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.


In Tokyo's Asakusa district there is a shoemaker named Anri, who wears a prosthetic leg and runs her own shop. People with various troubles come to her, such as a high school boy who want to wear heels and a widow trying to let go of her cherished shoes.
Through the shoes she creates, Anri touches the lives of those who have walked their own paths. Her shoes become the power that helps them take a step forward into tomorrow.
This is the heartwarming tale of a shoemaker, where people are connected through a single pair of shoes.
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