anime
[ an-uh-mey ]
/ ˈæn əˌmeɪ /
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noun
a Japanese style of motion-picture animation, characterized by highly stylized, colorful art, futuristic settings, violence, and sexuality.
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Nearby words
- animatism,
- animato,
- animator,
- animatronic,
- animatronics,
- animis opibusque parati,
- animism,
- animosity,
- animus,
- animé
Origin of anime
1985–90; < Japanese, borrowing of English animation
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anime
/ (ˈænɪˌmeɪ) /
noun
a type of Japanese animated film with themes and styles similar to manga comics
Word Origin for anime
C20: from Japanese
animé
1/ (ˈænɪˌmeɪ, -mɪ) /
noun
any of various resins, esp that obtained from the tropical American leguminous tree Hymenaea courbaril
Word Origin for animé
French: of uncertain origin
animé
2/ (ˈænɪˌmeɪ) /
adjective, adverb
music the French word for animato
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anime
c.1985, Japanese for "animation," a term that seems to have arisen in the 1970s, apparently based on French animé "animated, lively, roused," from the same root as English animate (adj.). Probably taken into Japanese from a phrase such as dessin animé "cartoon," literally "animated design," with the adjective abstracted or mistaken, due to its position, as a noun.
Manga (q.v.) is Japanese for "comic book, graphic novel," but anime largely are based on manga and until 1970s, anime were known in Japan as manga eiga or "TV manga." The two terms are somewhat confused in English.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper