经济学人下载:亚洲的想象力

Asian fantasies亚洲的想象力

No Mao suits here这里无极限

There is cash in Chinese comic-book conventions
中国的漫画书展有利可图

Aug 6th 2011 | HONG KONG | from the print edition

The Economist finally reveals the identity of its editors
经济学家最终揭露了编辑的目的。

THE violet and turquoise eyes, the blue wigs, antlers and angel wings all remind you that this is not the queue for the supermarket. The 1,100 people with the most striking costumes were spared the HK$30 ($3.85) admission fee to Hong Kong’s Ani-Com & Games convention, which lasted from July 29th to August 2nd. The result was a riot of Chinese opera, Japanese anime, French maids, Conan the Barbarian and Star Wars.

蓝紫色和蓝绿色的眼睛、蓝色的假发。鹿角和天使翅膀，所有这一切都在提醒你，这些不是超市排队的人。这1,100个装束特别的人每个人都可以免费获得价值30元港币（3.85美金）的入场券参加7月29日至8月2日的香港动漫电玩节。这是一场中国戏剧、日本动画、法国女仆、野蛮人柯南以及星际战争的狂欢。

Some 700,000 people crammed into the convention centre to gawk at comic books, see the latest games and watch their fantasies strut by. That number has more than trebled since 1999. Ani-Com has grown racier, too. A company called Gameone hired a dozen models to dress as characters from its electronic games, including a Japanese porn star. The first 40 visitors who filled out a special registration card each received a hug.

将近70万的观众涌入会场中心入神的翻阅动漫书籍、观看最新的游戏以及观赏他们梦寐以求的表演。这个人数是1999年的三倍之多。动漫节也越来越新潮了。深圳市泰傲互动科技有限公司雇了十几个模特模仿他们公司的电玩人物的装扮，其中包括一位日本的AV女优。前40名填完特制的签到卡的观众会得到该女优的拥抱一个作为奖励。