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Where does the word Anime come from anyway?

April 26, 2017anime word

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Where does the word Anime come from anyway?

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It’s the Japanese word for ‘animation’. The Japanese language contains lots of borrowed English words and phrases like this. For example, ‘pro wrestling’ is puroresu, pronounced as ‘pro wres’. Anime is pronounced ‘ah-nee-may’ although there are many variations of the second syllable.