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* In late 2016/early 2017, KONAMI started shuffling around its executives in the company, as can be seen on their press releases on their official website [https://www.konami.com/news/en/2016/ here] and [https://www.konami.com/news/en/2017/ here]. It has been widely suggested that the new staff have wanted to focus more on the mobile division and less on arcades, and in order to have their in-house musicians stand out more, they created the label of '''BEMANI Sound Team''' to distinguish them from commission artists like [[Ryutaro Nakahara|Ryu☆]] or [[Kosuke Saito|kors k]]. | * In late 2016/early 2017, KONAMI started shuffling around its executives in the company, as can be seen on their press releases on their official website [https://www.konami.com/news/en/2016/ here] and [https://www.konami.com/news/en/2017/ here]. It has been widely suggested that the new staff have wanted to focus more on the mobile division and less on arcades, and in order to have their in-house musicians stand out more, they created the label of '''BEMANI Sound Team''' to distinguish them from commission artists like [[Ryutaro Nakahara|Ryu☆]] or [[Kosuke Saito|kors k]]. | ||
* KONAMI merged with a pachinko company which is rumored to have very strict policies on public appearances of its personnel and staff. In an attempt to dumb down appearances, the '''BEMANI Sound Team''' moniker was added, to the point where their names aren't even listed in the rare live events the in-house BEMANI staff participate in now. | * KONAMI merged with a pachinko company which is rumored to have very strict policies on public appearances of its personnel and staff. In an attempt to dumb down appearances, the '''BEMANI Sound Team''' moniker was added, to the point where their names aren't even listed in the rare live events the in-house BEMANI staff participate in now. | ||
** According to KONAMI's 48th annual general meeting of shareholders, the reduced public appearances of BEMANI artists was made so "they can focus on making content" [https://img.konami.com/ir/ja/stockbond/stockholderinfo/generalmeeting/48/questions_and_answers.pdf]. | |||
=== Effects on BEMANI as a whole === | === Effects on BEMANI as a whole === | ||
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* In-house artists on the song pages on the [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]] website were exclusively credited to '''BEMANI Designers'''. | * In-house artists on the song pages on the [[AC CANNON BALLERS|beatmania IIDX 25 CANNON BALLERS]] website were exclusively credited to '''BEMANI Designers'''. | ||
** [[Be a Hero!]], [[Catch Our Fire!]], and all of the [[BEMANI SUMMER GREETINGS]] songs don't list their jacket artists at all. In the latter's case, composer credits are also not listed. | ** [[Be a Hero!]], [[Catch Our Fire!]], and all of the [[BEMANI SUMMER GREETINGS]] songs don't list their jacket artists at all. In the latter's case, composer credits are also not listed. | ||
* The 10th anniversary event of jubeat in [[AC jb clan|jubeat clan]], clan kakumichi original characters & songs (clan各街オリジナルキャラクター&楽曲), exclusively involved commission artists, and all of the jackets for the event were commissioned as well. | * The 10th anniversary event of jubeat in [[AC jb clan|jubeat clan]], ''clan kakumichi original characters & songs'' (clan各街オリジナルキャラクター&楽曲), exclusively involved commission artists, and all of the jackets for the event were commissioned as well. | ||
** The commissioned jacket trend has continued into [[AC jb festo|jubeat festo]]. | ** The commissioned jacket trend has continued into [[AC jb festo|jubeat festo]]. | ||
* The ENCORE/PREMIUM ENCORE STAGE songs in [[AC GD EXCHAIN|GITADORA EXCHAIN]] onward don't have unique videos, the first ones that don't since the first two ENCORE STAGE songs in [[AC GD|GITADORA]]. | * The ENCORE/PREMIUM ENCORE STAGE songs in [[AC GD EXCHAIN|GITADORA EXCHAIN]] onward don't have unique videos, the first ones that don't since the first two ENCORE STAGE songs in [[AC GD|GITADORA]]. |