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.

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Whisper is one of the deuteragonists of the Yo-kai Watch franchise. He is also one of the mascots of the franchise, alongside others like Jibanyan, Komason, and Komajiro. He is Amano Keita (aka Nathan Adam's) self-proclaimed Yo-kai butler. Despite his oblivious and sarcastic personality in some versions of himself, mainly the English dub of the anime, he never fails to help the protagonist in his adventures by providing valuable knowledge about the Yo-kai Watch and the Yo-kai themselves. In the manga, Whisper talk…
Youkai Watch: Enma Daiou to Itsutsu no Monogatari da Nyan!