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


Geba Geba Shou Time!
An OVA starring "GebaGeba Ojiisan", who was the star character of an animated segment created by Renzo Kinoshita on the variety show "Koizumi x Maebue Geba Geba 90-minutes!" from 1969. Many of the tapes for this variety show were destroyed at the time, including these animated segments. Renzo Kinoshita produced this OVA, creating a completely new collection of short gags, in order to restore these segments of the GebaGeba program.
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