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.

Following the advice of his imaginary friend Jason, who told him, "Treat all girls like stones," Park Jin-yong starts seeing every girl as a stone. But then Sunwoo, a female student who doesn’t look like a stone, appears before him, and for the first time in five years, the sight of a girl’s face sends Jinyong’s happy little circuits into overdrive...
(Source: Naver, translated)
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