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 [..]

A style of animation originating in Japan that is characterized by stark, colorful graphics. Numerous videogames have environments and characters influenced by anime.

a distinctive style of animated film that has its roots in Japanese comic books (known as manga), yet covers a wide range of genres, such as romance, action/adventure, drama, gothic, historical, horro [..]

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 [..]

Italian word for "parish census."

noun Definition: Japanese cartoons: animation that comes from Japan Example Sentence: The girls watch anime almost all day long.

(n) a hard copal derived from an African tree(n) any of various resins or oleoresins

lively , spirited

Japanese term for animated films (film equivalent of ‘manga’ comic books).

A resin exuding from a tropical American tree (Hymenaea courbaril), and much used by varnish makers. Origin: F. Anime animated (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name. (01 Mar 1998)

anime (Animated works that originated in Japan)