Metro Anime is a collective of diverse individuals from all over the Greater New York Metropolitan Region that is dedicated to promoting the appreciation and understanding, and the sharing of their affection and enjoyment of the Japanese mass and popular cultural manifestations, consisting of anime (Japanese animation), manga (Japanese comics), gamu (Japanese computer/video games) and other related materials. To those ends, Metro Anime holds regular showings of anime, organizes joint activities and events with other interested organizations, arranges group pools to conventions and a variety of social, cultural and related activities and events.