Press Kit

MISSION

AniParty is the premier U.S. anime song (anisong) DJ club event which draws influence from the “anikura” (アニクラ) subculture of music nightclub event, popularized in Tokyo, Japan. Anikura centers around the “A-POP” (a shortened form of “Akiba-POP”) genre of music, which is an eclectic fusion of anime songs (OPs, EDs, and insert songs to anime series’, video games , and visual novels), otaku-centric J-Pop, J-idol music, and popular fan-created works such as Vocaloid and Touhou.

Anikura has seen a massive surge in popularity over the recent years with multiple events every weekend in nightclubs across all of Japan. The goal of AniParty is to create an authentic, faithful anikura experience for North American fans of anime, anisong, J-Pop, and J-idol culture.

HISTORY

AniParty was founded in 2018 by a group of anisong fans and J-idol enthusiasts with a passion for bringing the high-energy, coordinated frenzy of the anisong live concert crowd atmosphere and eclectic A-POP club scene to the Western world.

Principally based in New York City, AniParty sports a markedly successful track record of hosting seven independent anisong club events along the U.S. Northeast, the largest of which has drawn an auidence of over 90 passionate anisong fans. At AniParty vol 7, we had the privilege of hosting an extremely successful anisong DJ straight from Tokyo: DJ Hitomi!

Additionally, our DJ collective can be found entertaining crowds through anisong DJ showcases at marquee North American anime conventions such as Anime Expo, Anime NYC, Anime Central, and Anime Weekend Atlanta via Lumica, as well as at periodic guest DJ appearances along the convention circuit. In 2019, AniParty had the tremendous opportunity of Guest DJ’ing at Anime NYC‘s official Club Love Live! After Party hosted by SonicBoomBox, alongside accomplished anisong artist and songwriter ZAQ.