The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation' — a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.
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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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Blog | Twitter Birth name: Nozomi (望) Sasaki (佐々木) About: Changed her name to all-hiragana form because the kanji of her birth name was exactly the same as voice actor Nozomu Sasaki's (望 can be pronounced either as "Nozomu" or "Nozomi").

2006 · 26 ep
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