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.


Akai Sakana
Rain and Fish
One rainy day a boy was waiting sulkily at a bus stop. Pitter-patter, raindrops leap and make waves in a puddle. Watching it, he saw something jumped. When the boy looked into the puddle, there was a red fish swimming. It is a story of a red fish a boy saw on a rainy day. 1st Year Work 2010 by Risa Kimpara, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
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