author: Kay

Here are the results and winners of the last two contests we held for our anniversary: contest C and autograph lottery D. The contest featured special signed items from various artists, and even had three drumheads of girugamesh as a prize. The correct and wrong answers we received were close in number. Here are the winners from contest C:

girugamesh autographed drumheads (x3: large, small and medium):
Julia M. from Germany
Jessica S. from the Netherlands
Nissa M. from Thailand

hime ichigo autographed reusable pocket warmer (x3):
Breno M. A. from Brazil
Msaddaq F. from Belgium
Trine F. from Denmark

Billy autographed cards (all members with case): Salli S. from Finland

J autographed sticker: Karina D. from the USA

SUGIZO autographed calendar: Kokovay J. D. from Hungary

Here are the answers to the questions:

1. When and why was JaME's third version launched?

As described on our "about the website" page: Autumn 2005. In response to numerous requests for advertising space relating to Japanese events/Japanese music shops, etc. and need for growth of the site itself, the JaME website was redesigned and the new third version of JaME was launched.

2. Which language were the sites preceding JaME in?

The sites that preceded JaME, such as Ongaku Da! and Japan Music, were all in French.

3. Before joining Billy, three of their members were in a band together. What was the name of this band?

The name of this band was Baxtu, also written as Baxtsu.

4. girugamesh has released a demo tape, [Shisaku kata enban]. When did that happen?

The release date was March 24th, 2004.

5. When was hime ichigo formed?

In 2004, October 1st to be precise.


For autograph lottery D, we got nearly 1000 submissions. Not surprisingly, An Cafe was the most popular band, seeing as more than half of the attendees wished to win their autograph. The following winners have been chosen at random:

An Cafe: Jenna V. from Finland
Kaya: Beth E. from the USA
Megamasso: Khosnur A. from the USA
MELLO: Francisca M. J. B. C from Chile
Merry: Rzeplińska D. from Poland
Onmyo-za: Sara P. L. from Spain
vistlip: Sabrina K. from Germany

Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to everyone who participated in these contests!