User:Miik/BEMANI

Background

BEMANI's logo since 1999.

BEMANI (ビーマニ) is the brand name of KONAMI's music simulation game series. The brand was originally named the Games & Music Division (G.M.D.) until it was changed in honor of its first successful game, beatmania in 1999. The name BEMANI is a Japanese syllabic abbreviation of BEatMANIa. From there, the line was expanded with other music-based games throughout the years.

A more colorful variation of the logo was created in 2004. This alternate logo is used only for some select series or games only:

• pop'n music 12 いろは to present, including CS releases and pop'n rhythmin.
• Toy'sMarch
• DanceDanceRevolution Winx Club and DanceDanceRevolution MUSIC FIT
• Future TomTom

Series

Active

Name	Activity
beatmania IIDX	1999→Present
pop'n music	1998→Present
DanceDanceRevolution	1998→Present
GITADORA (formally GuitarFreaks / DrumMania)	1998→Present
jubeat	2008→Present
REFLEC BEAT	2010→Present
SOUND VOLTEX	2012→Present
DanceEvolution ARCADE	2012→Present
Future TomTom (ミライダガッキ)	2013→Present
BeatStream	2014→Present

Inactive / Cancelled

Name	Activity
beatmania	1997-2002
beatmania III	2000-2002
pop'n stage	1999 (AC only)
HELLO! POP'N MUSIC	2011 (AC only)
Beat'n Groovy	October 8, 2008 (CS only)
Utacchi（うたっち)	February 25, 2010 (CS only)
DanceDanceRevolution Solo	1999-2000
Dancing Stage	1999-2008
RAP FREAKS	1999 (cancelled, AC only)
KEYBOARDMANIA	2000-2001
ParaParaParadise	2000-2001
Dance Maniax	2000-2001
MAMBO A GO GO	2001 (AC only)
Toy'sMarch	2005
DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION	2005
Marimba Tengoku (マリンバ天国)	September 15th, 2005

Events

Since 2011, events are created in collaboration between two or more BEMANI series.

Event	Duration	Games
2011
Lincle LINK	2011 - 2014	beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle, jubeat copious, REFLEC BEAT limelight
WE LOVE pop'n music minna de tsukutte 20 ～artist wa kimida-tsu!～ WE LOVE ポップンミュージック　みんなでつくって20 ～アーティストはキミだっ！～	2011-2013	pop'n music 20 fantasia, pop'n music Sunny Park (?)
2012
APPEND TRAVEL	3/14/2012 - 9/25/2012	beatmania IIDX 19 Lincle, DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX, GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3, pop'n music 20 fantasia, REFLEC BEAT limelight, SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH
GitaDora and jubeat Large Summer Festival ギタ・ドラ・jubeat大夏祭り	8/01/2012 -	GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3, jubeat copious
BEMANI Linked Songs Battle "Tsugidoka!" BEMANI連動選曲バトル「つぎドカ！」	12/19/2012 - 1/09/2013	DanceDanceRevolution X3 VS 2ndMIX, GuitarFreaksXG3 & DrumManiaXG3, pop'n music Sunny Park, REFLEC BEAT colette
2013
Café de Tran	TBA	2 games
Pastel-kun to Smith-shi no RUNRUN Marathon! パステルくんとスミス氏のRUNRUNマラソン!	3/03/2014	TBA
Private BEMANI Academy 私立BEMANI学園	X - 12/19/2013	TBA
Mimi Nyami & Kotaro no Flying Catch! ミミニャミ・コタローのフライングキャッチ!	TBA	TBA
FLOOR INFECTION	TBA - 2015	TBA
POLICY BREAK	TBA	SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection-
Q-pro, Mimi, Nyami & Pastel-kun no Minna de Uchuu Sensou!! クプロ・ミミニャミ・パステルくんのみんなで宇宙戦争!!	TBA	TBA
jubeat, GITADORA and DDR's Triple Journey jubeat・GITADORA・DDRのTriple Journey	8/01/2013 - 9/02/2013	TBA
Fight! BEMANI Stadium 熱闘！BEMANIスタジアム	TBA	TBA

KONAMI Arcade Championship (KAC)

Created in 2011, the KAC is an annual competition hosted by KONAMI for some of its arcade series: beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, GITADORA (GuitarFreaks & DrumMania), jubeat, pop'n music, REFLEC BEAT, SOUND VOLTEX (Since 2012), DanceEvolution ARCADE (Since 2012), BeatStream (since 2014) and Future TomTom (since 2014)

A second contest, KAC Asia, was also held in Asia using only BEMANI series in 2011. The following years, the second contest was merged with the original KAC.

TAG's Birthday Festival (TAG生誕祭)

TAG's Birthday Festival (TAG生誕祭, TAG seitan matsuri) was a shared event between beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA, DanceDanceRevolution (2013), GITADORA OverDrive, pop'n music Sunny Park, jubeat saucer fulfill, REFLEC BEAT colette -All Seasons-, SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection-, DanceEvolution ARCADE, ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2 and BeatStream. It started on March 25th, 2014 on TAG's Birthday with songs by TAG being added to each games.

U.M.U × BEMANI

U.M.U × BEMANI is an event between BEMANI and Japanese talent agency Horipro. From May 21th, 2014 to August 13th, 2014, songs from the U.M.U. (Under Major Unitidol) contest were added to three BEMANI series: DanceDanceRevolution (2014) ,jubeat saucer fulfill and REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!.

GUMI 5th Anniversary party Presented by BEMANI

GUMI 5th Anniversary party Presented by BEMANI is shared event between beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA, DanceDanceRevolution (2014), GITADORA OverDrive, pop'n music ラピストリア, pop'n rhythmin ,jubeat saucer fulfill, REFLEC BEAT groovin'!! and SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection-. It started on June 26th, 2014 by adding バンブーソード・ガール, 幻想系世界修復少女 and Idola in every games. Depending from series to series, other songs featuring VOCALOID GUMI were also added during the event in collaboration with the FLOOR INFECTION event.

Discovery! BEMANI Ruins Revived (発見！よみがえったBEMANI遺跡)

For more information, see its page.

The Discovery! BEMANI Ruins Revived (発見！よみがえったBEMANI遺跡, Hakken! Yomigaetta BEMANI iseki) event is a collaboration event between beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA, DanceDanceRevolution (2014), GITADORA OverDrive, pop'n music ラピストリア, jubeat saucer fulfill, REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!, SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection-, DanceEvolution ARCADE, ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom Ver.2, and BeatStream. The event started on July 24th, 2014 and is still in progress as of now.

Other Media

• beatnation Records: The in-house recording label of KONAMI's BEMANI music branch since 2006.
• BEMANI Pocket (ビーマニポケット, 1998-2000)

• BEMANI Backstage (2012-2013)
• BEMANI Namahousou (kari) (BEMANI生放送(仮), 2013→Present)

• Fan Site: Home page for all the BEMANI related news and projects.

• The Epic of Zektbach (2009-2011): Media mix project by TOMOSUKE.
• HinaBitter♪(ひなビタ♪, 2012→Present): Media mix project co-produced by TOMOSUKE and FujimiShobo (富士見書房).

Links

• BEMANI Fan Site

Sandbox

Table

• Add more infos, such as details on AC / CS released, current game + sound director?

Possible template to be used on the events page.

• Put them in order + color text

1. FF1400;