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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.

山姥切長義
A uchigatana forged by Nagayoshi of Bizen Osafune. Nagayoshi was a swordsmith belonging to a lineage distinct from the mainstream of the Osafune school. He is of a caliber equal to that of Kunihiro Yamanbagiri—a blade said to be his faithful copy. Beautiful, yet haughty; or, to be more precise, self-assured and daunted by nothing.