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English
Etymology
Blend of Japan + animation
Pronunciation
Noun
Japanimation (countable and uncountable, plural Japanimations)
- (anime, dated) Synonym of anime (“Japanese animated cartoons”).
- (anime) 20th-century anime.
Usage notes
This was the common term for anime in the 1980s, but was supplanted in the 1990s among fans. It now sounds old-fashioned to anime fans, and is sometimes incorrectly claimed to be pejorative. It latterly has come into use to refer to old anime.
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French
Noun
Japanimation f (plural Japanimations)
- Alternative letter-case form of japanimation