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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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Voice Actor
Minoru Shiraishi
白石稔
Kawanoe (Currently Shikokuchuo), Ehime Prefecture, Japan
Twitter | Wiki (JP) Minoru Shiraishi is a Japanese actor, voice actor, singer, songwriter and radio personality who was formerly affiliated with I'm Enterprise and Pro-Fit. He is the only "live-action" character (as he played "himself" in Lucky☆Star) in the Newtype Anime magazine to be featured in the Monthly Top-10 Most-Popular Male Character charts. Also known for roles such as Sakamoto in Nichijou, Taniguchi in the Haruhi Suzumiya series, and Itsuki Takeuchi in the Initial D reboot feature films in 2014. Minoru married on August 9, 2011, but has chosen to keep his wife's identity anonymou…
