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.


Yoi ga Tsubuyaku
The Vesper Mutters
As dusk closed in, a streetlight in a park was turned on. Moths flew towards the light. Suddenly they stop the motion. Under the streetlight a figure-shape playground equipment appeared and other equipments started to gather around the light. A child strayed among them. It was when the lights gets turned on in the street. As more lights are turned on, the playground equipments stop. Streetlight was turned out. 1st Year Work 2010 by Hiroki Kono, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation. (Source: Geidai Animation)
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