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.

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Kenji Yamamoto is a Japanese music composer and arranger who has been responsible for producing and composing soundtracks, including opening and ending sequence themes for various anime, tokusatsu and video game projects in the '80s, '90s, and '00s. Most notably, he has worked on soundtracks of various Dragon Ball video games. Yamamoto has also composed background music for Dragon Ball Z Kai, a revamped version of the anime series Dragon Ball Z. On March 9, 2011, Toei Animation publicly acknowledged that many of Yamamoto's musical works for the series infringed upon unidentified third-party c…

2005 · 12 ep
Theme Song Arrangement (ED)

1996 · 1 ep
Theme Song Arrangement (OP, ED)

1990 · 1 ep
Theme Song Arrangement (OP, ED)

1990 · 3 ep
Theme Song Arrangement (OP, ED)

1990 · 1 ep
Theme Song Arrangement (ED)

1989 · 291 ep
Theme Song Arrangement (OP1, ED1) · Insert Song Arrangement (eps 20, 107, 108, 120, 139, 184) · Insert Song Composition (eps 20, 120)

1 ep
Music Arrangement

1988 · 10 ep
Theme Song Arrangement (OP)

1987 · 2 ep
Theme Song Arrangement (OP)

1986 · 153 ep
Insert Song Arrangement (ep 65)

1985 · 3 ep
Theme Song Arrangement (ED3)