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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.

Hiroki Fujisawa is the main character of the movie "The Place Promised in Our Early Days", by Makoto Shinkai (2004). When he was a kid, Hiroki and his best friend Takuya begun the construction of a plane to go to Hokkaido Island and see the tower which is there. He is in love with Sayuri, a classmate who plays the violin. With her and Takuya, Hiroki promised to go to the tower together. But because of Sayuri's sudden disappearance, the promise will not be kept. After middle school and high school, Hiroki moved to…