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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Hobbies: cooking, making sweets Non-Anime Roles: ~!Akimoto in ''Yakuza/Yakuza Kiwami 1''' (VG) (Japanese) Akimoto in ''Yakuza 2/Yakuza Kiwami 2'' (VG) (Japanese) Akimoto in ''Yakuza 3'' (VG) (Japanese) Monitor org in ''Hyakujû sentai Gaorenjâ'' (Live-action movie) (Japanese) Tantra in ''Breath of Fire V: Dragon Quarter'' (VG) (Japanese) Cubit Foxar in ''Rockam Zero 3'' (VG) (Japanese) Shintaro Kuga in ''Shikigami no shiro 2'' (VG) (Japnese) Yun in ''Mana kemia 2: Ochita gakuen to renkinjutsushi tachi'' (VG) (Japanese)!~