Anisong World Matsuri is created by anisong music label Lantis, record company Sony Music Entertainment, artist management agency Amuse, content distributor Bandai Visual, live entertainment production company Bandai Namco Live Creative, and content distributor Anime Consortium Japan.
The Anime Expo edition of the concerts, billed as Anisong World Matsuri, continues last year’s Anisong World Tour, which made stops in Las Vegas, Hong Kong, Singapore, Seoul, Shanghai, and Taipei.
The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation (SPJA) has announced that it will bring the Lantis Festival series of anisong concerts to Anime Expo 2016, which will be held July 1–4 in Los Angeles.
Rock bands FLOW and OLDCODEX will compete against each other in a band battle at the Novo (previously know as Club Nokia).