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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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Composer
Chara
ちゃら
VocalistLyricistActive 1991–presentSaitama Prefecture, Japan
Website | Twitter | Instagram Miwa Watabiki, better known by her stage name Chara, is a Japanese singer, actress and video jockey. She debuted in 1991 with the single Heaven. She is known for her song "Swallowtail Butterfly (Ai no Uta)", the theme song for the 1996 Shunji Iwai film Swallowtail Butterfly in which she starred, her 1997 hit single "Yasashii Kimochi", and her collaboration with JUDY AND MARY vocalist YUKI, "Ai no Hi Mittsu Orange".
