http://bayanime.com/forums/ San Francisco Bay Area community for fans of anime, manga, and Japanese pop culture en Sat, 11 Feb 2012 23:51:37 +0000 http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/howdy-people#post-2253 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 20:09:51 +0000 arvynia 2253@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>I'd like to hang out sometime. I've only been to one or two conventions in Japan -- Just got back from 5 years on the JET Program and looking for new friends with same interest. </p> <p>... does anyone even go on these forums? </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/howdy-people#post-2237 Thu, 02 Jun 2011 14:19:59 +0000 Crandall619 2237@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>Names Chris. Been an anime fan for the majority of my 21 year life and was hoping to meet some others who share my interest (since I haven't had many chances, and never wanted to go to a convention, etc. by mayself). I live in the east bay and was wondering if anyone wanted to hang out sometime. Maybe explore the city. Hope to hear from ya all soon</p> <p>P.S. I'm an avid rock climber and really enjoy tennis, so if anyone would like to do either of those, lemme know =D </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/anime-fx-48-the-vocaloid-fan-jam-and-history-lesson#post-2227 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:43:43 +0000 Jackets 2227@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>This was supposed to go in the club section, not the introductions. My bad. </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/anime-fx-48-the-vocaloid-fan-jam-and-history-lesson#post-2226 Tue, 05 Apr 2011 14:42:39 +0000 Jackets 2226@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>-----</p> <p>Time Friday, April 8 · 6:00pm - 9:00pm </p> <p>Location SFSU HSS 153-154 </p> <p>More Info What is Vocaloid? Join us at AnimeFX as we go over the history and culture of the current Vocaloid phenomenon. Learn ways to search for great music and see basic demos of the Vocaloid software and Miku Miku Dance. Finally will be The Vocaloid Fan Jam, an open sharing session of everyone's favorite Vocaloid artists, videos, cosplays or anything vocaloid related. Come see it for yourself or share your favorite Vocaloid music! </p> <p>-----</p> <p>The above info is what was on the Facebook invitation. In addition, here's the break down. Yours truly will talk about the history of Vocaloid as a Barcelona University project funded by Yamaha then how it took off as an anime thing, John will detail the popular creators of Vocaloid music as well as how to search for their hits, and Terry will show us what is possible with his copy of the software. My and John's portion's should not take more than half an hour, Terry's might be longer than that, and the rest of the time will be dedicated to what everyone wants to share. So, feel free to bring in your fave songs (or YouTube links) and paraphenalia for the Fan Jam!</p> <p>This event is not affiliated with Yamaha, Crypton Media Future, yada yada etc. </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/konnichi-wa#post-2223 Mon, 14 Mar 2011 13:48:17 +0000 kevinmtg519 2223@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>Hi, I would be interested in making friends with you! </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/konnichi-wa#post-2219 Sun, 27 Feb 2011 20:24:11 +0000 Ashi13 2219@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>hello i am new here and i would like to meet new people to become friends with and bestfriends with. so we could take pictures and go to cons. ^ _ ^ </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/graduating-from-shoujo-to-josei#post-2210 Tue, 11 Jan 2011 17:23:48 +0000 loveluna4 2210@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>Hi everyone! My name is Celeste, and I live up near Santa Rosa. I've been an anime fan for about 10+ years now, since I started watching Sailor Moon on Adult Swim back in middle school (you do the math). I actually swore off anime when I was in college because I was frustrated that they weren't translating a lot of josei, and I was getting too old for shoujo. But I'm really happy with all the latest advances in bringing more anime over to the US with Crunchyroll, Funimation, scanlations, etc. </p> <p>My other interests are roller derby, snowboarding, art (Copics+inking yuri fanart mostly) and cooking. I'm teaching assistant for a special ed class during the day, a DJ at the local roller skating rink on weekends, and a student at night. I go to Santa Rosa Junior College, where I'm studying interactive media design.</p> <p>I'm excited to meet some local otaku! I don't have any anime friends, so please feel free to say hello. :) </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/college-student-in-the-big-city#post-2209 Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:49:39 +0000 Ann 2209@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>Hello! Welcome to SF! :) I used to organize real life meetups for BayAnime a few years back but haven't had any time recently. Do you draw or anything? BAAU (a local artist club) is pretty active and does a lot of social meetups around the Bay Area... definitely recommend their club! </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/college-student-in-the-big-city#post-2207 Tue, 04 Jan 2011 22:17:03 +0000 Selfia 2207@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>Hullo. I'm a student at FIDM and I've been in San Fran about 3 months. I've been an anime fan for about 8 years and don't have too many friends in the city. I love anime forums....so hulloo. </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/berkeley-city-college-multimedia-arts#post-2162 Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:06:15 +0000 MMArts 2162@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>Digital blockbusters got you spending big bucks at the movies? learn to create those special effects on your own at Berkeley City College for only $26 dollars a unit! Start a degree in animation, digital video arts, digital imaging, or web design, then move into the rapidly growing digital film, web design and animation industries. Fall classes start August 23 so call now at (510) 981 - 2900. </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/ga-transplant-looking-for-like-minded-folks#post-2161 Mon, 26 Jul 2010 23:19:04 +0000 al-kun 2161@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>indeed, san francisco is like a climactically cooler and much stranger "foil" to the idealized tokyo in manga. Not a day goes by where I don't stumble across some stereotypical situation and have to laugh. This city will be my next addiction I suppose, given my propensity to gravitate toward the pleasantly odd.</p> <p>By the way, I was clued into something relevant to this topic. A hero willing to dedicate some time has recently launched a proto-group with the purpose of forming a fully independent san francisco county anime club. Worth a look. I intend to make a profile post haste.</p> <p><a href="http://www.meetup.com/san-franime/" rel="nofollow">http://www.meetup.com/san-franime/</a> </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/ga-transplant-looking-for-like-minded-folks#post-2160 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:47:11 +0000 TheSakuraHime 2160@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>Hi-ee ^^ I to have recently moved here. I live 20 minutes away from SF. I really like it here. I came from NY.</p> <p>I like video games, anime and manga. I am currently reading "psyren" it such a really good manga :o.</p> <p>Hope you are enjoying your life here ^^/ </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/ga-transplant-looking-for-like-minded-folks#post-2159 Wed, 14 Jul 2010 03:00:29 +0000 al-kun 2159@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>Greetings.</p> <p>27 y/o M techie here... Due to numerous factors, Anime was a part of my life before I even knew what it was. Career necessities and personal political realities precipitated my complete uprooting from Atlanta, GA and relocation to SF proper (currently along the panhandle)</p> <p>Needless to say, my nearest friends are over 3k miles away, and I'd love to meet some like-minded people here.</p> <p>I'm absolutely surprised to see the state of the local anime community in SF county, though. Either it's buried very, very deep underground, or Atlanta's is much healthier of late (maybe it's just closer to the surface because the culture is all big-box).</p> <p>Loves include:<br /> -convoluted seinen style plots<br /> -the obnoxiously moe<br /> -hard scifi (not limited to anime)<br /> -character driven<br /> -parody (also not limited to anime, see mst3k, rifftrax.com)<br /> -high fantasy</p> <p>top 5 titles:<br /> Akira<br /> scraprin<br /> gits sac<br /> Aria<br /> shangri-la </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/saying-hello#post-2156 Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:15:53 +0000 Ira Goodwin 2156@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>Hello out there. I actually signed up about two months ago and just forgot to "properly" introduce myself. </p> <p>I'm Ira and I have been into Anime since the 90's. My initial introduction was a little before that but that sort of unimportant at this time. </p> <p>I enjoy a variety of shows. Everything from the rare lesser known features like Voices of a Distant Star to mainstream shows like Working. I generally like a good story more than anything.</p> <p>I have also written a few articles concerning the various facets of the fandom. Mostly for practice and assignments though. But I do have fun putting them together since I get to learn something that I have yet to learn about being an fan.</p> <p>I hope to help out in anyway if possible and maybe learn something from all of you. </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/anime#post-2153 Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:21:42 +0000 axelsharp 2153@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>Hello friends!<br /> I want to invite you all to play with me at GP Latale Online - GamesPirate.com.</p> <p>If you want to join me in this great game, or you want to join one of the other games that GamesPirate.com has,<br /> please click on the following links:<br /> Main Site: <a href="http://gamespirate.com" rel="nofollow">http://gamespirate.com</a><br /> Forums: <a href="http://forum.gamespirate.com" rel="nofollow">http://forum.gamespirate.com</a><br /> Game Site: <a href="http://latale.gamespirate.com" rel="nofollow">http://latale.gamespirate.com</a></p> <p>Note:<br /> This message was provided by "GP Latale" to be used in our advertising system.<br /> We take no responsibility for the misuse of this system. </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/hello-all#post-2033 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:56:47 +0000 Foxberry 2033@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>Ah! That's awesome. X3 I'll keep a lookout.</p> <p>That sounds cool, I'll definitely have to look into attending. ^_^ </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/hello-all#post-2031 Fri, 19 Feb 2010 12:34:43 +0000 Ann 2031@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>Hey Foxberry! I took a picture of you at the con as Leeloo! Still need to get those pics up here on the site...</p> <p>Awesome that you live around SF. I'm going to plan another BayAnime meetup soon; they usually happen in Japantown on a Saturday night, so hope you can make it! </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/hello-all#post-2022 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 16:22:56 +0000 Foxberry 2022@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>Hello Ann;</p> <p>Thank you for the nice greetings~! That sounds awesome. I live in Daly City; not too far from SF. I also attended AOD, I cosplayed Manga!Stein and Thermal Bandages!Leeloo Dallas, since most people'll remember the cosplay before my ID. X3 </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/hello-all#post-2021 Mon, 15 Feb 2010 01:52:01 +0000 Ann 2021@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>Hi Foxberry! Welcome to BayAnime! I'm out of town at the moment, but I'll be scheduling another meetup this month when I get back. Where in the Bay Area do you live? Did you attend AOD? </p> http://bayanime.com/forums/topic/hello-all#post-2020 Sun, 14 Feb 2010 01:50:20 +0000 Foxberry 2020@http://bayanime.com/forums/ <p>Thank you~!</p> <p>Actually not really, at least from what I've seen. .___.; So much forum based rp I see are onelined rp that's done with chat speech and no thought put into it. Gaia, Menewsha and even yahoo groups, amongst others really seem to lack. </p>