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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1985|origins=en animation}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈæ.nɪ.meɪ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[bor|ja|アニメ|tr=anime|t=animation]], short for [[m|ja|アニメーション|tr=animēshon]],^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) which is borrowed from English [[animation]];^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) SOED derives it instead from [[fr|animé|t=animated]].^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Japanese animated film: about 1985 in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) 1985 in MWU,^(MWU 2024) the late 20th century in SOED.^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Etymonline notes that the word seems to have arisen in Japan in the 1970s; before that, Japanese animations were called manga eiga or ''TV manga'', and anime are often based on [[manga]] comics, so the two terms are somewhat confused in English.^(Etymonline) SOED describes the genre as typically science fiction, characterized by violence, eroticism or anarchy;^(SOED 2002) Collins compares its themes and styles with those of manga.^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1970s – the word in Japan.^(Etymonline)

+ * c. 1985 – in English.^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A style of Japanese [[animation]], in film or television, often related to [[manga]].^(Collins 2023)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[animation]]

+ * [[animate]]

+ * [[manga]]

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+ ==Usage notes==

+ A different word, animé, a resin from a tropical American tree used in varnish, is from French, from Spanish or Portuguese, from [[tpw|ananim|alt=wana'ni]] in Tupi (1577).^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}