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: Golf Younger brother of voice actor Yukitoshi Hori Profile (Aoni) Non-anime roles: ~! George Glenn in "Mobile Suit Gundam Seed Destiny: Generation of CE" (VG) (Japanese) Hayabusa in "Dead or Alive 1 Ultimate" (VG) (Japanese) Hayabusa in "Dead or Alive 1" (VG) Hayabusa in "Dead or Alive 2 Ultimate" (VG) (Japanese) Hayabusa in "Dead or Alive 2" (VG) Hayabusa in "Dead or Alive 3" (VG) Hayabusa in "Dead or Alive Ultimate" (VG) (Japanese) Hayabusa in "Dead or Alive 4" (VG) (Japanese) Jiiza in "Fist of The North Star: North Star of Darkness" (VG) (Japanese) Kinkotsuman in "Kinnikuman Ge…