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.

his installment of Chikuma Bunko's "contemporary manga" series is curated by Riku Onda and looks at manga artists and works from the 1970's to today that has continued to innovate and develop the rich genre that is shoujo manga.
1. Door no Naka no Watashi no Musuko (ドアの中のわたしの息子) [Moto Hagio]
2. Love❤Game (ラブ❤ゲーム) [Yukari Ichijou]
3. Sarmyu no Ie (サーミュの家) [Yasuko Sakata]
4. Tsuruhime Ja! (Excerpt) (つる姫じゃ~っ!) [Yoshiko Tsuchida]
5. Erika Akai Tsumijikaze (エリカ赤いつむじ風) [Suzue Miuchi]
6. Hanaoka-chan no Natsuyasumi (花岡ちゃんの夏休み) [Natsuno Kiyohara]
7. Saint Rosalind (Excerpt) (聖ロザリンド) [Masako Watanabe]
8. Gishiki from Ichimanjuu Byou Monogatari (『一万十秒物語』より「儀式」) [Emi Kurata]
9. Fresh Green no Kisetsu (フレッシュグリーンの季節) [Yukiko Shino]
10. Semishigure no Yamu Koro from Umimachi Dairy (『海街diary』より「蟬時雨のやむ頃」) [Akimi Yoshida]
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