The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation', a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.
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The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation', a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.


In search of his missing parents, Jiro Suzuki attended an a-capella school, hoping to learn the ways of karaoke, even though he's hopelessly tone-deaf. It turned out his true musical abilities were being inhibited by the collar placed on him when he was a child.
(Source: Wikipedia, translated)
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