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Anime

3 stages from English to English.

Today it means a style of animation originating in Japan, often aimed at teens and adults
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Stage 1 of 3
animation
English · 1800s-1900s
"the art of animated film"
the general term for the art of moving drawings
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Stage 2 of 3
anime
Japanese · 1900s
"animated film or television"
borrowed and clipped from English "animation"
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Stage 3 of 3
anime
English · 1980s-1990s
"Japanese-style animation"
re-borrowed into English with a narrower meaning
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