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.

This installment of Chikuma Bunko's "contemporary manga" series is curated by Natsume Fusanosuke and contains excerpts and stand alone short works that represents the greatest action and sports manga of the 1960's-70's
1. Zashiki Warashi (ざしきわらし) [Sanpei Shirato]
2. Tachimochi Umanosuke (太刀持右馬之介) [Hiroshi Hirata]
3. Kyojin no Hoshi (巨人の星) [Ikki Kajiwara & Noboru Kawasaki]
4. Ashita no Joe (あしたのジョー) [Asao Takamori & Tetsuya Chiba]
5. Karate Baka Ichidai (空手バカ一代) [Ikki Kajiwara & Jirou Tsunoda]
6. Otokogumi (男組) [Tetsu Kariya & Ryoichi Ikegami]
7. Juukyoden (柔俠伝) [Baron Yoshimoto]
8. Nikudan Jidai (肉弾時代) [Kazuhiko Miyaya]
9. Tomo yo Isoge (友よ急げ) [Akihiro Takadera]
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