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.


Front Cover Illustration: bb Kuroda
Back Cover Illustration: Yoshitaka Ushiki
Cover Flaps Illustration: Tsukumizu
Color Illustrations: Hisato Murasaki, Hechima, La-na
1. Tonari ni Ita no wa (となりにいたのは) by Sumiko Onda
2. Futasumusubi (ふたつむすび) by Riichu
3. Mukougawa (むこうがわ) by Kuroe Mura
4. Hontou (本当) by Kikai
5. presents… by Yoshimi Sato
6. Buchou (ぶちょう) by Okada Andou
7. Kurumi no Yume (胡桃の夢) by Mujirushi Shimazaki
8. Days go on by Aki Konishi
9. Inu wa Eien, On wo Wasurezu by Sawaragi
10. Mii-kun to Taikutsuna Sekai by Yuu Tsurusaki
11. Kurumi-chan no Otetsudai (くるみちゃんのおてつだい) by Ekia
12. Kajin no Imo (寡人の痘) by Kenshi Sugita
13. Akarui Hoshizora (明るい星空) by Tsukumizu
14. ROTTEN by kashmir
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