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.


I, Anan Naoyoshi, joined Last Boss Korin, Co. in pursuit of Nobu-san, the game planner I’ve long admired. Things, however, are sour between us.
Our strained relationship aside, the two of us went on an overseas business trip. But then whyyyyy are we on a desert island?! And as if that wasn’t bad enough, he now tells me we’re stuck in a game of his own creation. Wait—we’re in a whaaaaat?!
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