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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.

赤木駿介
Headstrong, idealistic and impulsive, 25-year-old Akagi can be seen as the heart and brawn of the three Dai-Guard pilots. Beforehand, he was merely an office worker for the 21st Century Defense Corporation, but he manages to achieve his dreams of becoming a giant robot pilot. During the return of the Heterodyne, he and his two coworkers Ibuki and Aoyama become the pilots of Dai-Guard. Akagi loves his job a little too much and sticks out among his fellow workers as the most enthusiastic one. However, he is usually a…

Dai-Guard