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.

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Website | Profile (Peak A Soul) | Blog (JP) | Twitter Formed: 2002 (as a two-piece unit), 2003 (as a solo unit) Disbanded: 2003 (as a two-piece unit) Biography: CooRie was a Japanese self-produced two-piece music unit under record labels Mellow Head and Lantis consisting of the members Rino and Naoyuki Osada, where Rino would perform the vocals and do the lyrics, while Osada would do the composition and arrangement. About a year after they formed, Osada would formally leave the unit in 2003, which is also when they disbanded as a two-piece unit. Rino decided to reform the music unit as a s…
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