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.
From Viz: Kurôzu-cho, a small fogbound town on the coast of Japan, is cursed. According to Shuichi Saito, the withdrawn boyfriend of teenager Kirie Goshima, their town is haunted not by a person or being but by a pattern: uzumaki, the spiral, the hypnotic secret shape of the world. It manifests itself in small ways: seashells, ferns, whirlpools in water, whirlwinds in air. And in large ways: the spiral marks on people's bodies, the insane obsessions of Shuichi's father, the voice from the cochlea in your inner ear. As the madness spreads, the inhabitants of Kurôzu-cho are pulled ever deeper, as if into a whirlpool from which there is no return. **Original Manga:** [Big Comics](https://bigcomics.jp/series/91844eb5ac147), [Shogakukan Comic](https://shogakukan-comic.jp/book?isbn=9784091832429) | [Mechacomic](https://mechacomic.jp/books/217324), [Piccoma](https://piccoma.com/web/product/9902?etype=episode) **Official English Translation:** [Chapters](https://www.viz.com/vizmanga/chapters/uzumaki), [Volumes](https://www.viz.com/read/manga/uzumaki-3-in-1-deluxe-edition/product/3382)
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