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.


Fantajii-san no Uta
Music video for the song Fantajii-san no Uta by Yumi Ishikawa and the Morinoki Children's Choir (Morinoki Jidou Gasshoudan) that was featured on NHK's Minna no Uta program. The video features former NHK announcer Tsuneji Tsukagoshi's character Fantajii-san. Mr. Tsukagoshi also wrote the lyrics for the song and his younger brother, Teiji Tsukagoshi, did the illustrations for the video.
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Native title
ファンタ爺さんのうた
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