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.

Five thousand years ago, a young man worked tirelessly for cultivation, but because of his special physique, was unable to break through the physical training period and enter the next realm of cultivation. He has been practicing from the ancient era to the modern day. Now living in the big city, Xuan Yuanming sits at body refining level ninety-nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine. He set a small goal for himself: first to cultivate his body to level 100,000!
(Source: QQ, translated)
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