BEMANI
Background
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>atmania. 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:
- pop'n music 12 いろは to present, including CS releases and pop'n rhythmin.
- Toy's March
- DanceDanceRevolution Winx Club and DanceDanceRevolution MUSIC FIT
- ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom
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 |
| ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom | 2013→Present |
| BeatStream | 2014→Present |
Inactive / Cancelled
| Name | Activity |
|---|---|
| beatmania | 1997-2002 |
| beatmania III | 2000-2002 |
| 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 |
| MAMBO A GO GO | 2001 (arcade only) |
| Toy's March | 2005 |
| DANCE 86.4 FUNKY RADIO STATION | 2005 |
| Marimba Tengoku (マリンバ天国) | September 15th, 2005 |
Events
BEMANI Events
KONAMI oftenly 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, the 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)
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.
Other Media
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.
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