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.


Compilation of six Ishinomori's one-shots published between 1957 and 1964.
The stories are collected in the following order:
1. Ryuujin Numa [ 龍神沼 ]; (1961)
2. Yoru wa Sen no Me wo Motteiru [ 夜は千の目をもっ ]; (1962)
3. Mizuiro no Hoshi [ 水色の星 ]; (March 1962)
4. Kiri to Bara to Hoshi to [ きりとばらとほしと ]; (1962)
5. Kaigara no Yousei [ 貝がらの妖精 ]; (1964)
6. Ryuujin Numa no Shoujo [ 竜神沼の少女 ]; (1957)
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