インド首都で日本アニメをアピール　巨大市場攻略へイベント開催

　【ニューデリー時事】インドの首都ニューデリーで２８日から、日本アニメをアピールする大規模な展示イベントが２日間の日程で開かれた。人口１４億人超の巨大なコンテンツ市場攻略や、アニメをきっかけとした交流人口拡大が狙い。日系企業に勤める有志が企画し、日印両政府が後援した。
　「メラ！メラ！アニメ・ジャパン！！」と題し、ショッピングモールを会場にアニメ映画の上映会やコスプレショーなどを実施した。「メラ」はヒンディー語で縁日などの意味。日本の企業や大学もブースを構え、多くの来場者が詰め掛けた。
　東大大学院の井上信多郎さん（２３）はアニメ映画「すずめの戸締まり」に登場する３本脚の椅子のキャラクターを自作ロボットで再現し、会場を沸かせた。市場に日本アニメの海賊版や偽物があふれる中、実行委員会の滝俊介さん（４５）は「本物に触れる機会をつくりたかった。アニメという日本の最強コンテンツを熱心なファン以外にも知ってほしい」と話した。
　人気漫画・アニメ「ＯＮＥ　ＰＩＥＣＥ（ワンピース）」のファンという高校生イヤナ・ダスさん（１５）は「とてもすてきなイベント。もっと開いてほしい」と目を輝かせた。（2024/09/29-19:09）

A large-scale exhibition event promoting Japanese anime was held in New Delhi, the capital of India, for two days through Sunday.
   The event, called "Mela! Mela! Anime Japan," was aimed at exploring anime-related business opportunities in the huge Indian market backed by the country's population of over 1.4 billion and boosting the number of visitors to Japan through anime. It was organized by volunteers who work for Japanese-affiliated companies in India and was supported by the governments of Japan and India.
   A shopping mall was the venue for the event, where anime film screenings and cosplay shows were held and anime-related booths were set up by Japanese companies and universities.
   Shintaro Inoue, 23, a graduate student of the University of Tokyo, wowed the audience with his self-built robot that recreated the character of a three-legged chair in Japanese director Makoto Shinkai's anime movie "Suzume."
   With the market flooded with pirated and counterfeit copies of Japanese anime works, Shunsuke Taki, 45, a member of the event's executive committee, said, "We wanted to create an opportunity to experience the real things. We want people other than devoted fans to also get to know the strongest content in Japan, which is anime."