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.


Ever since childhood, Ran has been painfully shy. After failing her college entrance exams, she withdraws from the world and becomes a shut-in. Then one of her few friends, Sayuri, suggests that she come to Aomori and live with her. Though Ran feels nothing but anxiety about moving to an unfamiliar place, she gradually finds herself drawn to a horse—and to a young man—whom she meets at the university Sayuri attends…
(Source: MANGA MILLION)
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