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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.

小津
The main character's mischievous friend, tied to him by "the black thread of fate." Ozu also appears as a child in The Night is Short, Walk on Girl. His ghastly appearance is due to his refusal to eat vegetables or anything of that nature, rather, he subsists off of instant foods and ramen.