At Polymanga we have decided to get rid of cans and plastic bottles. This decision reduces our waste by more than 50%! In return, we offer the official bottle of Polymanga 2020 to everyone who takes their first drink. It’s waterproof and you can keep it long after the festival.
Better still: if you already have the Polymanga bottle or if you come with your own bottle, the 3dl refill of your bottle is half price compared to the price of a classic drink!
Visitors will be accustomed to using water bottles, they are offered as gifts and the price of drinks for visitors is halved once the water bottle is acquired.
Thanks to Clip Studio Paint and Polymanga, "Ma Bulle" the art contest goes global !
In addition to all the cash prizes awarded, if you use Clip Studio Paint to make your digital art, you have a chance to fly to Switzerland during Easter, including accommodation and artist booth at Polymanga 2020. Whatever the country you live in !
How to participate ?
MABULLE is an individual drawing contest that takes place BEFORE the festival. It's a drawing contest in which everyone can vote and participate.
The Participation in the MaBulle contest is mandatory for all artists who have a booth at Polymanga. The contest is also open to any aspiring draftsman. You have to create your digital drawing all by yourself.
Each participant must make an illustration in A4, 300 DPI, on the theme “Pop Corn".
This must be made in color and preferably saved in .jpg format. Erotic art is forbidden. The only other imperative to participate is mentioning "Polymanga 2020" on the page.
The deadline for sending your art via "Contact us” (category Artist) on the Polymanga website: Thursday, February the 6th, 2020 at 13:00 (Paris time). Please kindly tell us with which artist name (Pen Name) your drawing will be published on social networks.
13 prizes will be given in total
6 Facebook awards
Out of those, 6 prizes will be awarded through Facebook. We will let visitors to polymanga's facebook group vote for their favorite drawing from February the 10th to March the 2nd. Depending on the number of "likes", the winner will leave with 250CHF, the 2nd with 150CHF, the 3rd with 100CHF, the 4th with 100CHF, the 5th with 100CHF and the 6th with 60CHF.
6 Jury awards
In addition to this, each contribution will be rated by a jury. There are 6 Prizes to be awarded by the Jury. The winners chosen by the jury will win the sums equivalent to the facebook prize. The winner will leave with 250CHF, the 2nd with 150CHF, the 3rd with 100CHF, the 4th with 100CHF, the 5th with 100CHF and the 6th with 60CHF.
Prizes are doubled in the event of placement in the Jury Prize and the Facebook Award.
1 Clip Studio Paint Big Prize
including the flight to Switzerland (Economy), 4 stars accommodation, Polymanga artist booth. To be eligible for this prize, your digital art must be done, partially or totally with Clip Studio Paint. Please mention you also take part to the Clip Studio Paint contest of Ma Bulle when sending your digital art by the contact form (ART) on the website. The use of Clip Studio Paint for Ma Bulle art contest is only mandatory if you want to take part to the Clip Studio Paint part of the contest. The winner of the "Big Prize Clip Studio Paint” will be chosen by Celsys, the Japanese developers of Clip Studio Paint among all the participants. Rules for Artist booths at Polymanga 2020 apply for the winner of the "Grand Prize Clip Studio Paint” contest (Arting Spirit on site participation, no erotic content, etc. Please read the rules of Artists Booth before applying)
NB: Polymanga can decline the submission of a picture (copy, erotic content, size, etc...). In that case, the artist can send on new one. Do not forget that a good drawing can help you get into the artist selection of Polymanga.
The rules of the contest can be changed at any time by the organiser.
All you need is to click here to watch the video !
https://youtu.be/pOAQQEfL3VA
The first 2,000 happy 4-day Pass owners will have a lightstick as a gift.
Registration for POLYMANGA 2020 is open until the 22nd of January, 1 PM, Paris Time
Artists Registration for Polymanga 2020: Let's go.
Anyone who has always dreamed of participating in Polymanga can try their luck now via the contact form.
The booth is free if you are an artist. Since there is only a limited number of booths, only the best artists will be selected to participate in Polymanga. You must submit 3 new illustrations that you have not yet submitted to the organization in order to apply for a booth. Put your heart in these 3 creations, because those are the only ones we will judge. It happens that some talented artists neglect this phase and are refused because their 3 drawings were made in a hurry.
Pornographic drawings and copies are prohibited on the show. Fan art is accepted as long as it does not correspond to more than 50% of the creations posted on the stand. Fan art is forbidden in the 3 illustrations that you present for the selection of Polymanga.
In addition, all those selected to have a booth must participate in the contest "Ma Bulle" at Polymanga, which takes place online (on distance) before the festival. Whether you are selected as an artist or as a visitor for this edition of Polymanga, we advise you to take the "Ma Bulle" contest seriously.
In the selection we often take the creations of previous years to decide the acceptance of artists for the following years. In addition, this year, the public ranking and jury of "Ma Bulle" will define your location at the show.
Finally, the selected artists who can participate in the artistic contest "Arting Spirit 3.0" which takes place during the festival in partnership with Clip Studio Paint.
To apply, please send 3 zipped drawings and / or the web page to your 3 works via the contact form in the "Artists" selection (a zip or pdf file regrouping your 3 works). The attached file can not exceed 10 megabytes.
NB: The artist category is reserved for drawing/digital artist, we do not have booths reserved for writers who do not draw.
Registration deadline: 22nd of January 2020, 1 PM, Paris Time.
It is an artistic contest taking place DURING the festival. Visitors can witness the creation process of every artist and therefore discover their universe in real live.
All artists having a stand at Polymanga must participate.
During Polymanga's first day (Friday the 10th of April), at the opening, the artists will know the topic. 2 hours later the first artists will be randomly picked and will have to start the Arting-Spirit contest on the artistic platforms dedicated for the occasio, outside their artist stands.
Each artist will have 2 hours, one by one, to submit his or her creation on CLIP STUDIO PAINT. Their creation process will be released live during the festival and then on the internet and social networks.
On Monday the 13th of April, a jury will judge each creation secretly. The one that gets the highest grade will win the contest. The winner will earn 1600CHF, the 2nd 1000CHF, the 3rd 500CHF, the 4th 250CHF and the 5th 100CHF. The Polymanga reward is 500CHF.
The winners will be announced publicly during the pubic ceremony in which every artist will briefly explain his or her artistic process.
Polymanga hopes to achieve a new objective with the theme of “Pop culture is good”. We believe that pop culture, as well as being fun for you, can be great for doing good things around us. The concepts of charity duels and 40,000 moves for the planet are part of it, but this is just the beginning!
Polymanga will always fight for visitors to get more value for their money with:
- Free entrance for children from 1 to 8 years old
The Polymanga messenger, a new interface that allow direct and friendly contact with guests.
A new concept of charity show that will confront Polymanga guests in pop culture duels for charity.
Every year at Easter, families gather to see the best of the entertainment on 18,000 m2. For this year, we expect more than 50 guests, several concerts, film screenings, YouTubers, web series, more than 10 gaming tournaments, a publisher showroom, 4 cosplay shows, karaoke... and many other activities, without forgetting a big shopping arcade!
Polymanga 2020 will take place during Easter, like every year!
The festival is held from 10 to 13 April 2020. We invite you for a fantastic moment of entertainment, with your friends or your family!
Sum up of opening hours
Friday 10.4 : 10 a.m - 7:30 p.m (9 a.m presales)
Saturday 11.4 : 10 a.m - 7:30 p.m (9 a.m presales)
Sunday 12.4 : 10 a.m - 7:30 p.m (9 a.m presales)
Monday 13.4 : 10 a.m - 6:30 p.m (9 a.m presales)
Presales could be exchanged with the definitive bracelet a week before the festival starts in many FNAC stores in Switzerland. Therefore, the waiting time will be shorter at the entrance compared to the previous years.
Polymanga 2020 will be held at the 2M2C of Montreux (Avenue Claude Nobs 5, 1820 Montreux, Switzerland) over 18,000 m2.
Special offers of Montreux-Vevey Tourism will be available
on this link :
http://www.montreuxriviera.com/offre-polymanga
Do you like comfort?
Eurotel is a 4 stars hotel that can welcome you, 5 minutes away from the festival, in front of the lake! http://www.eurotel-montreux.ch
Polymanga is accessible by foot, 5 minutes walking from the train station of Montreux.
Polymanga in Montreux is a wonderful infrastructure surrounded by a stunning landscape.
About only an hour from Geneva Airport and 20 minutes away from Lausanne, Montreux Riviera is the ideal destination to escape during a weekend. Either you feel more "trendy" or "rustic" style, you will be seduced by all the possibilities that this magic place has to offer to you. Feeling like the good old days between the lake and the mountains, as well as many international stars such as Freddie Mercury or Charlie Chaplin.
The fantastic Eurotel Hotel welcomes you to Montreux with a breathtaking view. This incredible 4 stars housing is located 5 minutes away from 2m2c of Montreux, place of Polymanga.
It is the more convenient way to enjoy Polymanga!
http://www.www.eurotel-montreux.ch
Lausanne-Montreux (15 min): One train every 10 mintues.
Geneva-Montreux (1h): 2x/hour, a train arrives directy to Montreux.
Neuchâtel-Montreux (1h): One train/hour, change at Lausanne (Lane 3-4).
Fribourg-Montreux (1h): 2 trains/hour, change at Lausanne.
Sion-Montreux (30 min.): one train arrives direclty to Montreux, 4x per hour.
Berne-Montreux (1h30): 2 trains/hour with change at Lausanne.
Zurich-Montreux (2h30): 2 trains/hour with a change at Lausanne.
Paris-Montreux (trip: 4h30) Lyria TGV Line, from the train station.
From Zurich (2h): Direct flight to Geneva Airport (1h), then travel by train or by car (1h)
From Paris (2h): Direct flight to Geneva Airport (1h), then travel by train or by car (1h)
Polymanga's entrance costs 28 Swiss francs per day or 50 Swiss francs with the 4 days Gold pass.
The entrance is free for children under 9 years old.
The Polymanga pre-sale tickets are available on the polymanga.com website (print @ home) or in FNAC stores.
The pre-sale ends on Thursday the 9th of April at 11 p.m. After the 9th , tickets will only be available at the entrance of the festival, if some remain.
PAY ATTENTION : the very high attendance of last year has forced us to limit the number of tickets per day in order to avoid congestion.
IN CASE OF SATURATION AT SOME POINT OF THE DAY, only the persons with pre-sale tickets are possible enter the event. Visitors without pre-sale tickets will have to wait for other visitors to leave the event.
Be noticed that the first 500 visitors entering the festival will receive a Polymanga document holder (to pick up at the entrance of the building). Having a pre-sale ticket is mandatory.
Sheshounet is coming to Polymanga on the 10th and 11th of April at the 2m2c of Montreux!
As a YouTube Game rising star with more than 500.000 followers Sheshounet can be considered as the new version of Joueur du Grenier. He is coming to Polymanga to reveal a preview, to give a talk and to do signing sessions with you.
Sheshounet is the greatest video-game tester on earth, and if aliens would exist he would be the greatest of the universe. With his little rough humour and his love for video games you will have a great time with him.
The Global Easter Cosplay, the Polymanga international cosplay comes back to amaze you on Easter Monday, April 13th!
CANADA: AXEL COSPLAY
I am born in France, but I settled in Canada since my younger age, I was first introduced to live action role-playing gamse (LARPS. Eversince I got interested in Cosplay.
I made my own costumes since I started, I try as much as I can to make it as real as possible by adding my personal touch. This led me to win more than fifteen Awards in costume making and interpretation on stages across Canada!
Photography by DragonLance
Global Easter Cosplay, Polymanga's international cosplay returns on Easter Monday the 13th of April to amaze you!
4 years after his first participation in Global Easter Cosplay Echow returns with an even more impressive costume to take revenge!!
INDONESIA: ECHOW
My name is Echow, I am a cosplayer from Indonesia. I've been cosplaying since 2006. I love making costumes, especially armor from games, animes or manga. I really like to put myself on stage. I love creating special performances and choreographies for my shows.
Echow has received numerous awards around the world.
The Global Easter Cosplay, the Polymanga international cosplay comes back to amaze you on Easter Monday, April 13th!
USA
Vraskaa Cosplay is a cosplayer from Austin TX that specializes in large armor builds and props. She has been featured in many maganzines and articles, recognized by creators of the games she cosplays from, and has been a guest at conventions multiple times. She teaches panels over getting into foamsmithing and other armor techniques for the more advanced builders, judges cosplay contests, and gets to make costumes by commission or for the haunted house that she works at. While she may have only started making costumes about 3 years ago she keeps striving to learn new techniques and skills to keep improving on her work.
Dooms is coming to Polymanga for the first time on the 12th and 13th of April at the 2m2c Convention Center of Montreux!
Solving puzzles, sharing terrific stories, realizing challenges, playing video games ... here are some topics she adresses on dooms channel! And she is doing it with a lot of humor! Dooms will reach her million of fans at Polymanga :D.
For the first time, Louis-San, the most famous Japanese francophone, is coming to Polymanga!
Japanese food, mangas, Japanese school... are just a few examples of subjects discussed in Louis-San's videos.
This YouTuber plays provide you with a lot of information about the land of the rising sun with fun and humour. You will learn a lot while you have fun.
Louis-San has collaborated with Tev from Ici Japan, during an internship in the manga field. Now you can find him on 2 channels : his personal channel and on "Tev & Louis"!
For the first time Jeel is coming to Polymanga! She will be there on the 10th and 11th of April at 2m2c in Montreux!
Jeel is a Streamer / YouTuber who has been experiencing a meteoric rise on Twitch since a few months. She offers a wide variety of content, combining video games, thematic discussions, cooking, travel and collaborations with other artists. She particularly appreciates Japanese culture and pop culture, including manga, anime and cosplay.
For her first participation in Polymanga, come and discover her and measure yourself against her on stage for a fun and very technical challenge where the notions of altitude and gravity will suddenly take on a whole new meaning!
For the first time Sunsup is coming to Polymanga. She will be there on the 12th and 13th of April in 2m2c of Montreux!
Sunsup is a real ray of sunshine on the internet. Gracefully mixing gaming, fast-paced cosplay, humor and lifestyle, she shines with more than 200,000 subscribers on Youtube, Twitch or Instagram.
Polymanga organises its exclusive concert with Azumi Inoue and her daughter Yuyu on Friday 10th, April at the 2m2c Convention Center of Montreux.
Azumi Inoue is the original singer of the following animated films: The Castle in the Sky, My Neighbor Totoro and Kiki's Delivery Service.
Yuyu is Azumi Inoue's daughter. In 2012, when she was 7 years old, she performed for the first time in public. She sang "6 Said No Ballad" on NHK public Youtube channel in the "Minna no Uta" show.
This 50 years old show has been highly overwhelmed by rebroadcasting requests of the song for more than 7 months. This is a record since usually songs are not played for more than 2 months in a raw. In 2013, she released a single called "Tan Tan Tan", issued from a collaboration with the Watanabe Flower Rock band. Her new song has been a real success with more than 700'000 views when it has been broadcasted again in the Youtube show. In 2014 her song called « Hanbun Otona » was performed as a duo with her mother Azumi Inoue and was broadcast on « Minna No Uta ». It is then her third song released on the famous show NHK, which is an achievement only reached by few singers. In 2018 she set up a new challenge by becoming a rock singer in Maguro Nikan group. This 15 years old teenager is actively studying in parallel to her career.
The American actress Beverly Mitchell (7th Heaven, SAW II, The Secret Life of the American Teenager) is coming to Polymanga on the 10th and 11th of April at the 2m2c convention center of Montreux.
The kind and dynamic actress will be the first to inaugurate the unique free photo and signing systems for actors at Polymanga.
For 10 years and 242 episodes Beverly Mitchell has made her mark on international TV with her role of Lucy Camden, the sister everybody would have loved to have from the tv show « 7th Heaven ».
She also plays the role of Kaitlin O’Malley from season 3 in the tv show called « The Secret Life of the American Teenager ». For horror movie fans she also played the role of Laura in Saw II.
Beverly Mitchell
Major roles
7th Heaven (Lucy Camden)
The Secret Life of The American Teenager (Kaitlin O’Malley)
Saw II (Laura)
The Crow (Grace)
Hollywood Darlings
Other TV Shows
Quantum Leap, Melrose Place
Baywatch, Hey Arnold.
Kevin and Henry Tran, Le Rire Jaune duo, is on board at Polymanga.
More than focusing on their Genkidama, they will give lectures, signing sessions and they will comment the finals of Super Smash Bros.
The beautiful Mary Frozencrystal has been chosen to meet you all on 12th and 13th April to spread her Energy at Polymanga !
She will release a preview, participate in a discussion and she will spend time with you during signing sessions!
The Re:Take duo, famous for their parodies, will sum up your favorite cartoon videos. It will be fun, you can find it at Polymanga!
Re:Take, the duo Maxime Hoareau and Victor Niverd, gathered many actors that are passionate about dubbing their parodies. They became famous in June 2017, thanks to their French versions of Anime in Minutes series from Gigguk, then they started to write their own summaries once the adaptations were finished.
They already have more than 400,000 subscribers.
Polymanga organises its exclusive concert with Azumi Inoue and her daughter Yuyu on Friday the 10th of April at the 2m2c Convention Center of Montreux. Azumi Inoue is the original singer of the following films : The Castle in the Sky, My Neighbour Totoro and Kiki’s Delivery Service.
Azumi Inoue’s career has started in 1983 when she got the good graces of the public by singing the end credits of the Ghibli Studio animated film called « The Castle in the Sky». Her reputation increased even more when she performed the two credits of My Neighbour Totoro « Stroll » and « My Neighbour Totoro ». She also sang « Changing Seasons and Maho no Nukumori » songs in Kiki’s Delivery Service.
Besides the Japanese animated films’ credits, she also performed for the local authorities, traditional school textbooks songs and The Tale of Peter rabbit’s credits. Her voice and her music have lived through generations.
Fanny Antigny for the drawing and Kevin Tran (Le Rire Jaune) for the scriptwriting, are Ki & Hi manga’s authors. She will sign autographs to celebrate the 5th volume of her manga.
DEO TOONS is getting alive at Polymanga on the 10th and 11th of April at the 2m2c of Montreux!
DEO TOONS is part of to the new cartoons generation. Through animation he tells his personal anecdotes and turns normal life aspects into epic episodes. This brought hum more than one million of fans following him on his Youtube channel. He also has a secondary channel called DIABO in which he focuses more on drawings and video games.
He come to Polymanga to reveal a preview, to give a talk and to do signing sessions.
The brilliant Karal comes to Polymanga on 10 and 11April for a preview, a talk on stage and signing sessions!
Karal is known for her gaming channel mixing gameplay, unique humor and colorful scenes. Over 500,000 fans follow her on YouTube, Twitch and social media.
Henry Tran’ from the Rire Jaune duo, comes back to Polymanga on 10th and 13th of April.
Besides Focusing on their Genkidama, they will also do talks on stage, signing sessions, and they will comment the finals of Super Smash Bros.
For the fifth consecutive year, the Polymanga Global Easter Cosplay will gather the best cosplayers of the world at the convention center 2m2c in Montreux, on Monday 13 April 2020!
As a reminder, a Cosplay is a show of participants that have made their own costumes from their favorite heroes (Manga, Video Game, Comics, TV show, Movies...)
Polymanga Global Easter Cosplay (Polymanga GEC) is an international individual Cosplay contest that gathers the 10 best world cosplayers during a final taking place on Monday in the prestigious Stravinsky amphitheater. After a selection made at distance at the end of 2018, the best cosplayers have been invited by the organisation in order to compete in Switzerland for a breathtaking final, in front of the polymanga audience!
During the big final, 3 winners will be designated by an experienced jury. it will be judging the 3 best costumes and performances.
You can contact us for any request regarding the Polymanga 2020 organization (artists, exhibitors...)
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