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.

For the first time, 19-year-old Setoya Kinari is striking out on her own, swapping life in the countryside for the bright city lights of Tokyo before her first semester of college begins. She has a few goals for her new life. Among them is goal one: move into the rowdy but lovable Kitten Blue Boarding House. Goal two: find a new love in Tokyo. But this boarding house has one problem—an extremely hot resident named Towa who totally mistakes her for a stalker. Yikes!
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