Programming FAQ

Q: When will the guests be announced?

A: Most guests are announced in the months before Japan Expo Marseille, usually from December to the event. If they’re not in the Guest section of the website, they’re coming soon. New guests will be announced until the event. 

Q: When will the schedule be online?

A: The complete schedule is online 2 or 3 weeks before the event but it begins to fill up when the first announces are released.
Attention, changes may always occur until the last minute. 

Q: How much are the events? Where can we get tickets?

A: When you’re inside the festival, all the programming on official areas are free, unless otherwise specified. In the case of charged events, tickets are on sale online on our website. 

Q: Can I have several autographs during the festival?

A: During the whole of the festival, one autograph is allowed per guest and per attendee. You cannot have several autographs of the same guest, but you can have one per guest for as many guests as you wish. 

Q: I just have to go meet the guest to get an autograph?

A: No, it's not that easy: to get an autograph, you must have a signing ticket, which you can get from our mobile app. It gives you access to the corresponding signing.
The signing schedule is on the general schedule.
To know how to get a signing ticket on the app, read this page.

Q: I’ve got a signing ticket but missed the signing. Can I use it for another signing?

A: No, even for the same artist. A signing ticket is only valid for the signing it indicates.
Moreover, you cannot have another ticket for another signing by the same artist. Eacg attendee is only allowed one signing - and thus, one signing ticket - per guest for the whole duration of the festival.

Q: Can I get the signing ticket just before the signing?

A: To make sure you can get one, you should go get it on the app as soon as your entrance ticket has been scanned. For some guests, we are out of signing tickets very quickly. 

Q: So I can get the signing ticket the day before, to make sure I get one?

A: No, signing tickets for the day’s signings are only available from the morning of that same day.

Q: How much are signings?

A: All signings by the festival guests on official signing areas (Sumiré area) are free. Yet you may be asked to bring an official product bought on site for the autograph.

Q: I won Jens at some game. What are they?

A: Jens are the festival’s money. You can exchange the Jens you won for prizes at the Jen Shop. 

Q: How can I exchange my Jens?

A: Go to the Jen Shop, next to the Activities Desk, and you’ll be offered to choose a product, or more, among those proposed, depending on the number of Jens you have. 

Q: Where is the Jen Shop?

A: The Jen Shop is set at the festival’s Activities Desk. It’s the only place where you can exchange your Jens.

Q: How can I collect Jens?

A: There are several ways of winning Jens:

• Entering the activities proposed by the Jen Shop partners, on stage or on their booths
• Taking part in the games organized at the Activities Desk. For more information, visit our staff members there during the festival!

The Jen Shop partners and the Activities Desk games are announced on our website in the weeks before the festival.

Q: Can I get the Jen Shop products against something else than Jens? Isn’t there any other way to buy them?

A: The Jen Shop products can only be exchanged against the sum in Jens corresponding to the product.

Q: I haven’t used all my Jens during the festival. Are they lost?

A: Jens given out in 2017 and after cannot expire. They can be used in all Japan Expo festivals, Japan Expo Paris or Japan Expo Marseille, and from one year to another. For instance, you can collect Jens at several festivals to get bigger prizes.

Attention, Jens won in 2016 and earlier are not accepted anymore.

Q: What kind of products are available at the Jen Shop?

A: Many different products are proposed at the Jen Shop, for different prices in Jens, with badges, T-shirts, or figurines.  Depending on the number of Jens you got, you can also get big prizes such as game consoles.

Q: Are the Jen Shop products the same at each festival?

A: The Jen Shop products can be different from one festival to another, from one year to the next. The best way to know what’s proposed is to visit the Jen Shop!

Q: Do I need to have the exact amount of jens to exchange them for a prize? 

A: There is no change given on jens, so try to have the exact amount of jens not to lose to many jens. 

Q: I have another question! What do I do?

A: You can read the attendees' guide here and the other information pages, and if it still does not answer your question, send us a message and we’ll find the answer! Use the "Contact us" section of the website and be careful when choosing the type of request, it will be easier for us to find the answer.