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.

Set in the Mizuho territory in the northeast of an island kingdom, it is the wedding day of Lord Saku. Ukano Isaza, the younger brother of the lord, meets a woman of the "stone people" of fairy tales, and is forced to enter a contract marriage with her...?
(Source: Futabasha, translated)
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