The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation' — a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.
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The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation' — a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.
From Kodansha: 2036. Tokyo, ravaged by the radioactive contamination caused by an accident at a nuclear power plant, is now in lockdown. "COPPELION", a special unit of the third division of Japan's Ground Self-Defense Forces made up of three high school girls, genetically engineered to be impervious to radioactivity, is sent in to Tokyo; "The City of Death". Official English: [Azuki](https://www.azuki.co/series/coppelion), [INKR](https://inkr.com/title/264), [Kodansha](https://kodansha.us/series/coppelion/)
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