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.


The time is the Taisho era (1912-1926), when movies were still called katsudo shashin (Moving Pictures). Hanae is engaged to marry into the family of Koushiro, who is eight years older than her. However, this Koushiro had another name. He was the most popular benshi of his generation, Utsutsubashi Kousei. How is the newlywed life of Hanae who became the wife of a popular showman? This is a story of pure and innocent love fulfilled by a couple with an age difference.
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