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.

When the playboy Lin Xiu transmigrated to another world, he gained the power to copy other people's abilities just by making physical contact? That's so cool! So starts his adventure to get touchy-feely with all kinds of people… Wait… please don't hit me so hard, dear sister-in-law! I'm not cheating on my fiancee, I'm just trying to cultivate!
(Source: Tencent, translated)
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