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.

柳沢奈緒子
Grade: 4th - 6th Naoko Yanagisawa is one of Sakura Kinomoto's elementary school classmates and friends. She is also on the school's cheerleading squad with Sakura, despite being rather bad at gymnastics. Naoko loves to read, particularly fantasy stories and ghost stories. She finds mysterious situations fascinating and shows no fear of scary situations. During an interview, Clamp noted that they had originally intended for the character to have a long-distance boyfriend, but the chapter featuring that story was…