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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Agency: Mausu Promotion Twitter Atsuko Satou, known professionally as Atsuko Tanaka, was a Japanese voice actress and narrator. Her most-known roles are Medea in Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Blade Works, Motoko Kusanagi in the Ghost in the Shell franchise, Lisa Lisa in JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure and Konan in Naruto: Shippuden. In video games, she voiced title characters Lara Croft in the Japanese dub of the Tomb Raider games, Bayonetta in the Bayonetta: Bloody Fate film adaptation and Bayonetta 2 and Kyrie Ushiromiya from Umineko no Naku Koro ni. She attended the Tokyo Announcement Academy wher…