This is a fan-made passion project that is in no way affiliated with KONAMI.
Planned release date: June 6th, 2026 at the pictSQUARE event Limit Gamer Rush"SP3"
Full color / Digital release / All ages / Free DL
Any and all artists of any skill level are welcome to contribute, whether you have prior experience with anthology/zine projects or not! The only requirements are to love BEMANI characters and yuri (●'◡'●)
Please read through the guidelines below before applying.
FOR POP'N-ONLY APPLICANTS: In the case that the amount of pop'n-only applicants exceeds the amount of other series' combined, only a limited number of applicants will be accepted to maintain the balance and ensure that this is an equally all-BEMANI work.
All BEMANI series, even including discontinued ones!
Official and unofficial ships, including crossovers
Polyamorous ships, love triangles and the like, and one-sided crushes are OK
Non-binary and unknown gender characters (if you're unsure, ask)
Multiple ships in one artwork, can be from the same or different series
Multiple people doing the same ship is OK
BGA and jacket characters, whether they have official names and information or not, are perfectly OK
Manga/comics with text in English (can be translated into Japanese for Japanese speakers, see other rules section below)
Double-page spreads
Collaborative artworks
Sexually suggestive or explicit artwork, as well as violent and/or gory artwork. This is intended for an all-ages audience.
AI-generated work, including AI tracing
Tracing existing artwork in general
Posting your full finished artwork anywhere
Publicly posting work-in-progress shots of your artwork
Directly adding official materials in your artwork (using it as reference material is obviously OK)
Non-BEMANI rhythm game characters and non-BEMANI characters in general. This includes characters like V-Tubers and Vocaloids that have collaborated with BEMANI—they must be originally BEMANI characters.
Original characters
Incestuous ships, meaning pairing family members together romantically, including adoptive family. (e.g. Rio × Kyoka, Tart × Toffee)
Underaged character × adult character (e.g. teacher/college student × high school student or younger)
NL/HL (straight ships) and BL (male × male ships), even if just minor. Male characters are allowed as minor characters as long as no romantic implications between them and any other characters are shown.
Male characters genderbent into girls
Gijinkas (humanized/personified versions) of songs, since they are not actual official BEMANI characters. However, gijinkas of existing non-human characters are OK
The artwork submission deadline will be on May 31st (subject to change, but will be in late May regardless)
All artworks must be in A5 size (recommended 2039*2893 pixels (350dpi), can be rotated horizontally*) and in RGB color space.
*Note that if your artwork is orientated horizontally, it will be rotated vertically in the book itself.
Maximum 4 pages per author. If you feel you need more, such as for a manga/comic, please inform the organizer.
Submit your finished work via email or Discord DM in either PNG or PSD format, and please add your name somewhere in the filename.
More to be added after the application period is over
As mentioned above, if you're making a manga/comic, you may exceed the 4 page limit within reason.
If you are making a manga/comic with text, I, the organizer, with assistance from a native speaker, will translate it into Japanese so that Japanese audiences can enjoy it too (the plan is for there to be an English and Japanese copy of the book). In this case, it must be submitted in PSD format with separate layers.
If and only if you are fluent in Japanese, you may take on the task of translating it yourself—if you'd like it to be proofread, just let me, the organizer, know.