The Japanese retailer Kujibikido has announced the first volume of a 20th-anniversary online lottery for A Certain Magical Index.
This online lottery will feature various illustrations by Kiyotaka Haimura, the artist behind the light novel franchise. Sales will begin on August 27, 2024, at 5 PM Japan Standard Time and end on September 24, 2024, at 4:59 PM Japan Standard Time.
Further, ticket sales will cost ¥770 each, and shipments are planned to occur between late December 2024 and late January 2025. Shipping will occur in Japan and China, with no plans for overseas.
The following prize tiers, types, and likelihoods are listed:
- S Tier – 2/100 – Character fine Graphs
- A Tier – 10/100 – Acrylic Plates
- B Tier – 14/100 – Clear Posters
- C Tier – 27/100 – Acrylic Keychains
- D Tier – 47/100 – Tin Badges
A retweet campaign for acrylic plates is live on the company’s Twitter account and will conclude on September 24, 2024.
Some of the prizes can be viewed via our gallery below:
A Certain Magical Index originated as a light novel series before expanding into several other media, such as video games and manga adaptations. In fact, entire spinoffs have been birthed from Magical Index, including the significantly more popular A Certain Scientific Railgun.
Regardless, the Magical Index light novel is still ongoing, as it’s in the midst of its third series, Genesis Testament. The three seasons of the anime have adapted the first light novel series, known as the Old Testament. As of now, the second light novel series taking place right after the first, New Testament, has yet to receive an anime adaption.
- Check out our ongoing reviews of the light novels.
- The third volume of A Certain Magical Index New Testament is available for pre-order for Western fans.
- The eleventh volume of A Certain Magical Index Genesis Testament will be released in Japan next month.
While countless events and developments occur, A Certain Magical Index primarily follows protagonist Touma Kamijou, a high schooler residing in Academy City, a locale full of Espers. He is a Level 0, those whose Esper abilities are the lowest of the low.
However, Touma is different from the rest of the city since he seemingly has no latent Esper ability at all, instead possessing a mysterious power known as the Imagine Breaker in his right hand, which negates all supernatural phenomena. After meeting a young girl named Index, Touma ends up entangled in various plots involving the Science side and veiled Magic side of the world.
