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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 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.


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: