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.


Majutsushi to Yuki no Hana
Wish Upon a Snowdrop
There is a family living in an air base town. I got a younger brother. Dad was only absent for work at the base and Mom was busy with the brother and little time for me. Out of loneliness and jealousy I hid brother’s charm. From that day, Dad stopped coming home... Graduate Work 2011, Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Film and New Media, Department of Animation (Source: Nishikata Eiga)
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