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.


Touhai Densetsu Akagi: Yami ni Maiorita Tensai
Based on the manga Akagi · via Wikidata
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Akagi
One stormy night, Nangou is playing a game of Mahjong with the local yakuza. Soon he finds himself on a losing streak where if he loses, he'll will have to pay with his life. Suddenly, a young teenaged boy named Akagi Shigeru barges in, drenched from the rain. After watching a couple of games, he offers to replace the struggling Nangou. At that moment, a new legend was born.
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