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アニメ (anime) Japanese meaning: animation | Kotomora
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ども
の
ころ
、
毎まい
週しゅう
その
アニメ
を
見み
て
い
た
。
When I was a child, I watched that anime every week.
Recent anime is popular overseas too.
Don't confuse with 漫画 refers to printed comics/manga, while アニメ refers to animated moving works, so learners often mix up which term to use for a given series format.
アニメ refers to the animated work itself, while アニメーター is the person who creates it, so learners should not swap the two despite the shared root.
Word family· 13 anime adaptation; making into an anime
animated film; animated movie
erotic anime; hentai; pornographic animation
cel animation; hand-drawn animation; traditional animation
Etymology A shortened form of アニメーション. It is an abbreviation; no separate language-of-origin information is supplied for this word.
フルアニメ