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.


The 10th instalment of the Zaregoto Series announced in the 20th-anniversary video for Nisio works.
Kunagisa Jun is Ii-chan and Tomo's daughter, an "ordinary" 15-year-old attending Sumiyuri Academy. One day, Aikawa Jun kidnaps her and brings her to the Kunagisa Organization, where she happens upon a grisly murder.
(Source: Amazon JP, translated)
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