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The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation', a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.
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Arranger
Hayato Matsuo
松尾早人
ComposerKashiwa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
Hayato Matsuo is a Japanese arranger, composer, orchestrator and musician. Hayato is a composer, arranger and orchestrator for both the video game industry and the anime industry. He has worked on titles such as Front Mission 3, Final Fantasy XII, the Shenmue Series, and Magic Knight Rayearth. Inspired by his mother, who was a piano teacher, he graduated from the music composition department of Tokyo University of the Arts. While in college, he composed for the band G-Clef, and occasionally stood in for the members of the band. Upon graduating, he went to work under Sugiyama Kouichi, the com…
