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.

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Kikuchi Hajime was born in Sapporo, Japan. He went to Hokkaido Sapporo Moiwa High School and graduated from the Nippon Engineering College. After Kikuchi graduated from the music department of the Nippo Engineering College with 20 years, he was involved in the production of CM and game music. He debuted as music arranger in 2002 at the age of 23. His work field is mainly related to anime song productions. He is currently a member of eufonius together with riya. (Source: AniDB)