Bessatsu Kadokawa Soryoku Tokushu Kalafina - tokuten & other info

Kalafina announced on the 10th Jan that there will be a special Bessatsu Kadokawa Soryoku Tokushu publication that will be solely about Kalafina.  I wanted to write about it but was simply too busy to then.  I think by now most fans would know about this release.

Kadokawa is asking Kalafina fans to fill out a questionnaire by the 30th Jan and your comments might be included in the magazine. :)  CLICK ME to complete the questionnaire.

I've already filled it out and submitted it already. :)  I'm not sure if anyone was daunted by the Japanese but in case some people didn't do it because they thought they had be a resident of Japan or something, I can safely tell you that you don't need to be a resident of Japan to submit your comments.  You can just select "その他" in the drop-down menu that asks for which prefecture or town you come from and you will still be able to submit your replies.
In case anyone needs a simple translation and how-to guide, I'll do it after I talk about the tokutens.

Kalafina also announced that there will be tokutens given out with the pre-order and purchase of this publication.

Let me go through the tokutens and a little bit more additional info about this release.

This will be a A5 size release and will consist of 230 pages and will cost 1500 yen.  The book will not only have interviews with Wakana, Keiko and Hikaru, there will also be a long interview with their producer Kajiura Yuki.  I think the book may also include comments form other cross-genre artists?  At least I think that's what they are saying.

You can pre-order this release on Kadokawa's official site and at the FictionJunction Club webstore.

The Kadokawa pre-order period is from the 23rd Jan to 5th Feb. CLICK ME.
They will be giving out 3 tokutens with the pre-order.
1) A message mail from Kalafina personalized with the purchaser's name.
2) An autographed digital wallpaper for use on a PC, Smartphone or mobile phone.
3) A special postcard A.

The FictionJunction Club pre-order period is from the 23rd Jan to ??.  I don't think they stated when the pre-order ends, although they did say that they will begin shipping on the 3rd March. CLICK ME to purchase. (Note that you will have to be an FJC member to purchase this)
1) special cover
2) mini clear file
They will be selling this at the Budokan too and the special cover will be the same.  You will have to purchase this through the FJC webstore to get the mini clear file though.  They will not be giving this out at the FJC booth at the Budokan.

You can also purchase this book at Animate stores.  Animate stores will be giving out the following tokuten.
1) special postcard B
It looks like you will not need to pre-order to get this tokuten.

I'm thinking someone may have already translated this for English speaking fans but I'll do it anyway.

To fill out that questionnaire, you'll have to first go to this page. CLICK ME

You should see this:

Click the big button that says "プライバシーに同意して答えする".
It means that you agree to the "privacy policy" written out here and are willing to answer the questionnaire.

You will then see a page that looks like this:

Answer the following questions:

By the way, you don't have to use your real name.  They accept nicknames / pen names.  And although they are asking for "furigana", the web form will still work if you don't type in hiragana.

After you're done, click that button below.  The one that says "入力内容確認".  It means something like "confirm input".

You should see a page that looks like this:

By the way, I made up those answers for the purpose of this post. What I actually submitted wasn't this of course. :)

If you are ready to submit, hit the button on the right that says "入力完了" which means something like "input finished".

If you want to make amends, hit the button on the left that says "戻る" which means "return".

If you hit "入力完了", you should see this:

And you're done.  That button at the bottom just closes the window for you.

Now I'm not sure if they are accepting anything not written in Japanese but my answers were a mix of Japanese and English. :)  I don't know if they'll publish it but I thought that I would just try anyway. :)

Have fun guys and don't forget that the deadline is the 30th Jan which is pretty soon.  So if you intend to participate, please do so soon. :)

Okay... I'm off to sleep.... 3:10am... yikes!!! :P

p.s. not going to to a proper grammar / spelling check etc... so please bear with any glaring mistakes.  good night. :)