By MICHAEL CIEPLY

SAN DIEGO -- Few directors are as revered by the fervent fans who attend Comic-Con as Peter Jackson, and he showed up before a rapturous crowd of 6,500 Friday afternoon with a plea.

Mr. Jackson, the New Zealander who is lord of the "Rings" trilogy and all things fantasy and horror, was on hand to promote a science fiction thriller directed by a protégé, Neill Blomkamp.

John Lasseter, the king of American computer-generated animation, swapped trade secrets (through an interpreter) with Hayao Miyazaki, Japan's emperor of anime.

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