{"id":86233,"date":"2026-09-04T18:59:07","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T18:59:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/86233\/"},"modified":"2026-09-04T18:59:07","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T18:59:07","slug":"anime-alley-by-the-beach-brings-socal-japanese-animation-lovers-to-redondo-daily-breeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/86233\/","title":{"rendered":"Anime Alley by the Beach brings SoCal Japanese animation lovers to Redondo \u2013 Daily Breeze"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hundreds of Japanese animation enthusiasts gathered recently in Redondo Beach to explore and support work by local anime artists.<\/p>\n<p>Anime Alley by the Beach took place Aug. 28 at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/2026\/08\/07\/redondo-beach-historic-library-reopens-as-event-venue-community-center\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Historic Redondo Beach Library<\/a>, one of the latest events at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/2026\/08\/07\/redondo-beach-historic-library-reopens-as-event-venue-community-center\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">newly reopened event venue and community center<\/a> overlooking the Pacific Ocean.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-1.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Local artist Bellamargu with her vendor booth at the Anime...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-6.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Local artist Bellamargu with her vendor booth at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cosplayer Tommy dressed up as Reze from the anime series...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-18.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cosplayer Tommy dressed up as Reze from the anime series Chainsaw Man during the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-2.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-3.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-5.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-4.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Local artist Fa Yetta with her vendor booth at the...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-12.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Local artist Fa Yetta with her vendor booth at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-11.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-9.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-8.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-10.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Cosplayer Cindy dressed up as Rei Ayanami from the anime...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-17.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Cosplayer Cindy dressed up as Rei Ayanami from the anime series Neon Genesis Evangelion during the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Comic book artist and Illustrator A.C. Esguerra with her vendor...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-7.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Comic book artist and Illustrator A.C. Esguerra with her vendor booth at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-13.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-15.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-16.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley...\" class=\"lazyload size-article_inline\" data- src=\"https:\/\/www.dailybreeze.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/LDN-L-ANIMEALLEY-O831-14-1.jpg?w=620\"  bad-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns=\" http:=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p>Show Caption<\/p>\n<p>1 of 18<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds gather to enjoy the festivities at the Anime Alley by the Beach event at Redondo Beach, CA on August 28th, 2026. (Photo by Gil Castro-Petres, Contributing Photographer)\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#\" class=\"icon-enlarge mng-gallery-fullscreen-expand\" aria-label=\"Expand fullscreen slideshow\">Expand<\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the Anime Alley, hosted by the historic library with SoCal Anime Events, attendees bought artwork from 30 anime illustrators and artists throughout Southern California, and met other members of the regional anime community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hundreds of Japanese animation enthusiasts gathered recently in Redondo Beach to explore and support work by local anime&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":86234,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[938,43317,2940,20013,8,17,2164,4114,54716,54733,43319,43316,149,54734],"class_list":["post-86233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-japan","tag-arts","tag-beach-cities","tag-california","tag-community","tag-japan","tag-japanese","tag-local-news","tag-los-angeles-county","tag-redondo-beach","tag-tbr-redondo-beach","tag-tbr-things-to-do","tag-the-beach-reporter","tag-things-to-do","tag-top-stories-tbr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86233\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/86234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/japan\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}