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.


Majo no Tani no Yoru
A short film only screened at the Cinema Orion at Ghibli Park in Nagakute. The film is set in Ghibli Park's "Valley of the Witches" and is the first original animated short film created by Studio Ghibli for Ghibli Park.
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