How to enter FC lottery?

Oversea FC members also can enter the FC lotteries for tours, concerts, events, etc.
What you need is your FC membership number, a trusted agent (family/friend/deputy) to make the payment for you in Japan and a Japan address (family's/friend's/deputy's address or your hotel address).


Step 1:

Email the FC directly (saveus@janne.co.jp) during the application period, saying that you are an overseas Janne Da Arc Official Fan Club member and want to join an FC lottery, quoting your name, your membership number and the lottery title (example: Acid Black Cherry Project 『Shangri-la』 2nd Season～北陸・甲信・東海tour～ Janne Da Arc Official Fan Club lottery). Try to make the email as simple as possible.

Make sure to include this information also:
・performance date(s) you request
・number of ticket(s) you request
・how to pay
(Please ask your family/friend/deputy their preferred choice of payment method. You can always contact me through my twitter regarding the payment methods list if you don't know because the methods can differ from one lottery to another lottery depending on the organizer. For the Acid Black Cherry Project 『Shangri-la』 tours, the payment methods can be found here.)

You can use this as the email subject: A.B.C.[insert tour name here] ファンクラブチケット先行予約受付 お問い合わせ

Email example:

To: saveus@janne.co.jp
Subject: A.B.C.関西・中国 tour ファンクラブチケット先行予約受付 お問い合わせ

Dear Save Us!

My name is XXXXXXXX. I am an overseas Janne Da Arc Official Fan Club member (membership number: XXXXXX). I want to enter Acid Black Cherry Project 『Shangri-la』 3rd Season～関西・中国 tour～ Janne Da Arc Official Fan Club lottery.

Below are my application details.

Performance dates: 24th December, 27th December
Number of tickets: 1 for 24th December, 2 for 27th December
How to pay: Seven Eleven

Regards,
XXXXXXXX

Step 2:

Wait for the FC to reply and then wait for the lottery result announcemet.


Step 3:

Lottery result.
The FC will contact you (and give you the payment details if you win).
If you win, go to the step 4.


Step 4:

Make the payment before the payment deadline.
If you are not in Japan during the payment period, ask your trusted agent to make the payment for you. Please give or forward the payment details to your trusted agent.
If you do not have any family or friend in Japan to do it for you, you can use a deputy agent or shopping service.

If you never use any deputy agent before, I may suggest this...
http://kairai1414.livejournal.com/ (kairai1414@yahoo.co.jp)


Step 5:

Email the FC a Japan address no later than one month before each performance date.
(If you win more than one performance, the tickets will be sent separately, according to the performance dates. The ticket(s) will be shipped two weeks before each performance date.)

If you use Kairai as your deputy service in step 4, you can email the FC your hotel address.
If your family/friend made the payment for you, then you can use your hotel address as well, in case you don't want to use their address.

For other deputy services, you can contact them yourself on how to do this.

DVD/album/single Lottery, General Lottery and General Sales

Another ways of getting Acid Black Cherry concert tickets are through DVD/album/single lottery or general lottery or general sales.


DVD/album/single lottery normally happens when the artist is releasing a new DVD/album/single. When you buy a DVD/album/single, you will find a code and URL on a piece of paper in the DVD/album/single packaging. If you are not in Japan, someone in Japan (your trusted agent; family/friend/deputy) need to enter the lottery for you.

How it works?
You (or your trusted agent) need to go to the given URL and use the code to enter the lottery. If you don't have anyone you know in Japan and need to use a deputy agent, many (Kairai, Ticket Princess, etc) can do this just fine for you. All you need to do is to give the URL and the code to them, and they will do the rest for you.


General lottery also can happen during a big tour or when the artist doesn't have any new release. Entering the general lottery is the easiest way of getting a ticket; you don't have to be an FC member, you don't need any code to enter it and you don't need to face the 'nightmare' of getting the general sales ticket. If it's available, you can normally find the general lottery information at the OHPs or by searching the play guides (e-plus, L-tike, Pia).

How it works?
You (or your trusted agent) need to go to the corresponding URL and just enter the lottery. If you don't have anyone you know in Japan and need to use a deputy agent, many (Kairai, Ticket Princess, etc) can do this just fine for you. All you need to do is to give the URL to them, and they will do the rest for you.



The trickiest part of getting an Acid Black Cherry concert ticket is the general sales ticket.

If your family/friend is familiar with general sales and has all the needed skills to go on the 'war' in order to get the tickets, then you can ask them. But please bear in mind, Acid Black Cherry's general sales tickets are tremendously hard to get, they usually get sold out in less than 5 minutes if we are lucky, but most of the time they get sold out in a glimpse of the eyes. Many deputy services also are afraid to take on this task and they can't really promise you that they will successfully secure the tickets.

However, if you still need a deputy service for this, then Ticket Princess can do it for you. Please read here. You need to use the Request Form B.

Where to find the general sales information?
You can go to L-tike, Pia or e-plus, and search for "Acid Black Cherry". You also can find it at the OHPs.

The general sales page for Shangri-la tour can be found here (L-tike), here (Pia) and here (e-plus).
If you are using a deputy service, you can just give the listed links from L-tike, Pia or e-plus to them.