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.

Hato no Uta
A dove strayed in love and roamed the streets, searching for a dream, even with a broken wing. This song was written to help encourage junior high school students, at the time of it's original broadcast in 1986 there was increase of students taking their own lives, some referred to them as 'oreta tsubasa' (broken wings). The lyrics were written to help heal an adolescents broken heart.
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