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: In the 2070s, increased interplanetary travel has led to crisis-level amounts of dangerous space debris, and someone has to clean it up. Planetes follows the space-garbage crew of aspiring explorer Hachimaki, mourning Yuri and secretive Fee. **Original Manga:** [Morning KC](https://www.kodansha.co.jp/comic/products/0000007603) | [Mechacomic](https://mechacomic.jp/books/57045), [Piccoma](https://piccoma.com/web/product/3389?etype=episode) **[Official English Translation](https://www.darkhorse.com/books/27-831/planetes-omnibus-volume-1-tpb/)** #### Note: Won the Seiun Award in 2002.
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