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.


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Based off of Osamu Dazai's novel "Schoolgirl". This work is a first-person female novel based on the diary of a girl who is a favorite reader of Tadashi, and was published in the 1939 magazine "Bungakukai". The story depicts May 1st of a year. In the words of a female student living in Tokyo, I draw the heart of adolescents who are self-conscious. "I want to live beautifully," says the girl.
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