Japanese Anime Screening and Networking Lunch (March 17, 2024)
2024/4/5
On March 17th, a Japanese anime screening and networking lunch was held at a movie theater in Delhi, inviting Indian government officials and businesspeople as well as representatives from Japanese companies for a discussion on enhancing people-to-people exchanges between Japan and India through anime (Cooperation by Sony India).
Prior to the screening of the anime, Mr. Shunsuke Taki, CFO, Corporate Planning and Strategy of Sony India, and Ms. Jenica, Assistant Director at JETRO New Delhi, held a brief dialogue in Hindi and Japanese to demonstrate Japan-Indian exchange through language and to showcase the power of anime. While many in the audience had never seen Japanese anime before, it was clear that the participants genuinely enjoyed the anime, and the event successfully conveyed the excellence of Japanese anime productions to Indian audience members across different generations.
At the networking lunch following the anime screening, Mr. Taki gave opening remarks, and Ambassador Suzuki and Mr. Chawla, Advisor, East Asia Division, Ministry of External Affairs, India, delivered remarks on behalf of the Embassy of Japan and the Government of India respectively.
In his opening remarks, Mr. Taki talked about his own personal experience of having a heart-to-heart with an Indian man who happened to sit next to him during an anime screening, and expressed his desire to contribute to people-to-people exchanges between Japan and India by discovering Indian youth who dream of becoming animators and creators, supporting their study in Japan, and helping them find employment in the animation industry.
In his remarks, Ambassador Suzuki mentioned various titles of Japanese anime for different age groups and stated that, as many young Indian people learn about Japanese culture by watching anime, he hopes their parents' generation will encourage their children to watch anime as motivation to learn Japanese. In addition, he noted that while the Embassy continues to put great effort into promoting people-to-people exchanges in the areas of tourism, studying abroad, and employment, he expressed his hope that on top of these existing exchanges, as Mr. Taki mentioned, there will be people who will contribute to the anime industry in Japan and India.
In closing, Advisor Chawla mentioned the importance of people-to-people exchanges in addition to the political and economic aspects of Japan-India relations. He also provided some commentary on Japanese words and expressions used in the anime, along with their Hindi translations, and discussed the potential of learning Japanese through anime.
Following the remarks, representatives from the Japanese and Indian governments and companies discussed the promotion of people-to-people exchanges through anime. Ambassador Suzuki and Advisor Chawla spoke with young Indian audience members about studying and working in Japan, and discussed measures to encourage more Indian people to come to Japan.
Prior to the screening of the anime, Mr. Shunsuke Taki, CFO, Corporate Planning and Strategy of Sony India, and Ms. Jenica, Assistant Director at JETRO New Delhi, held a brief dialogue in Hindi and Japanese to demonstrate Japan-Indian exchange through language and to showcase the power of anime. While many in the audience had never seen Japanese anime before, it was clear that the participants genuinely enjoyed the anime, and the event successfully conveyed the excellence of Japanese anime productions to Indian audience members across different generations.
At the networking lunch following the anime screening, Mr. Taki gave opening remarks, and Ambassador Suzuki and Mr. Chawla, Advisor, East Asia Division, Ministry of External Affairs, India, delivered remarks on behalf of the Embassy of Japan and the Government of India respectively.
In his opening remarks, Mr. Taki talked about his own personal experience of having a heart-to-heart with an Indian man who happened to sit next to him during an anime screening, and expressed his desire to contribute to people-to-people exchanges between Japan and India by discovering Indian youth who dream of becoming animators and creators, supporting their study in Japan, and helping them find employment in the animation industry.
In his remarks, Ambassador Suzuki mentioned various titles of Japanese anime for different age groups and stated that, as many young Indian people learn about Japanese culture by watching anime, he hopes their parents' generation will encourage their children to watch anime as motivation to learn Japanese. In addition, he noted that while the Embassy continues to put great effort into promoting people-to-people exchanges in the areas of tourism, studying abroad, and employment, he expressed his hope that on top of these existing exchanges, as Mr. Taki mentioned, there will be people who will contribute to the anime industry in Japan and India.
In closing, Advisor Chawla mentioned the importance of people-to-people exchanges in addition to the political and economic aspects of Japan-India relations. He also provided some commentary on Japanese words and expressions used in the anime, along with their Hindi translations, and discussed the potential of learning Japanese through anime.
Following the remarks, representatives from the Japanese and Indian governments and companies discussed the promotion of people-to-people exchanges through anime. Ambassador Suzuki and Advisor Chawla spoke with young Indian audience members about studying and working in Japan, and discussed measures to encourage more Indian people to come to Japan.