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[[Image:BEMANI.png|thumb|BEMANI logo since 1999.]][[Image:BEMANI alt logo.png|thumb|Alternate logo.]] 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 ''be''>at''mani''a. Following the success of beatmania, the line was expanded with other music-based games throughout the years.
[[Image:BEMANI.png|thumb|BEMANI logo since 1998.]][[Image:BEMANI alt logo.png|thumb|Alternate logo.]]
BEMANI (ビーマニ) is the brand name of KONAMI's music simulation game series. It was named after KONAMI's first successful game of the genre, [[AC bm 1st|beatmania]], with the name BEMANI being a Japanese syllabic abbreviation of '''''be'''''at'''''mani'''''a. Following the success of beatmania, 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:  
A more colorful variation of the logo was created in 2004. This alternate logo is used only for some select series or games only:  
* [[PnM AC 12|pop'n music 12 いろは]] to present, including CS releases and [[PnM CS rhythmin|pop'n rhythmin]].
* [[AC pnm 12|pop'n music 12 いろは]] to present, including CS releases and [[CS pnm rhythmin|ポップンリズミン]].
* Toy's March
* [[Toy'sMarch Information|Toy'sMarch]]
* [[CS DDR Winx Club|DanceDanceRevolution Winx Club]] and [[CS DDR MUSIC FIT|DanceDanceRevolution MUSIC FIT]]
* [[AC DANCE 86.4|DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION]]
* マリンバ天国
* [[CS DDR My First JP|My First DanceDanceRevolution]], [[CS DDR MUSIC FIT|DanceDanceRevolution MUSIC FIT]], and all European DanceDanceRevolution Wii games save for [[CS DDR HOTTEST PARTY|Dancing Stage HOTTEST PARTY]]
* ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom
* ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom


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== Active ==
== Active ==
''Please note that, as currently BEMANI no longer credits its staff, the producer and sound director columns might have old information. The last known producer and sound director for each series are listed here.''
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|-
|-
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="250px"|Name
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="250px"|Name
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="160px"|Activity
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="100px"|First release
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="160px"|Producer
!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="160px"|Sound director
|-
|-
| [[IIDXicon|beatmania IIDX]]
| [[beatmania IIDX Information|beatmania IIDX]]
| 1999→Present
| 1999
| [[Yoshitaka Nishimura|DJ YOSHITAKA]]
| [[Toshiyuki Kakuta|L.E.D.]], [[Aritomo Hamada|HuΣeR]]
|-
|-
| [[Pop'nnomicon|pop'n music]]
| [[pop'n music Information|pop'n music]]
| 1998→Present
| 1998
| [[Yoshitaka Nishimura|DJ YOSHITAKA]]
| [[Daichi Watanabe|PON]]
|-
|-
| [[DDRicon|DanceDanceRevolution]]
| [[DanceDanceRevolution Information|DanceDanceRevolution]]
| 1998→Present
| 1998
| [[Masaru Nakamura|ナカムラマサル]]
| [[Yuichi Asami|U1]]
|-
|-
| [[Gitadoraicon|GITADORA]] <small>(formally GuitarFreaks & DrumMania)</small>
| [[GITADORA Information|GITADORA]] <small>(formerly GuitarFreaks & DrumMania)</small>
| 1998&rarr;Present
| 1999
| [[Hiroyuki Masuda|まっする]]
| [[Yuya Yokoyama|Yvya]]
|-
|-
| [[jubeat Information|jubeat]]
| [[jubeat Information|jubeat]]
| 2008&rarr;Present
| 2008
| [[Hiroyuki Masuda|まっする]]
| ?
|-
|-
| [[REFLEC BEAT Information|REFLEC BEAT]]
| [[SOUND VOLTEX Information|SOUND VOLTEX]]
| 2010&rarr;Present
| 2012
| [[Yoshitaka Nishimura|DJ YOSHITAKA]]
| [[Takahiro Fukase|PHQUASE]]
|-
|-
| [[SOUND VOLTEX Information|SOUND VOLTEX]]
| [[NOSTALGIA Information|ノスタルジア]]
| 2012&rarr;Present
| 2017
| ?
| [[Jun Wakita|wac]]
|-
|-
| DanceEvolution ARCADE
| [[DANCERUSH Information|DANCERUSH]]
| 2012&rarr;Present
| 2018
| ?
| ?
|-
|-
| ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom
| [[DANCE aROUND Information|DANCE aROUND]]
| 2013&rarr;Present
| 2022
| [[Yoshihiro Tagawa|DJ TOTTO]]
| ?
|-
|-
| BeatStream
| [[Polaris Chord Information|ポラリスコード]]
| 2014&rarr;Present
| 2024
| ?
| ?
|}
|}


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!style="background:#9999ee; text-align: center;" width="160px"|Activity
|-
|-
| beatmania
| [[pop'n stage Information|pop'n stage]]
| 1997-2002
|-
| beatmania III
| 2000-2002
|-
| pop'n stage
| 1999 (arcade only)
| 1999 (arcade only)
|-
|-
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| 1999-2000
| 1999-2000
|-
|-
| RAP FREAKS
| [[Cancelled Games#RAP FREAKS|RAP FREAKS]]
| 1999 (cancelled, arcade only)
| 1999 (cancelled, arcade only)
|-
|-
| KEYBOARDMANIA
| [[KEYBOARDMANIA Information|KEYBOARDMANIA]]
| 2000-2001
| 2000-2001
|-
|-
| ParaParaParadise
| [[ParaParaParadise Information|ParaParaParadise]]
| 2000-2001
| 2000-2001
|-
|-
| Dance Maniax  
| [[Dance Maniax Information|Dance Maniax]]
| 2000-2001
| 2000-2001 (arcade only)
|-
|-
| MAMBO A GO GO  
| [[AC MAGG|MAMBO A GO GO]]
| 2001 (arcade only)
| 2001 (arcade only)
|-
|-
| Toy's March
| [[beatmania Information|beatmania]]
| 2005
| 1997-2002
|-
| [[AC bm III|beatmania III]]
| 2000-2002 (arcade only)
|-
| [[Toy'sMarch Information|Toy'sMarch]]
| 2005 (arcade only)
|-
| [[DANCE 86.4 Information|DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION]]
| 2005 (arcade only)
|-
| マリンバ天国
| September 15th, 2005 (home only)
|-
| [[REFLEC BEAT Information|REFLEC BEAT]]
| 2010&rarr;2018
|-
| [[DanceEvolution Information|DanceEvolution]]
| 2010&rarr;2016
|-
| ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom
| 2013&rarr;2015 (arcade only)
|-
| [[BeatStream Information|BeatStream]]
| 2014&rarr;2017 (arcade only)
|-
| [[MUSECA Information|MÚSECA]]
| 2015&rarr;2018
|-
|-
| DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION
| [[Cancelled Games#おといろは|おといろは]]
| 2005
| 2016 (cancelled, arcade only)
|-
|-
| Marimba Tengoku (マリンバ天国)
| [[Cancelled Games#Rizminance / 彩響DJアニクラゲ|彩響DJアニクラゲ]] <small>(formerly Rizminance)</small>
| September 15th, 2005
| 2018 (cancelled, arcade only)
|}
|}


= Events =
= Events =
== BEMANI Events ==
KONAMI often holds several events involving one or more of its BEMANI series. For a list of them, please see [[BEMANI Events]].
== KONAMI Arcade Championship (KAC) ==
== KONAMI Arcade Championship (KAC) ==
Created in 2011, the [[KONAMI Arcade Championship|KAC]] is an annual competition hosted by KONAMI for some of its games sweries including the following BEMANI 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 ミライダガッキ(since 2014)
Created in 2011, [[KONAMI Arcade Championship]] is an annual competition hosted by KONAMI for some of its arcade games series. Currently, it includes the following BEMANI games: beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, DANCERUSH, GITADORA (GuitarFreaks & DrumMania), jubeat, pop'n music, REFLEC BEAT, SOUND VOLTEX, and ノスタルジア.


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


== TAG's Birthday Festival (TAG生誕祭) ==
= Other Media =
''TAG's Birthday Festival (TAG生誕祭, TAG seitan matsuri)'' was a shared event between [[AC SPADA|beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA]], [[AC DDR 2013|DanceDanceRevolution (2013)]], [[AC GITADORA OverDrive|GITADORA OverDrive]], [[PnM AC SP|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 [[Yasuhiro Taguchi|TAG]]'s Birthday with songs by TAG being added to each games.
== BEMANI Pocket ==
The BEMANI Pocket (ビーマニポケット) are a portable game devices created by KONAMI in 1998 to 2001. In total, 26 versions of the device were created with each containing a BEMANI game from one of the following series: beatmania, DanceDanceRevolution, ParaParaParadise, pop'n music and GuitarFreaks.
 
== beatnation Records ==
[[beatnation Records]] is the in-house recording label of KONAMI's BEMANI music branch founded in 2006 by [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]]. A sub-label, beatnation RHYZE was founded in 2014 with upcoming artists mainly from the SOUND VOLTEX series and a few other BEMANI series.


== U.M.U × BEMANI ==
== BEMANI Backstage ==
''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: [[AC DDR 2014|DanceDanceRevolution (2014)]] ,[[jubeat saucer fulfill]] and [[REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!]].
BEMANI Backstage was an Internet radio program hosted by [[Asaki|あさき]] and [[Yuei Uematsu|Yuei]] from March 1st, 2012 to September 9th, 2013. Each week on Thursday, they covered the latest news with other BEMANI staff members as special guests. In 2012, a BEMANI Backstageテーマソング (Theme Song) contest was held in SOUND VOLTEX FLOOR. The winning song, [[V.I.P.]] was added to [[AC SDVX|SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH]] on November 8th, 2012. After the 70th episode, the program was put on indefinite hiatus.


== GUMI 5th Anniversary party Presented by BEMANI ==
== BEMANI Sound Team ==
''GUMI 5th Anniversary party Presented by BEMANI'' is shared event between [[AC SPADA|beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA]], [[AC DDR 2014|DanceDanceRevolution (2014)]], [[AC GITADORA OverDrive|GITADORA OverDrive]], [[PnM AC Lapistoria|pop'n music ラピストリア]], [[PnM CS rhythmin|pop'n rhythmin]] ,[[jubeat saucer fulfill]], [[REFLEC BEAT groovin'!!]] and [[SOUND VOLTEX II -infinite infection-]]. It started on June 26th, 2014 by adding [[BambooSword Girl|バンブーソード・ガール]], [[Gensoukei sekai shuufuku shoujo|幻想系世界修復少女]] and [[Idola]] in every game. Depending from series to series, other songs featuring VOCALOID GUMI were also added during the event in collaboration with the FLOOR INFECTION event.
Since November 1st, 2017, all in-house KONAMI original songs in BEMANI have been solely credited to '''BEMANI Sound Team'''. In-house musicians still appeared in live events but are referred collectively as "BEMANI Sound Team". The reason for this is unknown but it appears to be a policy extending throughout the Konami Amusement department. In-house graphic artists on KONAMI websites are solely credited to '''BEMANI Designers'''.
* The term was however used already as part of the announcement of the ''Continuing the Seniors! The Second Vocalist Contest'' update for [[AC SDVX IV|SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN]] on October 13th, 2017. The contest songs only credit the vocalists.
* On the [[AC DRS|DANCERUSH STARDOM]] location tests, in-house songs were credited to "オリジナル". Once the game was released, only the How To Play/Lesson songs are credited to オリジナル, and on the official website for the game only.
* As of December 13th, 2017, all the in-house KONAMI original songs added from there and on credit the artist name as well, written within quotation marks after the BEMANI Sound Team name.
* As of January 16th, 2019, the BEMANI Designers now have their names written within quotation marks as well.
** The change for BEMANI Designers is only reflected in websites so far, and not in-game. The SOUND VOLTEX series either retains the original artist credit or is left blank for newer jackets by in-house designers.
* In-house composers in soundtracks have been either credited under either '''BEMANI Sound Team''', '''Konami Amusement''' or '''Konami Digital Entertainment''' with their real names or aliases enclosed in parentheses.
* BEMANI Sound Team is credited in ''METAL GEAR SURVIVE'' for the cassette tape music, alongside the "PES Sound Team" (referring to the musicians and sound designers of the ''Pro Evolution Soccer'' series) and the cryptic "Successive KONAMI Composers".


== Hakken! Yomigaetta BEMANI iseki (発見！よみがえったBEMANI遺跡) ==
== BEMANI Namahousou(kari) ==
:''For more information, see [[Hakken! Yomigaetta BEMANI iseki|the event page]].''
[[Image:BEMANI Namahousou (kari).png|thumb|BEMANI生放送(仮) logo from 2013-2014.]]
BEMANI Namahousou(kari) (BEMANI生放送(仮)), abbreviated as '''BE生(仮)''', was a weekly live video broadcast that started on September 12th, 2013. The kanji in parenthesis in the title, 仮 (kari) means temporary, indicating that the program might change its name but was eventually kept as it is. Each Wednesday, various BEMANI staff covered the latest BEMANI news for each of the active series. The program was also commonly used to reveal exclusive news for the first time. On December 12th, 2014, the logo used for the program was revamped.


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 [[AC SPADA|beatmania IIDX 21 SPADA]], [[AC DDR 2014|DanceDanceRevolution (2014)]], [[AC GITADORA OverDrive|GITADORA OverDrive]], [[PnM AC Lapistoria|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.
Throughout 2017, BEMANI生放送(仮) stopped being weekly and aired only in specific days (to the point of becoming a rare occurrence), plus it also started to cover other KONAMI games such as the ''QUIZ MAGIC ACADEMY'' series. Since October 2017, in-house artists stopped appearing due to the BEMANI Sound Team policies.


= Other Media =
== Official Website ==
== beatnation Records ==
Throughout the years, a few websites acted as main websites for the brand. In 2007 to 2010, two websites served as the main BEMANI sources of information: BEMANI Portal which covered the games releases and BEAT REVOLUTION / BEMANI MUSIC FOUNDATION, which covered the music content. Since 2012, BEMANI Fan Site became the only website for the BEMANI brand.
[[beatnation Records|beatnation Records]] is the in-house recording label of KONAMI's BEMANI music branch founded in 2006 by [[Takayuki Ishikawa|dj TAKA]]. A sub-label, beatnation RHYZE was founded in 2014 with upcoming artists mainly from the SOUND VOLTEX series and a few other BEMANI series.
 
;BEAT REVOLUTION
Launched in 2006, BEAT REVOLUTION was the first collaboration between i-revo (Internet Revolution) and BEMANI. The website goal was to cover the musical aspect of the series. It had a separate section for BEMANI artists, the various BEMANI related albums and special interviews with the artists. The website was shut down in August of 2007 as BEMANI MUSIC FOUNDATION took it place.
;BEMANI Portal
The BEMANI Portal launched on April 25th, 2007 as the central hub for all the BEMANI series. The first version of the website included only news from all the active BEMANI series and links to all of those along with the KONAMI STYLE store and the コナミネット (KONAMI NET) service.
In 2011, the website was revamped and new sections were added: ARCADE GAME, GAME SOFT, MOBILE and MUSIC. It would eventually be closed on January 3, 2012, redirecting instead to BEMANI Fan Site.
;BEMANI MUSIC FOUNDATION
BEMANI MUSIC FOUNDATION debuted in September of 2007 as a replacement for BEAT REVOLUTION. The website was very similar to its predecessor, acting as a repertoire for BEMANI songs and artists. It also had a radio program titled BEMANI RADIO. The website closed on June 30, 2010 and the address redirected to BEMANI Portal.
;BEMANI Fan Site
Opened on June 30th, 2011, BEMANI Fan Site is the replacement to BEMANI MUSIC FOUNDATION and since January 3rd, 2012, to BEMANI Portal. BEMANI Fan Site re-introduced an artist section along with special report about various events. It also resumed the radio program which was retitled BEMANI Backstage. The radio program was eventually replaced by a weekly live broadcast, BEMANI生放送(仮) in 2013. The website was revamped on December 12th, 2014 and added a monthly music selection, a list of BEMANI events and an introduction page to all the current BEMANI series. On the front page, a selection of daily music is also featured with songs from REFLEC BEAT, jubeat and beatmania IIDX (which started at a later date). The birthdays of pop'n music characters for the month are also included.


= External Link =  
= External Link =  
* [http://eagate.573.jp/game/bemani/ BEMANI Fan Site]
* [http://eagate.573.jp/game/bemani/ BEMANI Fan Site]
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Background

BEMANI logo since 1998.
Alternate logo.

BEMANI (ビーマニ) is the brand name of KONAMI's music simulation game series. It was named after KONAMI's first successful game of the genre, beatmania, with the name BEMANI being a Japanese syllabic abbreviation of beatmania. Following the success of beatmania, 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:

Series

Active

Please note that, as currently BEMANI no longer credits its staff, the producer and sound director columns might have old information. The last known producer and sound director for each series are listed here.

Name First release Producer Sound director
beatmania IIDX 1999 DJ YOSHITAKA L.E.D., HuΣeR
pop'n music 1998 DJ YOSHITAKA PON
DanceDanceRevolution 1998 ナカムラマサル U1
GITADORA (formerly GuitarFreaks & DrumMania) 1999 まっする Yvya
jubeat 2008 まっする ?
SOUND VOLTEX 2012 DJ YOSHITAKA PHQUASE
ノスタルジア 2017 ? wac
DANCERUSH 2018 ? ?
DANCE aROUND 2022 DJ TOTTO ?
ポラリスコード 2024 ? ?

Inactive / Cancelled

Name Activity
pop'n stage 1999 (arcade only)
DanceDanceRevolution Solo 1999-2000
RAP FREAKS 1999 (cancelled, arcade only)
KEYBOARDMANIA 2000-2001
ParaParaParadise 2000-2001
Dance Maniax 2000-2001 (arcade only)
MAMBO A GO GO 2001 (arcade only)
beatmania 1997-2002
beatmania III 2000-2002 (arcade only)
Toy'sMarch 2005 (arcade only)
DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION 2005 (arcade only)
マリンバ天国 September 15th, 2005 (home only)
REFLEC BEAT 2010→2018
DanceEvolution 2010→2016
ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom 2013→2015 (arcade only)
BeatStream 2014→2017 (arcade only)
MÚSECA 2015→2018
おといろは 2016 (cancelled, arcade only)
彩響DJアニクラゲ (formerly Rizminance) 2018 (cancelled, arcade only)

Events

BEMANI Events

KONAMI often holds several events involving one or more of its BEMANI series. For a list of them, please see BEMANI Events.

KONAMI Arcade Championship (KAC)

Created in 2011, KONAMI Arcade Championship is an annual competition hosted by KONAMI for some of its arcade games series. Currently, it includes the following BEMANI games: beatmania IIDX, DanceDanceRevolution, DANCERUSH, GITADORA (GuitarFreaks & DrumMania), jubeat, pop'n music, REFLEC BEAT, SOUND VOLTEX, and ノスタルジア.

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

Other Media

BEMANI Pocket

The BEMANI Pocket (ビーマニポケット) are a portable game devices created by KONAMI in 1998 to 2001. In total, 26 versions of the device were created with each containing a BEMANI game from one of the following series: beatmania, DanceDanceRevolution, ParaParaParadise, pop'n music and GuitarFreaks.

beatnation Records

beatnation Records is the in-house recording label of KONAMI's BEMANI music branch founded in 2006 by dj TAKA. A sub-label, beatnation RHYZE was founded in 2014 with upcoming artists mainly from the SOUND VOLTEX series and a few other BEMANI series.

BEMANI Backstage

BEMANI Backstage was an Internet radio program hosted by あさき and Yuei from March 1st, 2012 to September 9th, 2013. Each week on Thursday, they covered the latest news with other BEMANI staff members as special guests. In 2012, a BEMANI Backstageテーマソング (Theme Song) contest was held in SOUND VOLTEX FLOOR. The winning song, V.I.P. was added to SOUND VOLTEX BOOTH on November 8th, 2012. After the 70th episode, the program was put on indefinite hiatus.

BEMANI Sound Team

Since November 1st, 2017, all in-house KONAMI original songs in BEMANI have been solely credited to BEMANI Sound Team. In-house musicians still appeared in live events but are referred collectively as "BEMANI Sound Team". The reason for this is unknown but it appears to be a policy extending throughout the Konami Amusement department. In-house graphic artists on KONAMI websites are solely credited to BEMANI Designers.

  • The term was however used already as part of the announcement of the Continuing the Seniors! The Second Vocalist Contest update for SOUND VOLTEX IV HEAVENLY HAVEN on October 13th, 2017. The contest songs only credit the vocalists.
  • On the DANCERUSH STARDOM location tests, in-house songs were credited to "オリジナル". Once the game was released, only the How To Play/Lesson songs are credited to オリジナル, and on the official website for the game only.
  • As of December 13th, 2017, all the in-house KONAMI original songs added from there and on credit the artist name as well, written within quotation marks after the BEMANI Sound Team name.
  • As of January 16th, 2019, the BEMANI Designers now have their names written within quotation marks as well.
    • The change for BEMANI Designers is only reflected in websites so far, and not in-game. The SOUND VOLTEX series either retains the original artist credit or is left blank for newer jackets by in-house designers.
  • In-house composers in soundtracks have been either credited under either BEMANI Sound Team, Konami Amusement or Konami Digital Entertainment with their real names or aliases enclosed in parentheses.
  • BEMANI Sound Team is credited in METAL GEAR SURVIVE for the cassette tape music, alongside the "PES Sound Team" (referring to the musicians and sound designers of the Pro Evolution Soccer series) and the cryptic "Successive KONAMI Composers".

BEMANI Namahousou(kari)

BEMANI生放送(仮) logo from 2013-2014.

BEMANI Namahousou(kari) (BEMANI生放送(仮)), abbreviated as BE生(仮), was a weekly live video broadcast that started on September 12th, 2013. The kanji in parenthesis in the title, 仮 (kari) means temporary, indicating that the program might change its name but was eventually kept as it is. Each Wednesday, various BEMANI staff covered the latest BEMANI news for each of the active series. The program was also commonly used to reveal exclusive news for the first time. On December 12th, 2014, the logo used for the program was revamped.

Throughout 2017, BEMANI生放送(仮) stopped being weekly and aired only in specific days (to the point of becoming a rare occurrence), plus it also started to cover other KONAMI games such as the QUIZ MAGIC ACADEMY series. Since October 2017, in-house artists stopped appearing due to the BEMANI Sound Team policies.

Official Website

Throughout the years, a few websites acted as main websites for the brand. In 2007 to 2010, two websites served as the main BEMANI sources of information: BEMANI Portal which covered the games releases and BEAT REVOLUTION / BEMANI MUSIC FOUNDATION, which covered the music content. Since 2012, BEMANI Fan Site became the only website for the BEMANI brand.

BEAT REVOLUTION

Launched in 2006, BEAT REVOLUTION was the first collaboration between i-revo (Internet Revolution) and BEMANI. The website goal was to cover the musical aspect of the series. It had a separate section for BEMANI artists, the various BEMANI related albums and special interviews with the artists. The website was shut down in August of 2007 as BEMANI MUSIC FOUNDATION took it place.

BEMANI Portal

The BEMANI Portal launched on April 25th, 2007 as the central hub for all the BEMANI series. The first version of the website included only news from all the active BEMANI series and links to all of those along with the KONAMI STYLE store and the コナミネット (KONAMI NET) service. In 2011, the website was revamped and new sections were added: ARCADE GAME, GAME SOFT, MOBILE and MUSIC. It would eventually be closed on January 3, 2012, redirecting instead to BEMANI Fan Site.

BEMANI MUSIC FOUNDATION

BEMANI MUSIC FOUNDATION debuted in September of 2007 as a replacement for BEAT REVOLUTION. The website was very similar to its predecessor, acting as a repertoire for BEMANI songs and artists. It also had a radio program titled BEMANI RADIO. The website closed on June 30, 2010 and the address redirected to BEMANI Portal.

BEMANI Fan Site

Opened on June 30th, 2011, BEMANI Fan Site is the replacement to BEMANI MUSIC FOUNDATION and since January 3rd, 2012, to BEMANI Portal. BEMANI Fan Site re-introduced an artist section along with special report about various events. It also resumed the radio program which was retitled BEMANI Backstage. The radio program was eventually replaced by a weekly live broadcast, BEMANI生放送(仮) in 2013. The website was revamped on December 12th, 2014 and added a monthly music selection, a list of BEMANI events and an introduction page to all the current BEMANI series. On the front page, a selection of daily music is also featured with songs from REFLEC BEAT, jubeat and beatmania IIDX (which started at a later date). The birthdays of pop'n music characters for the month are also included.

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