culture The district appears in the films Showdown in Little Tokyo, Beverly Hills Ninja and The Crimson Kimono. When the Japanese anime series was localized in English as Samurai Pizza Cats, the series' main setting "Edoropolis" was renamed "Little Tokyo". See also History of the Japanese in Los Angeles List of Buddhist temples List of districts and neighborhoods of Los Angeles Sawtelle Boulevard Shoson Nagahara References Further reading Arnold, Bruce Makoto. "Pacific Childhood Dreams and Desires in the Rafu: Multiple Transnational Modernisms and the Los Angeles Nisei, 1918–1942". Arnold, Bruce Makoto. "The Japanese Ethnopole as Determinant: The Effects of the Japantowns on Second-Generation Japanese-Americans". Nakagawa, Martha. "Little Tokyo / Bronzeville, Los Angeles, California" External links Map of Little Tokyo Japantown, Los Angeles Little Tokyo Japantown Guide Japanese-American culture in California