anime

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Japanese アニメ (anime), an abbreviation of アニメーション (animēshon), itself borrowed from English animation, from Latin animatio, from animare.

noun

1. (uncountable) An artistic style originating 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 that originated in Japan, regardless of the artistic style.
   Gotta get in tune with Sailor Moon / 'Cause that cartoon has got the boom anime babes / That make me think the wrong thing 1998, “One Week”, performed by Barenaked Ladies
   After three months of successful sales in manga form, it was made into an anime for television. 2005, Peter J. Katzenstein, A World of Regions, page 165
   Usually the manga comes first, though it may be an offshoot of a novel, and an anime may be inspired by a video game. 2005, Joan D. Vinge, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror: Eighteenth Annual Collection, page cix
   These anime prepared the way for Otaku no video, a two-part Original Video Animation (OVA). 2006, Thomas LaMarre, edited by Tomiko Yoda and Harry D. Harootunian, Japan After Japan, page 363
3. (rare, countable, chiefly proscribed) An animated work, regardless of the country of origin.

Etymology 2

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

noun

1. Alternative spelling of animé, the resin of the courbaril.