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.


Kippei Yuuki is the #1 ranked player in the MMORPG "The Room", and he has the ego to prove it. Real life is boring, and he'd rather be the protagonist of a video game. But soon, Kippei's skills are put on the line when he, and a group of others, awaken in a prison cell. There are monsters nearby, and the environment seems eerily similar to The Room. How did they get here, and who will survive?
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