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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.

山のじいさま
Jiisama appears in episode 17, "Pickers of Empty Cocoons." He is able to use a particular type of mushi cocoons to deliver letters. Despite years of experience in the field, he was unable to protect his two young apprentices, Ito and Aya, from tragedy at the hands of these mushi.