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.


Based on the video game I-Chu · via Wikidata
I★Chu: Halfway Through the Idol
2 entries in this franchise · chronological
Youths aiming to become full-fledged idols enroll in the Étoile Vio School where the students are called are called IChu. But soon after they begin, Kuma Kocho gets them off to a rocky start with a single phrase. As they each work toward their individual goals, their activities as idols make the IChu begin to wonder what an idol is. In their struggle to find an answer, the springtime of the IChu's lives is whittled out in glittering moments and flashes of brilliance.
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I★Chu: Halfway Through the Idol
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