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Anime San Diego Monthly Meetup — June 2026
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Anime San Diego Monthly Meetup — June 2026

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The Anime San Diego monthly bar meetup is a good alternative to convention format — no panels, no schedule, just people who watch the same things in a room together. June is when the seasonal convers…

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Saturday, June 6, 2026
6:00 PM PDT – 10:00 PM PDT
Quartyard, 1301 Market St, San Diego, CA 92101
Repeats monthly · until Dec 31, 2026
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No tickets. No agenda. No formal structure.

The Anime Watch San Diego community meets at the Kensington Club on June 7, 2026 — just anime fans in a bar at 4079 Adams Ave talking about what they're watching, what to watch next, and what they've been wrong about for years.

The Kensington Club is not a convention. It is a neighborhood bar. The monthly meetup is not a panel. It is the conversation that the panel cuts off when time runs out.

This is the social structure underneath the convention circuit. The people who go to AX and SDCC and ALA also come here, once a month, for the version that doesn't have a badge. All ages welcome. No entry fee. The kind of room where you leave with the next three shows on your list.

4 PM. The Kensington Club, 4079 Adams Ave, San Diego. The meetup happens every month at the same location. Miss one, catch the next.
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