Meet and mingle with local Japanese language and culture lovers! Come to a Japanese Language Meetup to practice speaking, build vocab and finally figure out those verb conjugations! All ages and levels welcome.

“ I'm Manda. I would like a group that talked about pets, sci-fi, horror movies, anime, ect! ”

“ I'm interested in damn near everything. ”

“ I'm 26 yrs old. I like many things. anime, motorcycles, paganism, stage fighting and shows, Ren fairs and martial arts. I know its covers alot but hey, i'm a diverse person.=) ”

“ Moved to Tampa at the beginning of '07. I'm enjoying finding fun places to go and meeting some great people. ”

“ Fun, goofy and outgoing. Favorite hobbies include photography and gaming. I enjoy getting out or staying inside, and always enjoy intelligent conversations. ”

“ Hello, My name is Dan. Originally from Puerto Rico, I have been in Tampa for since 1995. I like martial arts, anime and manga, spanish music, and to go out. ”

“ I'm a newlywed and proud mom of a 9 year old boy. Just moved from NYC and I have a degree in education/spec. education. I miss NY but I'm excited to be here in the Sunshine State and looking forward to meeting new people and new places! ”

“ Greetings and Salutations, I have been an anime fan for about 10 years. I have been to Japan twice and plan on returning many more times. I am not an otaku. I don't quite take it that far. But, I do enjoy watching anime and reading manga. Nihongo ga ”

“ I'm a freelance writer and photographer living in the Sarasota/Manatee area. Interests include the arts, outdoors, community, technology &c. ”

“ Hey everyone! I'm currently in High School and just wanted to start learning Japanese right away because I plan to move there once I have finished college. I want to get involved in anything Japanese so if you're going to start a group I want to join ”

“ Hi all! I'm an animation fan and enjoy anime and just about everything that has an interesting plot, decent writing, imaginative characters, and good artwork/set design! ”

“ Sorry don't have photo yet will have to upload later today. I began with anime in 2004 and started to collect manga shortly there after. Some of my favorite titles are Blade of the Immortable and Deathnote. For anime, I love Ghost in the Shell. ”

“ "looking forward to meeting some new artist." ”

“ We are homeschooling family in Tarpon Springs. My 13yr girl and 9yr boy are into Anime, manga, art, drawing and Cosplay. ”

“ Hiyo minna! New member here. Looking forward to meeting you! ^^ ”

“ hey i am wolfey. just looking for a few fury friends. ”

“ Hello out there! My names Jon and I;m what you would call your typical Otaku. I love anime, manga, cosplaying, and just having fun. I look forward to meeting all of you. ”

“ I really enjoy cosplaying and meeting new people! ^^ ”

“ I really, really like anime! I had my first experience with cosplaying at this past Metrocon, and I loved it... I went as Tsunade-hime from Naruto. Some of my favorites are Genshiken, Full matal Alchemist, Naruto, and Bleach. ”

“ I am new to the area and would like to be in a bridge group in Brandon to meet people and play bridge for fun. ”

“ Im moving to Tampa, Fl in a few months and want to meet new people who love Anime and Manga. I want to join a club as soon as I arrive but if I cant find one to join plane on creating one. ”

“ I'm a gamer with not many gamer friends. Just looking for other gamers out there to chill with and have fun. I also need a Smash Bros. fix. ”

“ I love cosplay, and I love the idea of meeting other cosplayers outside of conventions ^^ ”

“ im interested in animation, in the past i used to do graphic art, Lithoraphy, thats why. ”

“ 26 year old semi solitary wiccan ”

“ Hey all glad to see im not alone in my quest to find friends that love anime. So how do you all talk? just through this comment thing or do we like exchange instant messengers? ”

“ Hi, I'm a long time anime fan since the 80s. Looking forward to meeting you all. ”

“ Hello all, I'm a 26 year old programming student. Just back in the Tampa area after being away for a while and looking for people with similar interests, i.e. anime, games, jpop, jrock, etc. My email is squall9981@hotmail.com. ”

“ Been watching anime for years, and want to meet others who do also. ”

“ umm well lets see here names loren i ussaly watch alot saiyuki and naruto... i'll put i pic up here soon..i may have to by a digi camra...but only if it has a flash..so i can blind people... ”

“ To meet up with other cosplayers and have fun, duh ”

“ I want local Anime Meetups because to share my love for anime ”

“ llooking for anime peeps here in tampa to hang out with, my yahoo sn is bardock_20 hit me aline ok ”

“ I'm a movie fan who wants to be able to go with friends and talk to people who love films. ”

“ top three favorite animes 1)-Undesided- 2)armatage 3)excel saga top three manga 1)love hina 2)megatokyo 3)azumanga daioh top three video games 1)sonic 3 2)ddr 3)final fantasy 3 lives in vanice fl... ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I'm into anime, I draw and make crafts but I had a baby 8 months ago and my life has been a lil hectic since so I dont have as much free time as I used to... I need to get in touch with my japanese side ”

“ I want these local Meetups because I am interested in finding someone or groups that can interprete Janese anime. ”

“ Looking to make some new friends with like interests. ”

“ I love every thing bout Japan and all kinds of anime. First fav is Sailor Moon, than Card Captor Sakura, oh my goddness, yunnisha, mew mew, w.i.t.c.h., winx club, angel galaxi, hack//sign, digimon, vimper princess, ninja credits, and many more. ”

“ hey looking for fun stuff in the lutz/odessa area into anime, flux/munchkin and other nerd related activities ”

“ Hello! Recent college grad here, back in St. Petersburg, looking to continue my varying nerdy hobbies here! ”

“ I would like NaNoWriMo meet ups in my town because I participate every year - and it would be nice to meet local writers taking on the same challenge. ”

“ hehe Just want to see if there are any others that are interested in this ”

“ Really wanna meet some cool japanese people that speak english. I'm trying to learn japanese so I can move over there. ”

“ I want these local Meetups because i visited japan last year and have been learning the language and more about the culture before, and ever since. i would love to return and work there in the future. i would like to find a friendly tutor! ”

“ interresting groups ”