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.


Kizumonogatari I: Tekketsu-hen
Based on the novel Kizumonogatari · 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.”
Kizumonogatari Part 1: Iron-Blooded
6 entries in this franchise · chronological
Koyomi Araragi discovers the severely wounded body of the vampire later known as Shinobu Oshino, and consequently becomes her vampiric servant tasked with repossessing her severed body parts from 3 powerful monster hunters so she can recover. Unfortunately, for him, as a complete novice to combat and his own body's new abilities, he's hopelessly outclassed.
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Nekomonogatari Black
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