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.


Taisetsu na Kazoku wo Tsutsumu, Sono Te.
A short film for Mentholatum, a mentholated balm company founded in 1894 now owned by the Japanese Rohto Pharmaceutical company. The film focuses on spreading warmth and kindness from hand to hand and was specifically released for Labor Thanksgiving Day, a Japanese national holiday that commemorates labor and production and giving one another thanks.
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