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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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Director
Satoshi Kon
今敏
MangakaActive 1984–2010Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan
Website | Twitter Japanese manga artist and anime director. Kon studied Graphic Design at Musashino Art University with the intention of becoming a painter. While still in college, he debuted as a mangaka with the short Toriko (1984), coming second in the 10th Annual Tetsuya Chiba Awards held by Young Magazine. After graduating, he created the manga Kaikisen (1990) and captured the attention of Katsuhiro Ootomo, who hired Kon to work on his World Apartment Horror manga. He debuted in the anime industry with Roujin Z, a movie written by Ootomo who became a great influence on Kon's early car…
