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[[Image:BEMANI.png|thumb|BEMANI logo since 1999.]][[Image:BEMANI alt logo.png|thumb|Alternate logo.]] | [[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 ''' | BEMANI (ビーマニ) is the brand name of KONAMI's music simulation game series. The brand was originally named the '''Game Machine Division''' (G.M.D.) until it was changed in honor of its first successful game, [[AC bm 1st|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. | ||
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: | ||