The purpose of this group is to provide a meetup for fans of movies, sci-fi, comic books, new media, gadgets, anime, manga, star wars, lord the rings, toys, board games and all things geeky. A place where you can geek out away from the rolling eyes of spouses, family, and non-geek friends.

This is a meetup for nerdy girls. Ideal BANG members will have an interest in any of the following: Comics  | Graphic Novels Gaming | Boardgames Anime   | Manga Sci-Fi     | Fantasy Cosplay  | Dressing up No match up top? How about these: Graphic Design, Web Development, Interior Design, Typography, Makeup, Baking, Knitting, RPG tabletop, Writers, Tea/coffee drinkers (we do a lot of that in this group), pie enthusiasts, crafty DIY ladies. ______________________________________________________ …

There are no anime groups in meetup.com and I dont support that! Everyone should feel free to discuss their life of daily awesome with the massive dose of anime and manga! If your into anime/manga and dont know what to do with that fan-passion, bring it over cus we want it!

East Bay Anime is being created to give the community a place to gather, watch, and talk about Japanese animation. From projects, conventions, cosplay, each meeting will include screenings of anime films and episodes, discussions and much more. This group is primarily focused on youths and young adults. Our goal is to grow and nurture a supportive avenue for the community to enjoy and share their anime fan experience. The meeting may have giveaways from sponsors which include Viz Media. Artists, …

Real Life Super Heroes, Masked Crime Fighters, Costumed Vigilantes, & Uniformed Mystery Detectives meet to share case files, organize citizen patrols, review investigations, analyze crime statistics, discuss law enforcement support, teach new techniques, tell success stories, plan charitable and educational events, send inspiring messages, and learn about resources for solving cases. Whether fighting crime, solving cold cases, researching records, or otherwise, this group is a support team for t …

Corvid College is an experiment in education. In place of bureaucracy we have conviviality, instead of tests we have experiments, we do not have grades but glasses full of wine, and instead of authoritarian models of learning we have horizontalism in action. Without all of the obligations, expenses, and unnecessary paperwork that has turned collegiate education into hassle castle, Corvid is the new model for liberated education. Past courses include: Zombies! Zombies! Zombies! Cult, Culture, “ …

Meet fellow Yuri fans near you! Come to a local Bay Area Yuri Meetup for fun, friends and to talk about your favorite Anime/Manga artists, series, shows and games. Share your own art and fiction! Like to cosplay? So do we! Whatever interests you about Yuri, Anime and Manga is welcome.

A monthly meetup to share portfolios, bounce ideas around, and get to know each other as creative individuals. Bring whatever you want to share! Finished work, concepts, sketches... Also feel free to bring your sketchbook -- as this is a meetup for drawing stuff, we intend to do some drawing. xD Bring something that says something interesting about you and what your art is about -- doesn't matter if it's not sequential art. Because there tends to be a revolving door of new and old faces at these …

Welcome to A group created for geeky, quirky parents and their awesome children! We created this group to meet other parents that love; technology, sci-fi, fantasy, anime, manga, video games, gadgets, comics, board games, math, science and who would love to share these interests with their offspring. This family-oriented group is mostly geared towards children 5 and under, but kids of all ages are more than welcome. We strongly encourage all members of your family to attend our events if possi …

I couldn't find a group for slash fans in the area, so I started one! If you like the female-friendly fandom spaces of LJ, AO3, DW, tumblr, are excited for Yuletide, etc, please join up! I'm hoping to have some low key cafe and restaurant meetups, as well as movie meetups and tv nights if people are interested. Also of interest: some people have kindly told me about the San Francisco Bay Area Slashers (SFBAS) yahoo group. They have meetings at rotating locations in the Bay Area every other month …

Oh, the computer is such an amazing medium to create art with. Regardless of if you use Photoshop, Illustrator, Painter, SAI, or After Effects to create your art pieces, if you create vector or pixel art (as long as you don't fight!), don't lock yourself up in a dungeon to do it. Grab your laptop and your tablet and come on out and let your creative juices blend with those of others. We meet once a week at the Orchard Valley Coffee Shop in Downtown Campbell, set up our hardware and get creative, …

Attention all you comic creators out there! This is a Meetup Group where members from Tapastic and comic creators can get together and work on projects, critique work, ask for advise, and meet other creators and the Tapastic team. What is Tapasic you say? We’re a brand new website specializing in bringing serialized "webtoons", or webcomics to a larger audience and give an outlet to the many independent comic artists around the world so they can get noticed. You can think of us as the Youtube of …

The Drawing for Fun Workshops are for inspiring artists who like to draw for fun. All levels are welcome from beginners to advances, and even non-artists! I want to make this group as fun and unique as possible. The events are always fun. We can have field trips to art and cultural festivals, open studios,  anime, and comic conventions.  We can hang out in zoo, science and art museums to draw from animal, science, beautiful paintings, and sculptures. Meetup several places to chat and draw sci-fi …

OTAKUS ASSEMBLE!!!! Tired of having a great hobby but nobody to talk to about it? Well the YCAC is all about bringing Anime lovers, Otaku, Mangaka, and all other kinds of people interested in Japanese Anime, manga and Culture together to share in their intrests. Club chats will include but not limited to, Anime/manga discussion, Voice actors roles, Cosplay, Otaku words and phrases, and Anime Viewing. I welcome both Veteran and Noobs to come. It might start out slowly but we will certainly have f …

Calling All Cosplayers! Let's get together between conventions - we can hang out, talk about our costumes, sew together, make props together, teach each other, and meet new people! This group will mostly be for cosplay-related outings: sewing circles, prop days, fabric hunting trips, and things like that. Maybe we can even have lectures from local awesome costumers? After all, there's always something new to learn!

I do not know many people that actually play pokemon. I want to create a group where we can get together and battle different people and even set up mini-tournaments. All good fun.

This group is an attempt to meet people around the same age group who share similar interests, such as cosplay, lolita fashion, video games, anime, and manga! I've been living in the area for quite some time and am surprised at how hard it is to find someone my age that is into these hobbies. I hope with this group we can make it a little easier.

Are you an Anime fan? Gamer? Manga reader? Not really for the grandeur of mass event driven meet ups and just want to hang out? Just want to meet new friends who share your interests? Live in the far East Bay? Then this will be the group for you. This group is intended for those in the East Bay (Walnut Creek, Pleasant Hill, Concord etc) who don't really feel like taking a Bart trip for 30 minutes to the middle of the city to meet up. If you're elsewhere, feel free to join. We'll meet once a mont …

This is the place for us, (Anime/Manga/Video Game), addicts to get together and "SHOUT!!" to others what your favorite and current Anime/Manga/Video Games you are watching, reading, and playing at the moment! But most importantly, making friends that has the same interest as you do. :] There will be so many different events that will be held on here. -Dinning somewhere that is, "OH! so delicious!" -Singing until we lose our voice at karaoke places - Going on a group vacation. And so much more! B …