Anime NYC Draws 172,000 As Vtuber Concerts Return To Javits Center
The attendance figure and the two-night concert block show VTuber programming holding a main-stage slot at a major East Coast convention, with the hololive booth now carrying its own card game sessions and a game display alongside the stage events.
Reporting from 1 source: VTuber NewsDrop.
Anime NYC's August edition drew 172,000 attendees, a 16 percent increase over the prior year according to figures shared with media after the event. The Javits Center convention extended Day 1 exhibit hall hours starting at 1:00 pm on August 20 and hosted two VTuber concerts: Club Ironmouse on Thursday night, then hololive Meet's SUPER KARAOKE PARTY: SUMMER♡WAVE the following night.
Day 1 exhibit hall hours opened at 1:00 pm on August 20. The hololive Meet booth ran through the weekend, with FUWAMOCO hosting a Q&A and Mini Rock N' Rawr Party on Saturday, August 22, and staff coordinating crowd control for the turnout.
The booth added an expanded hololive Official Card Game section with dedicated teaching sessions and a display for the hololive Dreams mobile game. FIRST STAGE PRODUCTION, IZIGENIA, Ironmouse Arcade, Phase Connect and MosoBox were also on the floor.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 1 cited source below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.
Sources
- VTuber NewsDrop PHOTOS: Anime NYC 2026 Event Report