What You Need to Know:
- Anime NYC powered by Crunchyroll today announced tickets for the first ever Lantis Matsuri anime music concert in New York City will go on sale on Friday, August 30th. This special concert at New York City’s largest Japanese pop culture convention will celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Japanese music label Lantis and feature popular anime song or “anisong” performers JAM Project, TRUE, ZAQ, and Guilty Kiss from Love Live! Sunshine!! Aqours.
- Anime NYC will bring together over 40,000 attendees when it returns to the Javits Center for its third year on November 15-17, 2019. It will welcome major guests from across Japan including Riichiro Inagaki and Boichi (creators of Dr. STONE) and Yoshiyuki Tomino (creator of Mobile Suit Gundam).
- Lantis Matsuri will take place inside the Javits Center’s Special Events Hall at 7:30 PM on Friday, November 15 as a special event concluding Anime NYC’s first day. It will feature four legendary performers from Lantis’s 20 year history...
- Anime NYC admission is not needed to attend this concert event. Instead a separate ticket is required. Tickets will launch at 12 Noon Eastern Time on Friday, August 30 on Anime NYC’s ticketing site.
Source: Official Press Release
Featured Artists
JAM Project - Anisong rock unit formed in 2000. Artists behind both One-Punch Man’s Season 1 and Season 2 themes: “The Hero! ~Set Fire to the Furious Fist~” and “Uncrowned Greatest Hero”. Also behind themes to Super Robot Wars, Garo, Gravion, Sgt. Frog, Scrapped Princess, Mazinkaiser, Nobunaga the Fool, Panda-Z, Space Battleship Yamato 2199, and more.
Guilty Kiss from Love Live! Sunshine!! Aqours - Guilty Kiss is a unit created from the school idol group Aqours, which appears in the multimedia school idol project Love Live! Sunshine!! The members are Riko Sakurauchi (voiced by Rikako Aida), Yoshiko Tsushima (voiced by Aika Kobayashi), and Mari Ohara (voiced by Aina Suzuki). Aqours has performed sold out concerts across Japan, Asia, and LA.
TRUE - Anisong singer most recently recognized for performing “Blast!” from the hit anime movie Sound! Euphonium - Our Promise: A Brand New Day. Also the performer to themes from Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron-Blooded Orphans, That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime, Violet Evergarden, and A.I.C.O. -Incarnation-. Performed in Anime Diva Night at Anime NYC in 2017 and Anisong World Matsuri at Anime NYC in 2018.
ZAQ - Prolific anisong singer, lyricist, composer, and arranger who wrote songs for other anisong singers before debuting as a singer herself. Has sung themes to Love, Chunibyo & Other Delusions, Concrete Revolutio, Flip Flappers, Food Wars! The Third Plate, The Magnificent KOTOBUKI, Maria the Virgin Witch, Rail Wars, Trinity Seven, and more
Ticket Information
VIP Ticket - $135
Early Entry
Seating Block Closest to Stage
Collectible Lantis Matsuri Pass
Lantis Matsuri Starting STYLE!! 2019 Blu-ray signed by JAM Project, TRUE, and ZAQ
Limited Edition Guilty Kiss from Love Live! Sunshine!! Aqours Poster
Limited Edition Lantis Matsuri Knapsack
A Ticket - $60
Seating Block Behind VIP Ticket Holders
Limited Edition Lantis Matsuri Knapsack
B Ticket - $40
Seating Block Behind A Ticket Holders
Limited Edition Lantis Matsuri Knapsack
Additional Details
Lantis Matsuri VIP ticket holders will be able to receive early entry beginning at 6:30 PM and various collectibles including the Japanese Starting STYLE!! 2019 Blu-ray - a commemorative Blu-ray featuring a music video of Lantis Matsuri 2019’s official theme song sung by 20 years of Lantis artists. The Blu-ray will be pre-signed by performers JAM Project, TRUE, and ZAQ.
Lantis Matsuri A and B ticket holders will be able to enter beginning at 7:00 PM. All ticket holders will receive a limited edition Lantis Matsuri knapsack with their ticket.
VIP ticket holders will be able to sit anywhere in the VIP section. A ticket holders will be able to sit anywhere in the A section. B ticket holders will be able to sit anywhere in the B section.
Additional details will be revealed next month around autograph signings and panels featuring Lantis Matsuri’s performers inside Anime NYC. These events will take place on Saturday, November 16 and require Anime NYC admission to attend.
