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.


Shoujo no Ito, Mahou no Ito
Better back then
A girl is kept on the trot by a witch and continues to peel potatoes. She is fed up and tries to escape in vain. She gets desperate and decides to beat the witch... After all what will she find? What is her intention? Can we undo what has been done? Graduate Work 2011, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation (Source: Geidai Animation)
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Native title
少女のいと魔法のいと
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