Anime Temecula Valley runs on a simple belief: anime community should exist at the neighborhood scale, not just inside convention halls. This monthly mid-month gathering draws fans from across the Inland Empire and North San Diego County — the people who love anime year-round, not just when a convention comes to town. What you find here is the kind of conversation that doesn't happen at Anime Expo. Nobody is wearing their best cosplay to impress strangers. Instead you'll find a rotating cast of regulars who know each other by username, debating which episode of Frieren or Re:Zero hit different this season, and exchanging watch lists the way baseball fans used …