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.

ミカゲ
Mikage is a young boy, a transfer student to boarding school Shyourou Gakuen and the main character of the manga. Apparently he has no known surname. It is even unsure if the name he uses at the moment is his real one, for it is likely that his teacher and perhaps also his carer, Kugiuchi gave him the name Mikage. His age is also uncertain, however, because he is put into class 1-A, he should be, or at least bears the features of around thirteen. He is suffering from memory loss, and is unable to recall anything of…
“with a certain time limit, to put things right with his classmates every now and again to save the lives of the people of the other world. Mikage is usually a sweet and slightly awkward boy, but there are times when it is like a totally different person switches places with him. For some reason, every time he is assigned a”