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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.

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Ogami Itto seemed to have a very cushy life during Edo-Era Japan, for he had been the Shogun's official executioner (Kogi Kaishakunin). A position so powerful, the term "Second" meant that Itto was only second to the Shogun as far as metering out death to unloyal feudal lords throughout the 60 regions of Shogunate controlled Japan. In fact, the Shogun's symbol of the Hollyhock crest was a noticable part of Ogami's court attire, thus deeming his stature as indeed being the Shogun's final say over his people. The Kog…