ANNIVERSARY (BEMANI Sound Team "U1 overground")
This page is for the KONAMI original song by U1-ASAMi titled ANNIVERSARY. For the license in ParaParaParadise by DAVE, DOMINO & VIRGINELLE of the same name, please see ANNIVERSARY.
ANNIVERSARY ∴∵∴ ←↓↑→
Song Information
Artist: BEMANI Sound Team "U1 overground"
Composition/Arrangement: Konami Amusement (U1-ASAMi)
BPM: 180
Length: 2:03
pop'n music Character: AFRO [10-1P]
First Music Game Appearance: DanceDanceRevolution A / pop'n music peace
Other Music Game Appearances: None.
Lyrics
None.
Song Connections / Remixes
- ANNIVERSARY ∴∵∴ ←↓↑→'s vocal soundbites are sampled from TRUTH behind U and 紅焔.
- The DanceDanceRevolution and pop'n music versions of ANNIVERSARY ∴∵∴ ←↓↑→ differ in one part of the song, about 45 seconds in: the DanceDanceRevolution version has sounds of stomping feet, while the pop'n music version of the song has sounds of buttons being slapped. The button sounds match up exactly with the EX chart for the song.
Trivia
- ANNIVERSARY ∴∵∴ ←↓↑→ was added to DanceDanceRevolution A and pop'n music peace on November 15th, 2018, as part of the DanceDanceRevolution A × pop'n music peace 20th Anniversaries event.
- In pop'n music peace, it is one of the unlocks of the pop'n time trip -prologue- (ポップンタイムトリップ プロローグ) event. It could be unlocked from November 15th, 2018 to February 19th, 2020 by filling out the second DDR 20th Anniversary stamp card.
- As of November 5th, 2020, it is available by default.
- In DanceDanceRevolution A, it is one of the EXTRA SAVIOR DDR 20th Anniversary Songs. The BEGINNER and BASIC charts are available by default, but DIFFICULT and EXPERT need to be unlocked, in order, via EXTRA SAVIOR.
- As of DanceDanceRevolution A20, it is available by default.
- In pop'n music peace, it is one of the unlocks of the pop'n time trip -prologue- (ポップンタイムトリップ プロローグ) event. It could be unlocked from November 15th, 2018 to February 19th, 2020 by filling out the second DDR 20th Anniversary stamp card.
- Mimi, Nyami, KONSENTO:01 and OSHARE-ZUKIN appear in ANNIVERSARY ∴∵∴ ←↓↑→'s jacket.
- Despite that pop'n music 10's AFRO is used in ANNIVERSARY ∴∵∴ ←↓↑→, AFRO received a new portrait and can be selected as a new character in the pop'n music peace character category.
- AFRO's new portrait did not have introductory text on the character selection screen. This was fixed on December 18th, 2018.
- Measures 34 to 41 of ANNIVERSARY ∴∵∴ ←↓↑→'s DanceDanceRevolution charts reference 大見解's charts, while measures 42 to 50 reference ♥Love²シュガ→♥'s charts.
- The "∴∵∴" and "←↓↑→" of ANNIVERSARY ∴∵∴ ←↓↑→'s title refer to pop'n music's buttons and DanceDanceRevolution's arrows respectively.
- Before January 29th, 2019, ANNIVERSARY ∴∵∴ ←↓↑→'s artist in pop'n music was BEMANI Sound Team"U1 overground" (without a space after "BEMANI Sound Team").
- ANNIVERSARY ∴∵∴ ←↓↑→ is available in DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX's GRAND PRIX mode from December 21st, 2023, by purchasing the GRAND PRIX music pack vol.23 (グランプリ楽曲パック vol.23).
- ANNIVERSARY ∴∵∴ ←↓↑→ is available in pop'n music Lively as part of the pop'n music Lively Selection Music Pack vol.4 (pop'n music Lively セレクション 楽曲パック vol.4).
Music Comment
None.
Song Production Information
None.
Character Information
None.
Difficulty & Notecounts
DanceDanceRevolution difficulty rated from 1 to 20 from X onwards.
pop'n music difficulty rated from 1 to 50 from Sunny Park onwards. (Ratings and notecounts obtained from BEMANIWiki 2nd.)
DanceDanceRevolution
| Game | Single | Double | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beginner | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | Basic | Difficult | Expert | Challenge | |
| Notecounts / Freeze Arrows / Shock Arrows | 144 / 16 | 278 / 12 | 429 / 21 | 654 / 16 | - / - / - | 266 / 13 | 419 / 18 | 643 / 14 | - / - / - |
| DanceDanceRevolution A→Present | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | - | 7 | 12 | 16 | - |
| DanceDanceRevolution GRAND PRIX | 4 | 7 | 12 | 16 | - | 7 | 12 | 16 | - |
pop'n music
| Game | Normal Mode | Battle Mode | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EASY | NORMAL | HYPER | EX | NORMAL | HYPER | |
| Notecounts | 215 / 2 | 569 / 24 | 879 / 28 | 1248 / 37 | 523 | - |
| pop'n music peace→Present | 13 | 30 | 42 | 48 | 31 | - |
| pop'n music Lively | 13 | 30 | 42 | 48 | - | - |