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anime

The Japanese shortened pronunciation of the English word animation. Anime refers to traditional Japanese cel animation, but is also used to describe those animations which were created by computers as well. In Japan the word is used to describe anything animated, but outside of Japan the term is used to reference specifically those animations which originate in Japan.



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