Anamanaguchi#EPs
{{Short description|American chiptune-based pop and rock band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Anamanaguchi
| image = Anamanaguchi.jpg
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| caption = Anamanaguchi at U Street Music Hall in Washington, D.C., in 2015.
| origin = New York City, New York, United States
| genre =
{{hlist|Electronic|||pop|rock|bitpop|chiptune|punk rock|indie rock|electronic rock|electropop}}
| years_active = 2004–present
| instruments = {{hlist|Tracker software|NES|Game Boy|personal computer|synthesizer|guitar|bass guitar|drums|vocals}}
| label = {{hlist|8bitpeoples|Normative|dream.hax|Alcopop!|Monstercat|Polyvinyl{{cite web|url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2019/08/20/news/anamanaguchi-signs-with-polyvinyl-and-announces-new-album-usa-for-october-2019-release/|title=Anamanaguchi Signs with Polyvinyl and Announces New Album [USA] for October 2019 Release|date=August 20, 2019 |access-date=March 8, 2021|via=music.mxdwn.com}}}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|8bitpeoples|Hatsune Miku|Knife City|George & Jonathan|Miquela|HANA|Planet 1999|Jaime Brooks}}
| website = {{official website}}
| current_members = {{ubl|Peter Berkman|James DeVito|Luke Silas|Ary Warnaar}}
| past_members = {{ubl|Charlie Hankin{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zy9ZCBKX9E4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/zy9ZCBKX9E4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Anamanaguchi Interview Part 1 – Gamewave Podcast|date=December 5, 2007 |access-date=March 28, 2021|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}|Spencer Casey|George Brower{{Cite web |last=Machkovech |first=Sam |date=2013-05-20 |title=Anamanaguchi: The Ninja Turtles of Rock |url=https://www.polygon.com/features/2013/5/20/4331048/anamanaguchi-the-ninja-turtles-of-rock |access-date=2021-12-21 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}}}}
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Anamanaguchi is an American chiptune-based pop and rock band from New York City.{{cite web|url=http://anamanaguchi.com/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111010072005/http://anamanaguchi.com/ |archive-date=2011-10-10 |title=Anamanaguchi Home Page as of October 10, 2011 |access-date=2019-06-13}} The band has four members: lead songwriters and guitarists Peter Berkman and Ary Warnaar, bassist James DeVito, and drummer Luke Silas.Berkman, Peter, James DeVito, and Ary Warnaar. [http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-08-04/music/anamanaguchi-avoid-the-perils-of-cheap-nostalgia/ "Anamanaguchi Avoid the Perils of Cheap Nostalgia."] Interview by Vijith Assar. The Village Voice. August 4, 2009. Web. August 13, 2009.
Anamanaguchi combines digital electronic sounds such as those seen in chiptune and bitpop with traditional band instrumentation. As with other chiptune artists, they have created music using video game hardware from the mid- to late 1980s: namely a NES and a Game Boy.
Career
= 2004–2009: Formation, ''Power Supply'' and ''Dawn Metropolis'' =
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Knowing each other through being classmates, Peter Berkman and James DeVito formed the band in Chappaqua, NY after Berkman and his friends would learn how to create chiptune after discovering a Wired article discussing the chiptune scenes in Sweden and New York.{{cite web|url=http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2011/04/sound_current_anamanaguchi.php|title=GameSetWatch Sound Current: 'Anamanaguchi's Guide to Scott Pilgrim: The Game Soundtrack'|website=www.gamesetwatch.com|access-date=June 13, 2019|archive-date=May 14, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210514172632/http://www.gamesetwatch.com/2011/04/sound_current_anamanaguchi.php|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ3uyGgkp8s|title=I Want My MP3: Anamanaguchi (Ep5)|website=YouTube|date=December 19, 2008 |access-date=June 8, 2024}} The origin of the band's name is unclear. In one interview, Berkman said the name "Anamanaguchi" came about from a member in one of his former bands pronouncing gibberish in the style of Jabba the Hutt.{{cite web |last = Machkovech |first = Sam |url = http://www.polygon.com/features/2013/5/20/4331048/anamanaguchi-the-ninja-turtles-of-rock |title = Anamanaguchi: The Ninja Turtles of Rock « Polygon |publisher = polygon.com |date = May 23, 2013 |access-date = May 22, 2013 }} On several other occasions, the band has explained that their name came about after the members worked as interns at Armani (Berkman and DeVito), Prada (Warnaar), and Gucci (Silas) while studying fashion at Parsons School of Design (though three of the four majored in Music Technology at New York University). People began calling them the "Armani-Prada-Gucci boys," which eventually was elided into "Anamanaguchi."{{cite web |url = https://www.vice.com/en/article/we-talked-to-anamanaguchi-about-bitcoins-and-dick-tricks/ |title = We Talked to Anamanaguchi About Bitcoin, Memes, and Dick Tricks |date = May 29, 2013 |publisher = Noisey.vice.com |access-date = June 1, 2013 }} The band first performed on January 29, 2006 at Cake Shop{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LnMUrkAY9Wg |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/LnMUrkAY9Wg |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Anamanaguchi – First Show (Cake Shop Jan 2006)|date=March 30, 2006 |access-date=March 23, 2021|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} and through events such as Pulsewave NYC they formed a relationship with the netlabel 8bitpeoples and subsequently released their debut the EP Power Supply in August 2006. The track "Helix Nebula" was featured as the theme song of the former GamesRadar podcast TalkRadar.{{cite web |url=http://www.gamesradar.com/talkradar-hq/#20080519 |title=Talkradar HQ |work=GamesRadar |date=May 20, 2008 |access-date=May 28, 2013}}
Peter Berkman met Ary Warnaar at New York University where they were studying Music Technology. In 2009, Ary Warnaar and Luke Silas joined the band for the release of their following EP, Dawn Metropolis. The album was released with an accompanying website that included animated videos for each of the songs, done in collaboration with artists David Mauro and Paris Treantafeles.
A song from Dawn Metropolis titled "Jetpack Blues, Sunset Hues" is the theme to Chris Hardwick's The Nerdist Podcast.{{cite web |last = Hardwick |first = Chris |url = http://www.nerdist.com/2011/11/nerdist-podcast-theme-on-two-guitars/ |title = Nerdist Podcast Theme on Two Guitars « Nerdist |publisher = Nerdist.com |date = November 30, 2011 |access-date = May 13, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131203135213/http://www.nerdist.com/2011/11/nerdist-podcast-theme-on-two-guitars/ |archive-date = December 3, 2013 }} On November 26, 2013, Anamanaguchi appeared as guests on the podcast itself.{{cite web |last = Levine |first = Katie |url = http://www.nerdist.com/2013/11/nerdist-podcast-anamanaguchi/ |title = Nerdist podcast: anamanaguchi |work = Nerdist |date = November 26, 2013 |access-date = November 26, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20131128033944/http://www.nerdist.com/2013/11/nerdist-podcast-anamanaguchi/ |archive-date = November 28, 2013 }}
= 2010–2012: ''Scott Pilgrim vs. the World'' and summer singles =
In 2010, Anamanaguchi were approached by Ubisoft to compose music for the video game adaptation of the Scott Pilgrim graphic novels, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game.[https://twitter.com/anamanaguchi/status/11130019557 Twitter / Anamanaguchi: WE ARE DOING THE MUSIC FOR] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208072721/https://twitter.com/anamanaguchi/status/11130019557 |date=December 8, 2015 }}. Twitter.com. Retrieved on November 16, 2010. The soundtrack for the game was released on Amazon and iTunes by ABKCO Records on August 24, 2010.[https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003ZNRZZ2 Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World: The Game (Original Videogame Soundtrack): Anamanaguchi: MP3 Downloads]. Amazon.com. Retrieved on November 16, 2010. The soundtrack debuted at No. 3 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart (aka Soundscan's New Artist Chart).{{cite web |url = http://www.billboard.com/charts/2010-09-11/heatseekers-albums |title = Heatseekers Albums 2010-09-11 |publisher = Billboard.com |access-date = May 13, 2013 }} In the summer of 2010, Anamanaguchi began releasing a series of singles for free download on their website. These singles were released with animated gif cover art (featuring collaborations with artists such as Paul Robertson and Ryder Ripps) and were printed as limited 7" vinyl with lenticular artwork to mimic the animated images.
= 2013–2015: ''Endless Fantasy'' =
{{see also|Endless Fantasy}}
On May 3, 2013, Anamanaguchi launched a Kickstarter project for their album Endless Fantasy. In just 11 hours, their funding goal of $50,000 was reached. At the end of its run, the project was backed by 7,253 people who contributed to raising a grand total of $277,399,{{cite web |url = http://kickstarter.com/projects/dreamhax/anamanaguchi-make-endless-fantasy-more-than-album |title = Anamanaguchi – make Endless Fantasy more than an album by Anamanaguchi |publisher = Kickstarter.com |date = May 3, 2013 |access-date = May 13, 2013 }} making it the second most-successful music project to be funded on Kickstarter at the time, behind that of singer Amanda Palmer.{{cite web |url = https://www.kickstarter.com/discover/advanced?category_id=14&sort=most_funded |title = Kickstarter Projects – Music – Most Funded |publisher = Kickstarter |access-date = May 4, 2013 }}
Anamanaguchi featured on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon on June 17, 2013, where they played their song "Endless Fantasy" from the album of the same name.{{Cite web|url=https://vimeo.com/101175412|title=Jimmy Fallon: Anamanaguchi – Endless Fantasy (HD)|access-date=December 14, 2020|via=Vimeo}}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N071vIde_t4 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/N071vIde_t4 |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Anamanaguchi – Endless Fantasy (Live on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon)|date=March 3, 2021 |access-date=March 14, 2021|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} On June 19, 2014, they released a single titled "Pop It" featuring a then-unknown singer whose face was hidden from view.{{cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/2014/06/20/anamanaguchi-releases-a-mysterious-but-catchy-new-single/|title=Anamanaguchi releases a mysterious (but catchy) new single|website=EW.com|access-date=June 13, 2019}} The song was a stylistic departure for the group in that it did not feature any chiptune elements nor traditional band instrumentation, with a lead vocal. Entertainment Weekly described the song as having "glitchy electronic flourishes and relentlessly bubble gummy vibe", also drawing comparisons to Kyary Pamyu Pamyu. In September, the song was featured in a Target TV advertisement, and in mid-2015 was also featured in a Taco Bell commercial for iced beverages.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ES5L4Hj3dI |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/8ES5L4Hj3dI |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Target TV Commercial, 'Pop It, Targetstyle' Song by Anamanaguchi|date=September 23, 2014 |access-date=December 14, 2020|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} On November 24, 2014, the singer's name, "Meesh彡☆", and her face were revealed to the public.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/anamanaguchi/status/536942941806526465 |author=cool boys |website=Twitter |title=Introducing Meesh彡☆
On November 21, 2014, Anamanaguchi revealed they had been working on a new album titled [USA], which was set to release sometime in 2016.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/anamanaguchi/status/535890981602992129 |title=Cool boys on Twitter: "ALBUM [USA] COMING 2015" |access-date=November 21, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208190300/https://twitter.com/anamanaguchi/status/535890981602992129 |archive-date=December 8, 2015 }} The band also stated that the album would not be a chiptune album.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/anamanaguchi/status/544285790466215937 |title=ANAMANA... GUCHI on Twitter: "[USA] will not be a chiptune album." |date=December 14, 2014 |access-date=December 14, 2014 |website=Twitter |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305045125/https://twitter.com/anamanaguchi/status/544285790466215937 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 }} This album was later delayed for an undisclosed amount of time.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/anamanaguchi/status/670489045370281984 |title=Lucky boys on Twitter: "Hiiii, I've mentioned this a few times noww, but we still get asked everyday, so just gonna say again-- [USA] is NOT coming out this year!" |access-date=November 28, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305113024/https://twitter.com/anamanaguchi/status/670489045370281984 |archive-date=March 5, 2016 }}
= 2016–2019: ''Capsule Silence XXIV'' and ''[USA]'' =
{{see also|Capsule Silence XXIV|USA (Anamanaguchi album)}}
On March 28, 2016, the band released a role-playing first-person shooter video game called Capsule Silence XXIV which was designed by Ben Esposito along with Anamanaguchi,{{Cite web |title=Capsule Silence XXIV – Ben Esposito |url=http://www.torahhorse.com/index.php/portfolio/capsule-silence-xxiv-anamanaguchi/ |access-date=2022-06-16 |language=en-US}}{{Cite magazine |last=Warman |first=Zane |date=2017-12-18 |title=Revisiting Anamanaguchi's 'Capsule Silence XXIV,' Music Gaming's Most Revolutionary Misadventure |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/anamanaguchi-capsule-silence-xxiv-interview-8054686/ |access-date=2022-06-16 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}} alongside an original score containing over 30 songs. The band "leaked" the game for free online after staging a hoax Twitter dispute with the game's fictional developer, NHX. The game also contains an unreleased video for "Japan Air", among other hidden Easter eggs.{{cite web |url = http://www.gamespot.com/articles/anamanaguchi-uses-viral-marketing-for-latest-album/1100-6436032/ |title = Anamanaguchi Uses Viral Marketing For Latest Album Release |website = GameSpot |access-date = March 29, 2016 }} In May 2016, the band was the opening act at the North American Miku Expo tour, finishing at a two-show event at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City. The band returned to the stage each night and performed their single "Miku" live with Hatsune Miku for her encore. The official soundtrack of Capsule Silence XXIV was released in two parts as Capsule Silence XXIV (Original Soundtrack Vol I) on December 21, 2016, and Capsule Silence XXIV (Original Soundtrack Vol II) on October 13, 2017.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
On October 19, 2017, the band announced that they would be debuting music from their third studio album, [USA], at a live show on November 10 in Brooklyn, NY.{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/anamanaguchi/posts/10155105986137362|title=Anamanaguchi|website=www.facebook.com|access-date=June 13, 2019}} The performance was live streamed on the band's official Twitch page.{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
On October 18, 2018, Anamanaguchi headlined "Coalchella", a virtual music festival conducted entirely in a Minecraft server with sets broadcast live on an online radio.{{cite web|url=https://adage.com/article/digital/inside-coalchella-minecraft-music-festival/315200|title=Inside Coalchella, the Minecraft music festival that had brands everywhere (sort of)|date=October 11, 2018|website=adage.com|access-date=June 13, 2019}} On January 12 the following year, Anamanaguchi headlined Fire Festival, another Minecraft music festival by Open Pit Presents, the organizers of Coalchella.{{cite web|url=https://nesthq.com/fire-festival-minecraft|title=A Small Conversation With the Lineup of Fire Festival, the Minecraft Music Festival|date=2019-01-09|website=NEST HQ|language=en-US|access-date=2019-01-29|archive-date=January 29, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190129181409/https://nesthq.com/fire-festival-minecraft|url-status=dead}} Anamanaguchi also headlined Open Pit's third festival, MineGala, on September 14, 2019.{{cite web |title=MineGala Day 1 Set Times |url=https://twitter.com/openpitpresents/status/1172935922901499906 |website=Twitter |access-date=1 November 2019}}
In a YouTube video released on August 20, 2019, Anamanaguchi stated that the release date of [USA] would be October 25. It released on the label Polyvinyl Records.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2xcCHmm8Iw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/W2xcCHmm8Iw |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Anamanaguchi|website=www.youtube.com|date=August 20, 2019 |access-date=August 20, 2019}}{{cbignore}} Later they announced that the "[USA] tour originally planned for 2020 will be rescheduled to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic".{{Citation needed|date=July 2022}}
= 2020–2024: ''Scott Pilgrim Takes Off'' =
On November 12, 2021, the band announced the Scott Pilgrim vs the World: The Game Soundtrack: The Tour, taking place in January the following year.{{Cite tweet |user=Anamanaguchi |number=1459219094473953288 |title=SCOTT PILGRIM VS THE WORLD THE GAME SOUNDTRACK: THE TOUR |date=November 12, 2021}} Four days later, they released the song "Water Resistant" featuring 8485 on the label Monstercat in celebration of the then-upcoming mobile game, Rocket League: Sideswipe. On the 30th, later the same month, the band released another song titled "Dreams" with Flux Pavilion for Rocket League: Sideswipe, with the game's official soundtrack releasing shortly after, including both "Dreams" and "Water Resistant".{{Cite web |last=Yopko |first=Nick |title=Anamanaguchi and Flux Pavilion Soundtrack Rocket League's Mobile Game With "Dreams" |url=https://edm.com/music-releases/anamanaguchi-flux-pavilion-dreams-rocket-league-sideswipe |access-date=2021-12-02 |website=EDM.com – The Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists |date=November 30, 2021 |language=en}} During their Scott Pilgrim vs the World tour, they played a cover of the song "Hopes and Dreams" from the 2015 video game Undertale.{{cite news |last=Renadette |first=Brian |date=January 26, 2022 |work=TechRaptor |title=Anamanaguchi Covers Hopes and Dreams from Undertale |url=https://techraptor.net/gaming/news/anamanaguchi-covers-hopes-and-dreams-from-undertale}} They uploaded the cover to their YouTube channel on January 21, 2022.{{cite web |title=Anamanaguchi – Hopes and Dreams {{endash}} Undertale {{endash}} (YTP Live Visuals) |author=Anamanaguchi |date=January 21, 2022 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAVjuzUeWD8 |via=YouTube}} In March 2023, it was announced that Anamanaguchi would be writing original songs and co-composing the score for the Scott Pilgrim Takes Off animated series.{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/scott-pilgrim-anime-cast-chris-evans-michael-cera-brie-larson/|title='Scott Pilgrim vs. The World's Original Cast Returns to Voice Anime Series|website=Collider|last=London|first=Rob|date=March 30, 2023|access-date=March 30, 2023}} A free update to the video game Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge in September 2024 added remixed tracks by several artists, including Anamanaguchi, who remixed the track "Panic in the Sky!"{{cite web | title=TMNT: Shredder's Revenge Radical Reptiles DLC Trailer | website=GameSpot | date=September 23, 2024 | url=https://www.gamespot.com/videos/tmnt-shredders-revenge-radical-reptiles-dlc-trailer/2300-6465179/ | access-date=September 23, 2024}}
= 2025–present: ''Anyway'' =
In January 2025, the band released a cover of Nirvana{{'}}s "Territorial Pissings".{{cite web |last1=Chelosky |first1=Danielle |title=Anamanaguchi Share Cover Of Nirvana's "Territorial Pissings": Listen |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2293996/anamanaguchi-territorial-pissings-nirvana-cover/music/ |website=Stereogum |access-date=23 January 2025 |language=en |date=22 January 2025}}
On May 6, 2025, Anamanaguchi released the single "Darcie" and announced a new album, Anyway. The album was recorded in the American Football House.{{Cite web |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2306908/chiptune-band-anamanaguchi-wrote-a-rock-album-in-the-american-football-house/music/ |title=Chiptune Band Anamanaguchi Wrote A Rock Album In The American Football House |last=Deville |first=Chris |date=6 May 2025 |access-date=6 May 2025 |website=Stereogum}}
Musical style and influences
Stylistically, Anamanaguchi is characterized as electronic,{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/anamanaguchi-mn0002424483|title=Anamanaguchi {{!}} AllMusic|access-date=February 1, 2021|via=AllMusic}} pop,{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/11/04/anamanaguchi-endless-fantasy-pizza-space-_n_4211410.html|title=Anamanaguchi 'Endless Fantasy' Video Sends A Pizza Into Space|date=November 4, 2013 |access-date=March 8, 2021|via=Huffington Post}} rock,{{Cite web|url=https://nordic.ign.com/news/42066/scott-pilgrim-vs-the-world-the-game-2021-release-date-announced|title=Scott Pilgrim vs. The World: The Game 2021 Release Date Announced|date=December 7, 2020 |access-date=December 15, 2020|via=IGN Nordic|quote=The game developed a cult following for its throwback gameplay, 2D pixel work from artist Paul Robertson, and the soundtrack by indie chiptune rock band Anamanaguchi.}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2013/5/24/4363484/watch-anamanaguchi-send-a-slice-of-pizza-into-space|title=Watch Anamanaguchi send a slice of pizza into space in 'Endless Fantasy'|date=May 24, 2013 |access-date=March 8, 2021|via=The Verge}} bitpop,{{Cite web|url=https://www.thefader.com/2016/03/30/anamanaguchi-release-capsule-silence-xxiv-a-video-game-album|title=Bitpop Band Anamanaguchi Release Capsule Silence XXIV, A Video Game Album|access-date=December 15, 2020|via=The FADER}}{{Cite news |last=Heffler |first=Jason |date=July 15, 2020 |title=Porter Robinson celebrates birthday with bitpop remix of 'Get Your Wish' by Anamanaguchi |url=https://edm.com/music-releases/porter-robinson-get-your-wish-anamanaguchi-remix |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200725051012/https://edm.com/music-releases/porter-robinson-get-your-wish-anamanaguchi-remix |archive-date=July 25, 2020 |access-date=July 25, 2020 |newspaper=Edm.com - the Latest Electronic Dance Music News, Reviews & Artists}}{{cite web|url=http://iheartcomix.com/anamanaguchi|title=Bitpop Bigfoots: The Endless Fantasy of Anamanaguchi|date=July 20, 2016|access-date=March 2, 2021|via=iheartcomix.com|archive-date=August 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802061240/http://iheartcomix.com/anamanaguchi/|url-status=dead}} chiptune,{{cite web|url=https://earmilk.com/2015/02/04/lazerdisk-take-anamanaguchi-on-an-endless-fantasy-with-chiptune-remix|title=Lazerdisk take Anamanaguchi on an "Endless Fantasy" with chiptune remix – EARMILK|date=February 4, 2015 |access-date=December 14, 2020|via=Earmilk|quote=The Lazerdisk homies are back with another uplifting 8bit remix in honor of their fanboy penchant for Anamanaguchi, the chiptune nintendocore band from NYC.}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/6/21210026/american-football-anamanaguchi-minecraft-concert-coronavirus-digital-festival|title=American Football and Anamanaguchi are throwing a coronavirus relife concert in Minecraft – The Verge|date=April 6, 2020 |via=The Verge|access-date=December 8, 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://music.mxdwn.com/2020/12/03/news/anamanaguchi-speed-up-and-synth-out-american-footballs-midwestern-emo-classic-stay-home|title=Anamanaguchi Speed Up and Synth Out American Football's Midwestern Emo Classic "Stay Home"|date=December 3, 2020 |access-date=December 15, 2020|via=mxdwn Music|quote=The group's style is noted for mixing in elements of chiptune, which takes samples from early videogame music, and blending it with live instrumentation.}}{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8054686/anamanaguchi-capsule-silence-xxiv-interview|title=Revisiting Anamanaguchi's 'Capsule Silence XXIV, 'Music Gaming's Most Revolutionary Misadventure|access-date=March 8, 2021|via=Billboard|quote=Music outlets reached for terms like "chiptune," "nintendocore" and "bitpop," subgenres coined using half-truths and assumptions of the artist's provincially vintage interests.}} punk rock, indie rock, electronic rock{{Cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/dance/8540161/anamanaguchi-usa-album-interview-2019|title=Anamanaguchi Talk New Album '[USA],' Tackling a Changed World: 'Let's Look at This Darkness & Wear It'|access-date=December 15, 2020|via=Billboard|quote=It's been six years since the release of Anamanaguchi's last album, Endless Fantasy, but, in that time, the electronic-rock outfit hasn't been quiet.}} and electropop.{{Cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/anamanaguchi-usa|title=Anamanaguchi: [USA] Album Review|access-date=December 21, 2020|via=Pitchfork}}
Berkman has stated that their music is not solely influenced by video game music and that much of it is inspired by "[s]imple pop stuff, like Weezer and the Beach Boys,"Berkman, Peter. [https://www.avclub.com/8-bit-punks-anamanaguchi-beyond-the-side-scrollers-1798226580 "8-bit punks Anamanaguchi beyond the side-scrollers."] Interview by David Wolinsky. A.V. Club. July 18, 2011. Web. July 18, 2012. as well as Janet Jackson,{{cite web|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/02/anamanaguchi-from-nes-to-mtv |title=Anamanaguchi: From NES to MTV – IGN |work=IGN |date=February 8, 2013 |access-date=February 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805080634/http://www.ign.com/articles/2013/08/02/anamanaguchi-from-nes-to-mtv |archive-date=August 5, 2013 |df=mdy }} Yasutaka Nakata,Berkman, Peter. [http://songexploder.net/episode-17-anamanaguchi/ "Song Exploder Ep. 18"] Interview by Hrishikesh Hirway. Web. September 2, 2014 Koji Kondo, Elliott Smith and DragonForce.
Berkman stated that his top three influences in order would be "Tim & Eric and that absurd comedy, Japanese music and video games."{{cite web |title = Anamanaguchi's Peter Berkman Shares His Top 3 Influences: Tim and Eric, Japanese Music and Video Games |url = http://www.laweekly.com/music/anamanaguchis-peter-berkman-shares-his-top-3-influences-tim-and-eric-japanese-music-and-video-games-2410616 |website = L.A. Weekly |date = April 8, 2011 |access-date = January 10, 2016 |last1 = Ohanesian |first1 = Liz }} "Ultimately, Berkman's interest in Japanese pop culture is at the root of his interest in video games."
Anamanaguchi has collaborated with several musical artists including Meesh and Pochi.{{Cite web|last=Moen|first=Matt|title=Anamanaguchi Almost Abandoned This J-Pop Collab|url=https://www.papermag.com/anamanaguchi-kei-2646362148.html|url-status=live|access-date=September 16, 2021|website=PaperMag|date=July 8, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200709030235/https://www.papermag.com/anamanaguchi-kei-2646362148.html |archive-date=July 9, 2020 }}
Discography
= Studio albums =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="4" | Peak chart positions |
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US Album Sales {{cite magazine | url={{BillboardURLbyName | artist=Anamanaguchi | chart=Top Album Sales}} | title=Anamanaguchi – Chart History: Top Album Sales| magazine=Billboard | access-date=February 16, 2014}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US |
|---|
| scope="row" | Dawn Metropolis
|
| — || — || — || — |
| scope="row" | Endless Fantasy
|
| 102 || 2 || 1 || 21 |
| scope="row" | [USA]
|
| 63 || — || 3 || 7 |
| scope="row" | Anyway
|
| — || — || — || — |
| colspan="14" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"| "—" denotes items which failed to chart. |
= Soundtracks =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |
| scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title
! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="4" | Peak chart positions |
|---|
| scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US {{cite magazine | url={{BillboardURLbyName | artist=anamanaguchi | chart=Billboard 200}} | title=Anamanaguchi – Chart History: Overview | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | access-date=February 16, 2014}} Note: click on "overview" to get peak position of the Scott Pilgrim video game OST on the Billboard 200 ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US |
| scope="row" | Scott Pilgrim vs. the World: The Game (Original Videogame Soundtrack)
| | 180 || 7 || 3 |
| scope="row" | Capsule Silence XXIV (Original Soundtrack Vol I)
|
| — || — || — |
| scope="row" | Capsule Silence XXIV (Original Soundtrack Vol II)
|
| — || — || — |
| colspan="14" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%;"| "—" denotes items which failed to chart. |
= Compilation albums =
- Frug 4 Lyfe (2011){{cite web |title=Frug 4 Lyfe |url=https://www.discogs.com/Anamanaguchi-Frug-4-Lyfe-2011/release/9062706 |website=Discogs |access-date=16 May 2015}} A compilation CD that was sold at live shows contains the 2010 summer singles and two live tracks.
- Single + Remix Collections. The album was released exclusively in Japan on March 4, 2012.{{cite web|url=http://www.last.fm/music/Anamanaguchi/Single+%252B+Remix+Collections |title=Single + Remix Collections – Anamanaguchi – Discover music at |publisher=Last.fm |date=2013-01-15 |access-date=2013-11-14}}{{cite web|url=http://musicbrainz.org/release/860eb62c-8c1d-4135-9ca8-c66b44b4c48b |title=Release "Single + Remix Collections" by Anamanaguchi |publisher=MusicBrainz |access-date=2013-11-14}} The album compiles all of the singles from the band's summer of singles along with all the tracks from Power Supply. As well as these tracks, it includes two previously unreleased remixes of Anamanaguchi tracks.
- Summer Singles 2010/2020 (2021){{cite web |title=Frug 4 Lyfe |url=https://www.discogs.com/master/2431846-Anamanaguchi-Summer-Singles-20102020 |website=Discogs |access-date=13 May 2025}} A compilation album that contains the 2010 and 2020 summer singles..
= Extended plays =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Details |
| scope="row"| Power Supply
|
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|---|
| scope="row"| Dawn Metropolis Preview
|
|
= Singles =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |
| scope="col"| Year
! scope="col"| Title ! scope="col"| Album |
|---|
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="5"|2010
|"Airbrushed" | rowspan="5" |Summer Singles |
| "My Skateboard Will Go On" |
| "Aurora (Meet Me in the Stars)" |
| "Airbrushed" (RAC remix) |
| "Mess" |
| style="text-align:center;"|2011
|"My Skateboard Will Go On" |Split w/ Starscream |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2013
|"Meow" |rowspan="3"|Endless Fantasy |
| "Endless Fantasy" |
| style="text-align:center;" rowspan="2"|2014 |
| "Pop It" (featuring Meesh)
|{{non-album single}} |
| style="text-align:center;"|2016
|"Miku" (featuring Hatsune Miku) |Hatsune Miku Expo 2016 E.P. |
| style="text-align: center;" rowspan="3"|2019
|"Lorem Ipsum (Arctic Anthem)" |rowspan="3"|[USA] |
| "Air On Line" |
| "On My Own" (featuring Hana) |
| rowspan="8"|2020
|"Styla" |rowspan="8" |Summer Singles 2020{{Cite web|url=http://summer.anamanaguchi.com|title=Summer Singles|access-date=December 14, 2020|via=anamanaguchi.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201219140433/http://summer.anamanaguchi.com/|archive-date=December 19, 2020}} |
| "Kei" (featuring Pochi) |
| "Get Your Wish" (Anamanaguchi Remix) |
| "Vancouver" |
| "Everyday, Everynight" (featuring Planet 1999) |
| "Pixel Candle" |
| "Jaime" (featuring Jaime Brooks) |
| "Stay Home" (American Football cover){{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOxZCAl7VnM |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/TOxZCAl7VnM |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Anamanaguchi – Stay Home (American Football cover)|date=December 2, 2020 |access-date=December 14, 2020|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} |
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |2021
|"Water Resistant" (featuring 8485) | rowspan="2" |Rocket League: Sideswipe (Original Soundtrack), Vol. 1 |
| "Dreams" (with Flux Pavilion){{Cite web |last=Yopko |first=Nick |date=November 30, 2021 |title=Anamanaguchi and Flux Pavilion soundtrack Rocket League's mobile game with 'Dreams' |url=https://edm.com/music-releases/anamanaguchi-flux-pavilion-dreams-rocket-league-sideswipe |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211202010413/https://edm.com/music-releases/anamanaguchi-flux-pavilion-dreams-rocket-league-sideswipe |archive-date=December 2, 2021 |access-date=February 1, 2022 |website=EDM.com}} |
| 2022
|"'Hopes and Dreams" (Toby Fox cover) | {{non-album single}} |
| 2025
|"Territorial Pissings" (Nirvana cover) | {{non-album single}} |
= Remixes =
= Music videos =
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|+ List of music videos with director(s) ! Title ! Year ! Director(s) |
| scope="row"| "Meow"
| rowspan="2" style="text-align:center"| 2013 | style="text-align:left"| Daniel Gray Longino and Eric Notarnicola with Anamanaguchi{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vc3JWo2iiGc |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/vc3JWo2iiGc |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Anamanaguchi – 「MEOW」 (Official Music Video)|date=January 8, 2013 |access-date=February 12, 2021|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} |
|---|
| scope="row"| "Endless Fantasy"
| style="text-align:left"| Anamanaguchi{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6fdr-Fiv92c |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/6fdr-Fiv92c |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Anamanaguchi -「ENDLESS FANTASY」(Official Music Video)|date=May 24, 2013 |access-date=March 23, 2021|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} |
| scope="row"| "Pop It (feat. meesh彡☆)"
| style="text-align:center"| 2014 | rowspan="2" {{N/A|Unknown, possibly none}} |
| scope="row"| "Miku" (Japanese version)
| style="text-align:center"| 2017 |
| scope="row"| "Air On Line"
| style="text-align:center"| 2019 | style="text-align:left"| Anamanaguchi |
| scope="row"| "Up To You"
| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center"| 2020 | rowspan="3" {{N/A|Unknown, possibly none}} |
| scope="row"| "Kei ft. POCHI" |
| scope="row"| "Vancouver" |
| scope="row"| "Jaime (feat. Jaime Brooks)"
| style="text-align:left"| SCOTTY2HOTTY69{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IBpRHJZLVA |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/2IBpRHJZLVA |archive-date=2021-12-21 |url-status=live|title=Anamanaguchi – Jaime ft. Jaime Brooks (Lyric Video)|date=November 12, 2020 |access-date=February 12, 2021|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} |
| scope="row"| "Everyday, Everynight (ft. Planet 1999)"
| 2021 | {{N/A|Unknown, possibly none}} |
Filmography
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 2013
| rowspan="2" | Musical Guest | Episode 79: Race to the Top – performed "Meow" and "Space Wax America" |
| Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
| Episode 854: Do Not Game List, "Xbox One" Demo – performed "Endless Fantasy" |
| 2023
| Wrote the opening song, sampling from "Bloom" by Necry Talkie{{Cite web |last=Polo |first=Susana |date=2023-10-31 |title=The Scott Pilgrim anime opening credits are a real banger, of course |url=https://www.polygon.com/23940363/scott-pilgrim-anime-takes-off-music-opening-credits |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=Polygon |language=en-US}} |
References
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External links
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- {{Discogs artist|667233-Anamanaguchi|Anamanaguchi}}
- [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtdPSQIDsZyhq3L7kITrKoA Anamanaguchi] on YouTube
- [https://twitter.com/anamanaguchi Anamanaguchi] on Twitter
- [https://anamanaguchi.bandcamp.com Anamanaguchi] on Bandcamp
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