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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.

アラちゃん
aka Hokuto-kun
Ara-chan is a seal that somehow finds its way to Cromartie, and is accepted by Kamiyama and friends as an equal. They subsequently re-name it "Hokuto-kun", much to the chagrin of the real Hokuto, who attempts to kill it by drowning it, forgetting that seals can swim.