The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation' — a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.
The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation' — a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.


Kengan Ashura
Based on the manga Kengan Ashura · via Wikidata
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KENGAN ASHURA Part I
3 entries in this franchise · chronological
Businesses and merchants wager large sums of money to hire combatants for unarmed hand-to-hand fighting matches. The winner takes all in these Kengan competitions that originated during the Edo period. Merchants use the fights as a means to resolve disputes with each other. <em class=de-emphasized>(from manga)</em>
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How Heavy Are the Dumbbells You Lift?
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