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.

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"Reincarnation takes place in an area simply known as "The Cage" a series of intertwined towers and dungeons, sometime in the far future. A girl awakens on a stone floor with no voice and no memories, and is greeted by a strange being calling itself Mama. In order to restore what she has lost and to redeem herself from a past sin, the girl and Mama travel to reawaken fragments of a forgotten world."
(Source: Square Enix, translated)
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