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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.

疋殺地蔵
Ashisogi Jizō (疋殺地蔵; Leg-Cutting Jizō) is Mayuri's Zanpakutō. Ksitigarbha is a bodhisattva that watches over children and the underworld. In Japan, where he is known as Jizō, he looks rather like a baby dressed as a Buddhist monk. In Zanpakutō form, Ashisogi Jizō has what looks like a giant baby's head on it. Its hilt is wrapped in cloth, and has several spiky protrusions sticking out right below the blade, which appear to resemble leaves. Shikai ~! Ashisogi Jizō's Shikai command is "Rip" (掻き毟れ, kakimushire). In it…