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.

Shunpei lives in a rural town of barely 3,000 people. Every day, he rides the same bus as his classmate An Takayagawa, the only one who went off to a private middle school. The two haven’t really talked since elementary school... until one day, something gives them a reason to.
A soft, sky-blue not-quite-love comedy, born on a bus for two.
(Source: Shogakukan, translated)
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