BEMANI

Bemani (ビーマニ, Bemani ^?) (also stylized as BEMANI) is the name of Konami's music video game simulation brand. Originally, the company was called Games & Music Division (G.M.D) until it was changed in honor of their first hit video game, beatmania in 1997. Their name, Bemani, is a syllabic abbreviation from beatmania. Following its success, the line was expanded with other gaming titles over the years.

There is a more colorful version of the logo, being created in 2004. This alternate logo is only used for a few previously selected titles:

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• DanceDanceRevolution Winx Club and DanceDanceRevolution MUSIC FIT.
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Bemani Events

Many of the events that open Konami, including the KAC tournament, also often exhibit several Bemani games.

Konami often has and has had various events involving one or more of their Bemani games. Some of them are:

KONAMI Arcade Championship (KAC)

Created in 2011, KONAMI Arcade Championship, is an annual competition presented by Konami for some of its video games including the following Bemani arcade games: beatmania IDX, DanceDanceRevolution, GITADORA, jubeat, pop'n music, REFLEC BEAT (until the end of 2016), SOUND VOLTEX (since 2012), DanceEvolution ARCADE (2012-2016), BeatStream (2014 and 2015), ミライダガッキ FutureTomTom (2013 and 2014), Nostalgia (since 2017) and DANCERUSH (since 2018).

A second contest, KAC Asia was also launched using Bemani's titles in 2011. However, the following years, the contest was merged with the original KAC.

BEMANI PRO LEAGUE

Created in 2020, BEMANI PRO LEAGUE is also an annual competition presented by Konami, but it focuses exclusively on Bemani games.

Other media

BEMANI Pocket

BEMANI Pocket (ビーマニポケット, bīmani poketto ^?) is a small portable device created by Konami in 1998 until 2001. In total, 26 versions of the device were created each with some Bemani game of some of his series like beatmania, DanceDanceRevolution, ParaParaParadise, pop'n music and GuitarFreaks.

Beatnation Records

beatnation Records is the brand of bemani's in-house music recording project founded in 2006 by BEMANI Sound Team "dj TAKA". A sub-brand, named beatnation RHYZE, was founded in 2014 with artists newcomers from SOUND VOLTEX and a few other Bemani series.

BEMANI生放送(仮)

BEMANI生放送(仮) (Bīmani namahōsō (kari), ''BEMANI生放送(仮)''^? Lit. BEMANI Live Stream), is a weekly live video broadcast, which began on September 12, 2013. The title kanji in parentheses, 仮 (kari), means temporary, indicating that the program could change its name, however, has kept it for several years after its debut. Only on certain important days, Yuki Nakashima, the star player DOLCE. and several commissioners cover the latest news about it for each of the active series. The program is commonly used to reveal exclusive news for the first time. In December 2014, the logo used on the show was revamped. Before the internal conflict of 2017, it was broadcast by BEMANI artists.

Official page

Over the years, various websites used to act as official pages for the company. From 2007 to 2010, two websites served as the main sources of information on BEMANI; BEMANI Portal, which covered the releases of their video games, and BEAT REVOLUTION / BEMANI MUSIC FOUNDATION, which covered the content of their songs. Since 2012. BEMANI Fan Site became the only website for the BEMANI brand.

Taito Station Takadanobaba is one of the stores that has several Bemani video games.

BEAT REVOLUTION

Launched in 2006, BEAT REVOLUTION was the first collaboration between i-revo (Internet Revolution) and BEMANI. The goal of the page was to cover the musical aspects of the series. It had a separate section for various Bemani artists, their albums and discographies, and special interviews. The website was closed in August 2007 when BEMANI MUSIC FOUNDATION took its place.

BEMANI Portal

BEMANI Portal was launched on April 25, 2007 as the hub page for all BEMANI titles. The first version of the website included only news of its active titles and web links together with the KONAMIstyle store and the コナミネット (KONAMI NET) service. In 2011, the page was renewed and new sections were added: Arcade Game, Game Soft, Mobile and Music. It was eventually shut down on January 3, 2012, redirecting instead to BEMANI Fan Site.

BEMANI MUSIC FOUNDATION

Bemani Music Foundation debuted in September 2007 as a replacement for BEAT REVOLUTION. The page was very similar to its predecessor, acting as a directory for Bemani's songs and artists. He also had a radio show called BEMANI RADIO. Finally, it was closed on June 30, 2010 and the address was redirected to Bemani Portal.

Bemani's alternative logo, used in certain titles.

BEMANI Fan Site

Opened on June 30, 2011, BEMANI Fan Site is the replacement of BEMANI MUSIC FOUNDATION and since January 3, 2012 replaced BEMANI Portal. The website reintroduced a section for music artists along with a special report about various events. He also resumed the radio show which was renamed BEMANI Backstage. Some time later, that radio program for a weekly live broadcast; BEMANI生放送(仮) in 2013. The website was revamped on December 12, 2014, and added a monthly music selection, a list of Bemani events, and also an introduction page to all its main active video games. On the home page, there is a selection of daily music featuring songs from REFLECT BEAT, jubeat and beatmania IIDX. The birth dates of pop'n music characters depending on the month were also included. The artist section was removed in 2017 due to internal conflict between Konami and BEMANI artists, leaving star player DOLCE as the artist. back then.

Titles

Bemani has had several titles, from several that had a short duration, to some that are still valid today:

Due to internal conflict, all video game series stop having credits and are instead developed by BEMANI Developers, songs are created by BEMANI Sound Team and all artwork (including videos) are created by BEMANI Design Team. Furthermore, all BEnama broadcasts since the start of the internal conflict were recorded by star player DOLCE, commissioned artists or other commentators.