AniParty: Bringing anisong club culture to the West
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 Akihabara, Tokyo. Anikura centers around the “A-Pop” (also known as “Akiba-Pop” or “Akiba-kei”) 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, idol music, as well as 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.