend a regularly scheduled meeting and sign up!

Website: http://www.japanexchangesociety.org

Do you like Yaoi, but don’t know anyone who shares your interest? Are you someone who only gets to express their viewpoints about Yaoi online or during cons? Would you like to meet other like-minded fans?

If so, check out our new yaoi group at: http://anime.meetup.com/598/

This post was submitted by yaoi415.

A meetup group for anime and manga fans in the San Jose area.

Founded: September 4, 2008
Organizer: hideko

Group website: www.meetup.com/bayareaanime/

Meet and mingle with local Japanese language and culture lovers! Come to a Japanese Language Meetup to meet with lots of fun people with a shared interest (oh hey that’s what meetup is all about!)

We have activities all around the San Francisco Bay from San Jose to Oakland to San Fran.

Founded: November 2, 2007
Organizer: Arwen

Group website: japanese.meetup.com/538/

Minnasan yokoso. Welcome to the San Francisco Japanese Language and Culture Meetup Group! Come join us and mingle with local Japanese language and culture lovers! Come join us to practice speaking, build vocab and to build new friendships! All ages and levels welcome.

Founded: April 16, 2006
Organizer: Naoka Ikemoto

Group website: japanese.meetup.com/417/