A long time artist and fan of Anime and Japanese Pop cultuire. When first exposed to watching "UltraMan" on KTVU Channel 2, and Star Blazers, his innate talent began to surface watching more of these Japanese Cartoons. This caused a permanent graft in his brain to know more about this stuff at an early age. Later on he began to watch Transformers and Robotech. His Dad took him to a Creation Convention in 1985, and had observed drawing Macross 1984 Characters from his Macross 1984 Gold Book. Until then, a million lights clicked in his brain, and wanted to become an anime artist forever through his entire lifetime. His dream is getting closer to visit Japan. He wants to become famous both in Japan and America. Regardless of his age, and many opinionated views through his age demographic, he optimistically defies their opinions are about anime, and still, deep in his heart loves anime permanently. He never gives up for this passion, and welcomes multigenerational friends to help him promote anime, clubs and artist-related topics on his Youtube channel.
Bentoboxbobby
Conventions, Events
Comic Arts and Anime Teen Expo, Fremont, 25 Apr 09
By Bentoboxbobby • Mar 23, 2009 • No Responses »| April 25, 2009 | ||
| 10:00 am | to | 4:00 pm |
The fifth annual Expo for Teens will return on Saturday April 25th between 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. at the Teen Center in Fremont (Lake Elizabeth).
Co-hosted by the City of Fremont and P.M.B.Q. Studios., the Expo offers a collection of Japanese style comic art and Anime, comic books and graphic novel illustration, ‘zines and mixed media art, anime screenings, demos by professional artists, and a junior high and high school student art show.
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Events, Parties & Social Meetups
SJ-JAM Meetup, 22 Mar 09
By Bentoboxbobby • Mar 11, 2009 • No Responses »| March 22, 2009 | ||
| 1:00 pm | to | 3:00 pm |
Meet fellow Anime Fans near you! Come to a local Anime Meetup for fun, friends and talk about your favorite Anime/Manga artists, shows and games. Share your own art and fiction! Whatever interests you about Anime and Manga is welcome here.
Where: Round Table Pizza
3730 North First Street
San Jose, CA 95134
(408) 321-9922
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Events, Parties & Social Meetups
[SJ-JAM] San Jose Anime and Manga Meetup
By Bentoboxbobby • Mar 1, 2009 • No Responses »| March 8, 2009 | ||
| 1:00 pm |
Meet fellow Anime Fans near you! Come to a local Anime Meetup for fun, friends and talk about your favorite Anime/Manga artists, shows and games. Share your own art and fiction! Whatever interests you about Anime and Manga is welcome here.
[Swap Meet is tentative and TBA by the number of responses we receive.]
Location:
Specialtys Bakery
3399 Bowers Ave
Santa Clara, CA 95054
(877) 502-2837
http://www.meetup.com/bayareaanime/calendar/9841506/
Photos of Location:
http://www.yelp.com/biz/specialtys-bakery-and-cafe-santa-clara
See you there!
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Anime Goods, Hobby, Shops, Toys
Anime Palace
By Bentoboxbobby • Feb 26, 2009 • No Responses »Location: 2352 Walsh Avenue, Santa Clara, CA 95051
Phone: 408-988-8288
This store has been around for many years, and gone through several transitions from two small Sunnyvale stores to their spacious current location in a business park. I’ve known both the store owner and his sales associate Dino for a long time, having bought many figures from them. ^^
The store is clean, and the atmosphere is clear and comfortable. I felt it had good Feng Shui and highly recommend it! It’s located close to the NVIDIA Building with plenty of parking. There’s also a Safeway and other eateries close by, which makes it a convenient stop after getting groceries, food, or coffee.
Get 15% off your first visit! They also have a loyalty card program.
Website: www.animepalace.com
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Events, Parties & Social Meetups
[SJ - JAM] San Jose Japanese Anime Manga Meetup, 22 Feb 09
By Bentoboxbobby • Feb 15, 2009 • No Responses »| February 22, 2009 | ||
| 1:00 pm |
Location: Round Table Pizza, 3730 North First Street, San Jose, CA 95134
To mingle and chat with creative people who are interested learning Japanese, Japanese Convention events and our meetup! Learn which places to go around San Jose or San Francisco of shops and eateries! Conveniently located by Cisco and close to Anime Palace in Santa Clara! ^^ Safe, family friendly environment, and respectful.
Hideko is our founder, so she is a cool person too. Wireless is available and a big 52 inch TV. Please bring your power cords and extensions if you plan to bring your computer if you want to talk and discuss stuff about anime, drawing manga , model kits, or anything, like Robotech or Transformers, or show your favorite anime music video (or yours) from Youtube. Show us your drawing or singing talent to win a prize from Anime Palace! ^^
Our topics later on will be learning some Japanese words. Future events are Origami making, meeting up for FanimeCon 2009. It’s a great way to make networking connections, friends and fellow Cosplayers or people who are enthusiastic about this stuff.
Let me know or Hideko Kough at koughh@gmail.com
Please, join us, you are very welcome to meet us!
TBC,
Bobby
For more information visit:
- Event info on Yelp
- Main RSVP Website
Organizer: San Jose Anime and Manga Meetup Group
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