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. Cyborg (サイボーグ) [Shigeru Mizuki]
2. Soko ni Yatsu ga (そこに奴が…) [Tatsuhiko Yamagami]
3. 300,000Km./sec. [Hiroshi Asuna]
4. Porch de Shoujo ga Koinu to (ポーチで少女が小犬と) [Moto Hagio]
5. Shifuku no Machi (至福の街) [Jun Ishikawa]
6. P [Tori Miki]
7. Acapulco Gold (アカプルコ・ゴールド) [Akimi Yoshida]
8. Revolution (レボリューション) [Osamu Tezuka]
9. Boku to Julio to Koutei de (ぼくとフリオと校庭で) [Daijiro Morohoshi]
10. Return [Naoki Urasawa]
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