Anime

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ænɪmeɪ/

From Japanese アニメ, an abbreviation of アニメーション, from English animation.

Full definition of anime

Noun

1. (uncountable) An artistic style heavily used in, and associated with, Japanese animation, and that has also been adopted by a comparatively low number of animated works from other countries
• I can draw an anime version of you, if you want.
2. (countable) An animated work originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.
• 2005, Peter J. Katzenstein, A World of Regions, page 165,After three months of successful sales in manga form, it was made into an anime for television.
• 2005, Joan D. Vinge, in The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection, page cix,Usually the manga comes first, though it may be an offshoot of a novel, and an anime may be inspired by a video game.
• 2006, Thomas LaMarre, in Japan After Japan (Tomiko Yoda & Harry D. Harootunian, eds.), page 363,These anime prepared the way for Otaku no video, a two-part Original Video Animation (OVA).
3. (rare, countable, chiefly proscribed) An animated work in anime style, regardless of the country of origin.

French animé ("animated") (from the insects that are entrapped in it); or native name.

Noun