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.

kz
Twitter kz (pronounced "k-zet") (also known as RE:NDZ) is one of the early authors of Hatsune Miku songs, and most of his works have become hits, starting with his debut, "Packaged." He is skilled at creating reverberant, technopop pieces with Hatsune Miku. Though he has not been active on Nico Nico Douga since late 2008, he did create the new songs "Far Away" and "Star Story" for the release of the July 2009 Sony PSP game "Hatsune Miku -Project DIVA", and it's July 29, 2010 sequel "Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA 2nd". kz is the sole member of the amateur music circle livetune who, in late 2007, …