A few days after the past livestream was aired, a dedicated minisite for the Taiko no Tatsujin franchise's 25th anniversary was opened, accessible by clicking the banner above on the official website's main page or through this link. In there lie a few celebrative projects from the getgo, alongside a glimpse of what's to come for the celebration.
See you after the jump, where we'll also integrate the few extra beats from the Taiko Team's own livestream recap from the official blog!
First of all, the celebrations are opened with a promo video, starring professional Taiko drum performer Maiki beating at the rhythm of From the New World, one of the songs from the very first (console) Taiko title. Bigass wadaiko drum and scenic room projection imagery included!
Speaking again of the Taiko Team's own livestream recap post, a few links were made active for a number of campaigns surrounding the 25th anniversary's eve, here brought up for your hyperlink-browsing convenience. A few user-submitted memories that didn't make it for the proper livestream were also posted (in Japanese) on the same entry, so be sure to check on those, too.
Please check out our own recap post for what each of those events are about (as much as we know about 'em, to date)!
One final noteworthy project for the just-opened minisite to unveil is a small anniversary-versed song project: the Donderful Song Project (ドンダフルソング大作戦). For this very celebration, Don-Chan fancies becoming a music producer himself, by overseering the creation project of four brand-new Namco Original, each aiming to convey the unique and donderful charm of Taiko no Tatsujin en large. Each of the four songs will have its own official MV video, with a few choice impressions from its composers being showcased on the 25th Anniversary website. Official downloads for all your streaming needs -both vocal and off-vocal- will also be available for each!
As you may have guessed, the recently-launched Re:Play!! that was announced for last February's last stream is the first of the four songs in the Donderful Song Project, with its dedicated subsection already being filled out. Who knows, you may even hear about it on our shores sometime soon...
As novered in the taiko_all official X handle (link), expect the next song in the project to be released on May 2026.
Source
02/20/26 Taiko no Tatsujin Official Blog Entry
Please check out our own recap post for what each of those events are about (as much as we know about 'em, to date)!
- Taiko no Tatsujin Goods Campaign 2026
- Donder Couple Exchange event (March 1st)
- Taiko no Tatsujin x Project Sekai Collaboration Page
One final noteworthy project for the just-opened minisite to unveil is a small anniversary-versed song project: the Donderful Song Project (ドンダフルソング大作戦). For this very celebration, Don-Chan fancies becoming a music producer himself, by overseering the creation project of four brand-new Namco Original, each aiming to convey the unique and donderful charm of Taiko no Tatsujin en large. Each of the four songs will have its own official MV video, with a few choice impressions from its composers being showcased on the 25th Anniversary website. Official downloads for all your streaming needs -both vocal and off-vocal- will also be available for each!
As you may have guessed, the recently-launched Re:Play!! that was announced for last February's last stream is the first of the four songs in the Donderful Song Project, with its dedicated subsection already being filled out. Who knows, you may even hear about it on our shores sometime soon...
As novered in the taiko_all official X handle (link), expect the next song in the project to be released on May 2026.
Source
02/20/26 Taiko no Tatsujin Official Blog Entry
