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 [Dark Horse](https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/24-467/Oh-My-Goddess-Omnibus-Book-1-TPB): Alone in his dorm on a Saturday night, Nekomi Tech's Keiichi Morisato dials a wrong number that will change his life forever: reaching the Goddess Technical Help Line. Granted one wish by the charming young goddess Belldandy--a wish for anything in the world--Keiichi wishes she would stay with him always! Complications are bound to ensue from this; the immediate first being the new couple getting tossed out of the dorm-it's males only. As the hapless student and his mysterious "foreign beauty" ride around looking for a new place to stay--risking the different dangers of seeking shelter with an otaku convinced Belldandy is an imaginary woman, and a Zen priest convinced she's a sinister witch--Keiichi's still got his classes on Monday morning! How is his new "exchange student" companion going to be received on the N.I.T. campus? A little too well for normal life to ever return. **Original:** [Afternoon](https://afternoon.kodansha.co.jp/c/ahmegamisama.html), [DAYS](https://comic-days.com/episode/10834108156628505262), [Kodansha](https://www.kodansha.co.jp/titles/1000000017) | [Mechacomic](https://mechacomic.jp/books/55697), [Piccoma](https://piccoma.com/web/product/5544?etype=episode) **[Official English Translation](https://www.darkhorse.com/Books/24-467/Oh-My-Goddess-Omnibus-Book-1-TPB)** ##### Note: Won the Kodansha Manga Award for General Manga in 2009.
Synopsis & details from MangaUpdates
AnimeSphere only links to legitimately licensed sources. Some titles may not yet be available outside Japan — the search links above will tell you for sure.