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.


Kasei Yakyoku
Based on the manga Kasei Yakyoku · via Wikidata
Animation can contain rapid flashing, strobing, or high-contrast scenes that may affect viewers with photosensitive epilepsy. If you are sensitive to flashing light, take care — and on devices that support it, enable “reduce motion.”
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Nightsong of Splendor
Tokyo. 1923. The Itto brothers try to build their lives in the middle of the modern city, despite their ties to the Yakuza. Akiko Hasho, a rich young woman, takes an interest in the handsome Takao Ito, alias Taka - but so does her maid, Sara Uchida. As time passes, everything gets complicated... and then, tragedy ensues.
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