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:

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

  • 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).

beatnation Records

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

Links


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BEMANI Events
2011 LincleLINK - pop'n music 20 - KAC 2011
2012 APPEND TRAVEL - ギタ・ドラ・jubeat大夏祭り - つぎドカ! - KAC 2012
2013 Café de Tran - パステルくんとスミス氏のRUNRUNマラソン! - 私立BEMANI学園 - ミミニャミ・コタローのフライングキャッチ! -
FLOOR INFECTION - POLICY BREAK - クプロ・ミミニャミ・パステルくんのみんなで宇宙戦争!! -
jubeat・GITADORA・DDRのTriple Journey - KAC 2013 - 熱闘!BEMANIスタジアム
2014 TAG生誕祭 - U.M.U × BEMANI - GUMI 5th Anniversary party Presented by BEMANI - 発見!よみがえったBEMANI遺跡 - KAC 2014
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