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.


1. Kikka no Chigiri (菊花の約, The Chrysanthemum Pledge)
2. Asagi ga Yado (浅茅が宿, The House in the Reeds)
3. Kibitsu no Kama (吉備津の釜, The Cauldron of Kibitsu)
4. Jasei no In (蛇性の婬, Lust of the White Serpent)
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