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.


A collection of sixteen early works by Nishioka Kyodai, including their three-part debut series. As always the stories range from the whimsical to the surreal, with tales of serial killers, bird women, and a man who one day wakes to find himself with a pouch like a kangaroo.
1. Jump
2. Boku Mushi
3. Aru Kinzoku Bat Jisatsu
4. Mono no Okibasho
5. Torikago
6. Kaze no Fuiteiru Hi
7. Ame no Futteiru Hi
8. Nichiyoubi
9. Tanjoubi
10. Satsujinki-P no Noroi
11-12. Yoru
13. Harigane
14. Boku ga Koroshita Mono: Tobirabito
15. Boku ga Koroshita Mono: Kangaroo no Matsuei
16. Boku ga Koroshita Mono: Shinkei
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