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.

Saiga is a reserved leader and the strongest in a group of rough men. He has to deal with a new member that doesn't seem to harmonize with the group; this is Shikon, a shameless, conspicuous, witty youngster that, despite his looks, holds equal ability to the leader and, to Saiga's discomfort, seems to have taken an unusual interest in him. This is a historical drama that presents the fortune and mishaps of two mercenary samurai who work as contracted assassins--the life of people with no place to go…
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