日本动漫：从“东方迪士尼”到价值数十亿的全球产业

Japanese anime: From 'Disney of the East' to a global industry worth billions

日本动漫：从“东方迪士尼”到价值数十亿的全球产业

Abiker gang slices through Tokyo's neon-soaked night. The riders hit the brakes next to a giant, black crater created by an atomic blast. It's so enormous that it bursts beyond the comic strip panels and seeps across the whole page.

阿比克尔·冈在被布满霓虹灯的东京夜晚穿梭。骑行者在一个巨大的黑色坑旁踩刹车，这个坑是由一次原子弹爆炸造成的。它是如此巨大，以至于它超出了漫画面板，沾满了整个页面。

This is the opening of "Akira," a popular science-fiction manga (Japanese comic or graphic novel) created in 1982 by Japanese artist Katsuhiro Otomo, whose work soon spread to a small core of fans in the US.

这是“Akira”的开场，这是一部受欢迎的科幻漫画(日本漫画或图画小说)，1982年由日本艺术家大藤胜弘(Katsuhiro Otomo)创作。他的作品很快就传播到了美国的一小群粉丝中。

"Americans had never seen anything like this before," said Susan Napier, a professor of Japanese studies at Tufts University, in a phone interview. "'Akira' was an incredible post-apocalyptic story that had psychological depth and the visuals to match. It was pushing boundaries in a way US comics at the time were not."

塔夫茨大学日语研究教授苏珊·纳皮尔在接受电话采访时说，“美国人以前从未见过这样的事情。”“‘Akira’是一个令人难以置信的后世界末日故事，心理深度和视觉效果很匹配。它正在以一种当时美国漫画没有的方式打破界限。”

Compared to DC Comics and Marvel, "Akira" felt subversive and different. The story follows biker gang leader Shotaro Kaneda as he battles to save his friend from a secret government program that conducts tests on psychic children.

与DC漫画和漫威相比，“Akira”给人的感觉是颠覆性的和与众不同的。故事讲述的是摩托车帮派头目金田正太郎对通灵儿童进行测试的一个秘密的政府项目中为解救他的朋友而战的故事。

In 1988, Otomo released "Akira" as an anime, a film so detailed and intricate that it took animators years to hand-paint each of the single shots used to bring the story to life.

1988年，Otomo将“Akira”作为一部动画片发行，这部电影如此详细和复杂，以至于动画师们花了数年时间手工绘制每一个用来让故事栩栩如生的镜头。

Touching on themes as disparate as sex, death, science fiction and romance, manga and anime catered to all ages and tastes. Commercial hits like "Pokémon" and "Dragon Ball Z," meanwhile, projected a new image of Japan to the world.

从性、死亡、科幻小说到爱情故事，漫画和动画触及了不同的主题，迎合了所有年龄层和口味。与此同时，《神奇宝贝》(Pokemon)和《龙珠Z》(Dragon Ball Z)等商业大片向世界展示了日本的新形象。

"The popularity of Japanese manga, anime and games have injected the world with a more human and relatable image of Japan and the Japanese."

“日本漫画、动漫和游戏的流行为世界注入了更人性化和更贴近日本人的形象。”