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.


Hietsuki Bushi
A traditional Japanese song meets science fiction, future agriculture, teenage story, blip music and eccentric animation in a story of quantum physics across time. (Source: Far East Recording, YouTube) Hietsuki Bushi is based on the Miyazaki Prefecture folk song of the same name. It won the Japan Media Arts Festival Entertainment Division's New Face Award in 2011.
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