author: Kay

Our second contest, featuring signed posters, a photobook and a calendar, was far more popular than the first contest, receiving nearly 700 submissions. Around half of the participants answered the questions correctly, while the other half came very close! The following winners have been selected from the correct answers by random:

D'espairsRay autographed poster: Eve A. from England

abingdon boys school autographed posters (x5):
Caudry M. from France,
Gabriela K. from Poland,
Mattis J. from Sweden,
Camilla F. L. from Brazil,
José C. L. from Brazil

Aoi autographed posters (x3):
Real B. E. M. from Mexico,
Stefanie G from Germany,
Letícia S. M. from Brazil

INORAN -autographed posters (x5):
Rhona Z. from Australia,
Tatiana P. from Russia,
Nicole C. from the USA,
Marcin S. from Poland,
Beata W. from Poland

Versailles -Philharmonic Quintet- autographed photobook: Christian G. Z. from Spain

Matenrou Opera autographed calendar (x3):
Sarah F. B from Australia
Sophie M. from Belgium,
Veera A. E. from Finland


Here are the answers to the questions asked:

1. When was the American division of JaME launched (which year)?

As answered correctly by many, this was in 2005.

2. Can you estimate how many visitors JaME welcomes, every single day?

15.000 (to 20.000 during special happenings) was the correct answer. We've received many right answers, but also people who guessed around a few hundred, or five million!

3. Which LUNA SEA song did abingdon boys school cover for the LUNA SEA MEMORIAL COVER ALBUM -Re:birth-?

Sweetest Coma Again was the LUNA SEA song they covered.

4. Name a D'espairsRay album that, while released in Europe, never had the same luck in the USA.

This seemed to be a rather difficult question, because we got several answers. The correct one is coll:set: it was released in Europe but not in the USA.

5. Versailles -Philharmonic Quintet- sometimes creates different versions of a release after every single member. What was the title of their DVD that started this habit?

The answer is the live DVD Aesthetic Violence, which even came with a special perfume from each member.


For autograph lottery C, we received over 700 answers. Not surprisingly, Moi dix Mois turned out to be the most popular one out of the participating artists. From all the submissions, we have chosen the following lucky winners at random:

Sel'm: Jalina Lynn R. from the USA
the Underneath: Alexander L. from the USA
heidi.: Ramona K. from Germany
Moi dix Mois: Carolina A. G. A from Brazil
Doremidan: Selene A. from Finland
HALCALI (x2): Floriane R. from France and Pinja L. from Finland

Congratulations to all winners, and thanks to everyone who participated in these contests! There are still two sets of contests running, you can find them here.